Hmmm that's weird, I thought I already answered this post!
But anyway, thanks for replying.
Anyway since I had no idea whether I had an audio, video, OS or game issue, and I have little time to test things, I didn't try much. I did change some power settings on my network adapter, tried disabling the Wi-Fi on my PC to ensure I was only using the Ethernet cable (my new PC comes with Wi-Fi enabled by default), checked my modem settings and that's about it. I mean, this is a fresh install of BF2042 on a new computer. I wasn't expecting it to be worse than what I had previously. I also disabled OneDrive since it was messing about with the My Documents folder while the game was running (causing me to disconnect, but that's a separate issue). I tried looking for updates and everything was up-to-date, although NVIDIA did release a new patch shortly after.
So I go the idea on another forum to clear the cache before playing. So next time I played, that's what I did. But I also installed the new NVIDIA patch as well. The game worked fine that night.
Last night though, I tried again and while I didn't get kicked out of the server, the audio and framerate issues came back.
Here's the DXDIAG:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/26/2023, 23:15:58
Machine name: GEN11PC-123A
Machine Id: {8DF8C75D-8442-4E48-BEBD-4CFB414C5763}
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Predator PO3-640
BIOS: R01-A2 (type: UEFI)
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (20 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16228MB RAM
Page File: 10035MB used, 10032MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.4.4
DxDiag Version: 10.00.22621.0001 64bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2504&SUBSYS_A630174B&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 20242 MB
Dedicated Memory: 12129 MB
Shared Memory: 8113 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Internal
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
Color Primaries: Red(0.639648,0.330078), Green(0.299805,0.599609), Blue(0.149414,0.059570), White Point(0.312500,0.329102)
Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: 2250W
Monitor Id: AOC2250
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll
Driver File Version: 31.00.0015.2824 (English)
Driver Version: 31.0.15.2824
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12_2,12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 3.1
Hardware Scheduling: DriverSupportState:Stable Enabled:True
Displayable: Not Supported
Graphics Preemption: Pixel
Compute Preemption: Dispatch
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Detachable GPU: No
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 15/01/2023 8:00:00 AM, 772496 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x2504
SubSys ID: 0xA630174B
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem151.inf:0f066de304cd1ee4:Section028:31.0.15.2824😛ci\ven_10de&dev_2504&subsys_a630174b
Rank Of Driver: 00CF0001
D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
MPO MaxPlanes: 4
MPO Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB,IMMEDIATE,HDR (MPO3)
MPO Stretch: 10.000X - 0.500X
MPO Media Hints: resizing, colorspace Conversion
MPO Formats: NV12,P010,YUY2,R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,R10G10B10A2_UNORM,R8G8B8A8_UNORM,B8G8R8A8_UNORM
PanelFitter Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB,IMMEDIATE,HDR (MPO3)
PanelFitter Stretch: 10.000X - 0.500X
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0897&SUBSYS_1025157E&REV_1004
Manufacturer ID: N/A
Product ID: N/A
Type: N/A
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.0.9261.1 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 2/11/2021 8:00:00 AM, 6548024 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Emulation Only
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.0.9261.1 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 2/11/2021 8:00:00 AM, 6548024 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF