{"id":61885,"date":"2019-09-17T11:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=61885"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:46:47","slug":"how-to-fix-gears-5-muffled-sound-logitech-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-gears-5-muffled-sound-logitech-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Gears 5 Muffled Sound (Logitech and Others)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gears 5 is one of the best games of the year, and it&#8217;s a sure success for Microsoft Studios and Xbox. While the game is optimized quite well on PC, there are a few issues that are still prevalent. If you&#8217;re getting Gears 5 Muffled Sound during the game, here&#8217;s how you can fix it.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition has released one of the best PC releases in quite a while, and they&#8217;re working to fix whatever issues users are having.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Fix Gears 5 Muffled Sound<\/h2>\n<p>This issue has been reported by users using headphones, particularly Logitech ones. Here&#8217;s how you can easily fix the annoying muffled sound.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>run<\/strong> in Windows, by either searching for it in the search bar or press the &#8220;<strong>Windows key + R<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Now type in the following to open the game&#8217;s save file location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">%localappdata%\/Gears5\/Saved\/Config\/PC<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Under <strong>ScalabilityGroups<\/strong>, fine <strong>sg.AudioQuality=3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Save the file and exit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all you&#8217;ll need to do for the muffled sound to be fixed. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GearsOfWar\/comments\/d1ms80\/how_to_fix_gears_5_dialogue_issues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Users<\/a> have confirmed that this method seems to have fixed their issues in the game.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re here, make sure you check out our other Gears 5 guides as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-gears-5-gw502-error-on-pc\/\">How to fix Gears 5 GW502 Error on PC (Steam or Windows Store)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-gears-5-stuttering-issue-on-pc\/\">How to fix Gears 5 Stuttering Issue on PC and get a Smoother Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gears 5 System Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to run the game on PC, you\u2019ll need the following specifications<\/p>\n<h3>Minimum<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system<\/li>\n<li>OS:\u00a0Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit<\/li>\n<li>Processor:\u00a0AMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake<\/li>\n<li>Memory:\u00a08 GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics:\u00a0AMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Windows 7)<\/li>\n<li>DirectX:\u00a0Version 12<\/li>\n<li>Network:\u00a0Broadband Internet connection<\/li>\n<li>Storage:\u00a080 GB available space<\/li>\n<li>Sound Card:\u00a0DirectX compatible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system<\/li>\n<li>OS:\u00a0Windows 10 64-bit<\/li>\n<li>Processor:\u00a0AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake<\/li>\n<li>Memory:\u00a08 GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics:\u00a0AMD Radeon RX 570 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660ti (Windows 7)<\/li>\n<li>DirectX:\u00a0Version 12<\/li>\n<li>Network:\u00a0Broadband Internet connection<\/li>\n<li>Storage:\u00a080 GB available space<\/li>\n<li>Sound Card:\u00a0DirectX compatible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did this guide work for you? Are you enjoying the game so far? Let us know in the comments below and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gears 5 is one of the best games of the year, and it&#8217;s a sure success for Microsoft Studios and Xbox. While the game is optimized quite well on PC, there are a few issues that are still prevalent. If you&#8217;re getting Gears 5 Muffled Sound during the game, here&#8217;s how you can fix it. The Coalition has released one of the best PC releases in quite a while, and they&#8217;re working to fix whatever issues users are having. 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