--- a/src/sound/win32_s.cpp	Mon Apr 14 20:00:28 2008 +0000
+++ b/src/sound/win32_s.cpp	Mon Apr 14 20:14:32 2008 +0000
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	wfex.nBlockAlign = (wfex.nChannels * wfex.wBitsPerSample) / 8;
 	wfex.nAvgBytesPerSec = wfex.nSamplesPerSec * wfex.nBlockAlign;
 
-	_bufsize = GetDriverParamInt(parm, "bufsize", 2048);
+	_bufsize = GetDriverParamInt(parm, "bufsize", (GB(GetVersion(), 0, 8) > 5) ? 2048 : 1024);
 
 	if (waveOutOpen(&_waveout, WAVE_MAPPER, &wfex, (DWORD_PTR)&waveOutProc, 0, CALLBACK_FUNCTION) != MMSYSERR_NOERROR)
 		return "waveOutOpen failed";