USB audio makes games start up slow?

[Compddd]

I switched from a receiver/HDMI setup to a USB AMP/DAC setup and now all my games take forever to load for the initial start up/loading screen.

Anyone heard of something like this happening before with USB DAC?

 

[Burpo]

Anytime you introduce another USB device to your system, you're introducing a delay. Drivers have to be loaded, data accessed, hardware triggered.. It all takes time. The simpler you keep your system, the faster it is.

You might try disabling 'Legacy USB' in bios, or moving it to a dif USB port, but it's probably driver related. Check the manufacturers site for updated firmware or drivers.

 

[Compddd]

I contacted the manufacturer and they said All UAC1 DACs utilize standard UAC drivers provided with the OS, whether that's Windows, Linux, OS X, etc.

So I already have the latest drivers.

Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the USB DAC, tried removing all my USB devices except my mouse and the DAC. Nothing worked.

 

[John Connor]

Not sure, but I wonder if there is an update to the chipset drivers?

Do you have a lot of USB devices plugged in? If you go to device manager you can see the current consumption under universal serial bus controllers.

 

[Compddd]

Update:

The guys at JDS Labs tested a bunch of UAC1 DACs on USB with Windows 10 measuring game loading times and confirmed the bug is present on all of them under Win 10.

Can anyone here on Anandtech with Windows 10 and a UAC1 DAC connected via USB test some games and see if the bug occurs for them as well?

 

[Gigawatts]

Update:

The guys at JDS Labs tested a bunch of UAC1 DACs on USB with Windows 10 measuring game loading times and confirmed the bug is present on all of them under Win 10.

Can anyone here on Anandtech with Windows 10 and a UAC1 DAC connected via USB test some games and see if the bug occurs for them as well?

I have the JDS Labs The Element and I'm having the exact same issue , and yes I'm using Widows 10 , have you found any fixes yet?:'(