Realtek HD Audio Driver AND nVidia HD drivers?

My ASUS P7P55D-E PRO has both installed.
It appears on mine the Nvidia is for graphics card output for HDMI, built in monitor speakers, etc. from the graphics card.
The onboard audio is for the motherboard audio outputs which also would include front panel in/outputs if you have them on the case and wired to mobo.

So you need both if using now or in the future.
Mike

The Windows HD device is actually a Windows certified Realtek driver.

I'm of the opinion, if everything is working well in the manner you require, there's no need to upgrade. If you're having problems, then upgrading the drivers becomes an option. (Depending on your problem).

(If you do decide to install the latest Realtek driver you may have to re-install the Graphics drivers again, depends on what the latest Realtek driver decides what to do with the HDMI devices, it should leave them alone but you never know.

All the settings you need can be found by right clicking on the Microsoft speaker icon in the task bar, select either Playback or Recording Devices, you may have to set Nvidia HDMI as the default output deivce when you're going to use HDMI. One you single left click on a device other options be come available.

Also, some devices may be hidden.

Right click the MS Speaker icon, select playback devices, right click anywhere in the center of the Window, enable both Show Disabled/Disconnected Devices.

Ap

Aphelion said:

The Windows HD device is actually a Windows certified Realtek driver.

I'm of the opinion, if everything is working well in the manner you require, there's no need to upgrade. If you're having problems, then upgrading the drivers becomes an option. (Depending on your problem).

(If you do decide to install the latest Realtek driver you may have to re-install the Graphics drivers again, depends on what the latest Realtek driver decides what to do with the HDMI devices, it should leave them alone but you never know.

All the settings you need can be found by right clicking on the Microsoft speaker icon in the task bar, select either Playback or Recording Devices, you may have to set Nvidia HDMI as the default output deivce when you're going to use HDMI. One you single left click on a device other options be come available.

Also, some devices may be hidden.

Right click the MS Speaker icon, select playback devices, right click anywhere in the center of the Window, enable both Show Disabled/Disconnected Devices.

Ap

Aphelion~

You seem to be in the know here, NV audio, what not.

Anywho, I have FOUR NV Audio Drivers in Device Mgr. It happened during install-

ation of NV display drivers took a few times, LOL!!

Here's pic, CAN I REMOVE ALL BUT ONE NV AUDIO DRIVER???

For that matter, I have no built in Speakers anywhere, ok. Like to

delete all, but no biggy there.



Surely I don't need FIVE!!

Thanks in Advance!!

Blue

alphanumeric said:

I also have the 4 NVIDIA High Definition Audio entries and in my case a VIA High Definition Audio entry under Sound video, and game controllers. Having 4 NVIDIA entries are normal, its not the same driver installed 4 times. If you delete them windows will just install them again. In my case the NVIDIA entries are for my GT220 video card and the VIA entry is for my motherboards onboard sound chip. I'd just leave it alone, especially if everything is working OK.

Good advice. each driver file is probably about 50-100 kb's

Hardly anything to get worked up over!! LOL!! I'll just let them be.

Thanks again fella's.........

Blue