General Sound troubleshooting for Max Payne 2 on PC

Last Updated: July 20, 2023

General Sound troubleshooting

AUDIO TROUBLESHOOTING

Max Payne 2 requires a 100% DirectSound compatible soundcard.

We have tested Max Payne 2 extensively with most common sound cards and found out that updating the drivers will remove most of the problems.

If you have any problems with sound, please do the following first:

1. Update your sound card drivers.

2. Ensure that you have multichannel audio disabled in the Max Payne 2 options dialog.

3. Disable EAX from the Max Payne 2 options dialog.

4. Lower the hardware acceleration level to Basic .

5. Ensure that your speakers are configured correctly from the sound cards' control panel or from Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Advanced under Speaker Settings.

NOTE: We recommend that you enable 'Multichannel Audio' from the Options ONLY if you have a 5.1 speaker setup with a center speaker.

HOW TO...

1. UPDATE DRIVERS - Check with your computer or sound card manufacturer for updated drivers.

2. CHANGE HARDWARE ACCELERATION LEVEL - Click Start, then click Control Panel. Double-click on "Sounds and Audio Devices" and select the Audio tab. Click the Advanced button under Sound Playback. Select Performance tab and set the Hardware Acceleration Slider to Basic (second lowest setting).

3. SET UP SPEAKERS - Use your sound cards' Control Panel or the Windows Control panel as follows: Click Start, then click Control Panel. Double-click on "Sounds and Audio Devices" and click Advanced button under Speaker Settings. Set these to match your speaker setup.