Recently,  I just got the Evga nu audio sound card, however i have a pair of AStro's A50 and it is hooked up via usb.  In my current set up I have an optical cable going from the soundcard to the base of the headset charger.  The audio is cutting in and out when i set the sound to come from the optical device.  I am not sure what to do?

Thansks for the info should of done some more research before hand. I’ll probably just send it back the next couple of days. Thanks for the info.

genghiskhanpl
I got strange freezes in sound (pauses) when using computer - like open a file or folder, using web browser....
I switched pci-e slot - maybe this causing problems?

I'm having the same issue of random pauses/drops in audio, it occurs on both the headphone jack and RCA outputs, in Windows 10 with the new Nu Audio driver 0.1.1.
 
I tried:
 
Uninstalling the on-board Realtek drivers and disabled the Realtek card in BIOS.
 
Reducing sampling quality to 16 bit 48000 khz.
 
It seems to get worse when I do something like you described - opening a folder, minimizing a program or merely web browsing.
 
Later tonight I'll try moving PCIE slots as well.
 

bcavnaugh

Fulgore243
I'm having the same issue of random pauses/drops in audio, it occurs on both the headphone jack and RCA outputs, in Windows 10 with the new Nu Audio driver 0.1.1.
I tried:
Uninstalling the on-board Realtek drivers and disabled the Realtek card in BIOS.
 
Reducing sampling quality to 16 bit 48000 khz.
It seems to get worse when I do something like you described - opening a folder, minimizing a program or merely web browsing.
 
Later tonight I'll try moving PCIE slots as well.

What OS and OS Version?
 

It's updated Windows 10 64-bit Home.
 
I tried moving PCI-E slots but I'm still getting audio dropout, mostly when opening a program or moving/minimizing a window.
 
I also tried doing a clean reinstall of the Nu Audio driver/software. Even on 24 bit 96khz I'm getting dropout of playback from Youtube in Chrome, and Winamp FLAC and MP3.

bcavnaugh
Disable Hardware Acceleration in Chrome

 
Why?
 

Just this past week I started to get the same issues with my card  as random drop-outs but I using Firefox other then Chrome on my PC.   I just did a manual update on what you suggested as it fixed it but now it's back..  will look to see if any other drivers are the issue ..
 
 
 

Sorry to necro, but I'm having this same issue.
 
I have had 2 of these cards. They've both failed at something. My first card had a loud hissing noise being sent through the speakers. The second card I received as a replacement had the same issue. I eventually got it to work by plugging my headphones into the RCA jack and foregoing the headphone jack.
 
Great, right?
 
Until I started using it. The hissing stopped, but now the audio pauses whenever things are happening on the Windows side. If I unplug a USB device, the audio pauses. If I plug one in, it pauses. If I'm playing a game and using Discord... the audio randomly pauses.
 
I can't stand this. I'm beyond my return for Amazon and I'm beyond my patience. This card has been an absolute disaster and I would not recommend it to anybody. Nice try EVGA. Get at me if you have a solution or want to help but 45 minutes on tech support and all I got was "your PSU is the problem". Well I proved that wrong but switching ports on the back from plugging my headphones in to the RCA slot. But now the IRRITATING pauses.
 
My 10 year old Sound Blaster works better than this.
 
If anybody has any solutions, please help me. I'm out $200 and weeks of troubleshooting. I'm about ready to throw this POS in the garbage and chalk it up as a sad waste of money.