Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

[Alexa]

People! Why you dont buy separated sound card like Asus Xonar whos dont have problem with the drivers like Creative or craping Realtek?

 

[Aphelion]

People! Why you dont buy separated sound card like Asus Xonar whos dont have problem with the drivers like Creative or craping Realtek?

What!! And back down from a challenge?

Realtek and M-Audio Audiophile working well here. As others have mentioned, Windows 7 is the cat's meow!.

Ap

 

[Alexa]

Why is Realtek driver craping!

Because:

-sound is real bleary
-Eq work only on front speakers when is set to 5.1
-speaker fill is crap solution for upmixing stereo to 5.1,and realtek won't give better solution like Stereo to surround option like in creative console or asus xonar audio center...
-Room Corection work good only when is bass management and speaker fill turned off,and envoriments enabled..

Becaouse that,i buy Asus Xonar and don't have problems...

 

[hydrotherion]

I could buy a asus xonar but going to wait and see. It's the price you pay when you're a early bird. Sound is good from speakers so I know it's w7 conflicting with something. And I also love a challenge!

 

[Lan]

People! Why you dont buy separated sound card like Asus Xonar whos dont have problem with the drivers like Creative or craping Realtek?

Because ive got a laptop that is perfectly capable of loud, crisp sounds. If i had a pc i would definitely just buy a new sound card, im starting to now think that its always going to be quiet and average aslong as im on windows 7 which is a shame because i like everything else about it.

 

[Aphelion]

Because ive got a laptop that is perfectly capable of loud, crisp sounds. If i had a pc i would definitely just buy a new sound card, im starting to now think that its always going to be quiet and average aslong as im on windows 7 which is a shame because i like everything else about it.

Yep, it's odd that that Windows 7 seems "quiet". I'm dual booting with XP and the same audio system sound great, high output, crystal clear sound.

Not sure what's going on or why there seems to be an audio limiter on Windows_7.

Ap

 

[dsperber]

Yep, it's odd that that Windows 7 seems "quiet". I'm dual booting with XP and the same audio system sound great, high output, crystal clear sound.

Not sure what's going on or why there seems to be an audio limiter on Windows_7.

I agree. My results with sound on my Supermicro C2SBX board with Realtek ALC883 chip, running 2.40 under XP SP3 as well as Win7 Pro x64 are superb! I've never had any of the clicks, pops, or other audio anomalies reported by others. But then I also don't have 5.1/7.1 sound (I have "quadraphonic" sound set, for my Altec-Lansing 641 speaker system) and I also don't have microphone input.

What I actually most appreciate about Win7's new approach to audio is that each app has its own individual "master volume" slider in the Mixer, which is (a) independent of the overall Master volume slider for the system as a whole, and (b) almost always independent of volume controls on the apps themselves, which seem to be yet another "pre-amp" gain/level adjuster.

While this multi-layer volume handling is sometimes annoying (e.g. sometimes the app's volume control pushes the Mixer slider for that app, and sometimes it doesn't... depending on how the app was written to provide volume control), overall I think it's ABOUT TIME that the obvious differences in methods for controlling sound volume between apps were separated to be app-specific, instead of them all screwing with the one and only WAV slider which also affected System Sounds.

I think the new approach in Win7, of effectively individual WAV sliders for every app and also for System Sounds, is great.

I also like that the "Master Volume" slider in the Mixer adjusts all the other individual "WAV" sliders for each app up or down proportionally whenever the Master slider is moved. Keeps everything relative to each other in sync.

Just use the individual app WAV sliders in Mixer adjusted correctly, to keep each app's volume to your liking.

 

[Lan]

Does anyone know what version was the really good one for vista? Like loud and awesome quality. I upgraded my vista partition to the latest version and its now quieter and for some reason rollback driver and system restore doesnt work

 

[Venths]

YES, my Audio is also sound low

After I have installed Windows 7. It was good with XP. Any ideas?

 

[Aphelion]

YES, my Audio is also sound low

After I have installed Windows 7. It was good with XP. Any ideas?

Yes, this is what I was referring to in my last post, sound is ok but the overall volume in Windows_7 is considerably lower than in XP, using the same hardware.

Want to see something interesting?

Open registry editor, and use this as a search string:

AudioProcessingObjects

Evidently Win-7 is briging in third party audio processing, I even see something (Maxx Audio) that's listed as a "Waves" product, that's fairly high end stuff.

I wonder if the lower overall volume is to give the system headroom for processing?

Ap

 

[Aphelion]

YES, my Audio is also sound low

After I have installed Windows 7. It was good with XP. Any ideas?

In Device Manager under Sound, Video & Game controllers:

Besides the Realtek Hi Definition Audio Device there's always been a second unlabeled "Hi Definition Audio Device". I thought this was probably part of the Windows HD audio subsystem, Just now disabled it leaving only The Realtek HD and my M-Audio Audiophile drivers as active.

On this system I definitely have more output than before, on both the Realtek and PCI M-Audio card! Strange?

Ap

 

[Aphelion]

In Device Manager under Sound, Video & Game controllers:

Besides the Realtek Hi Definition Audio Device there's always been a second unlabeled "Hi Definition Audio Device". I thought this was probably part of the Windows HD audio subsystem, Just now disabled it leaving only The Realtek HD and my M-Audio Audiophile drivers as active.

On this system I definitely have more output than before, on both the Realtek and PCI M-Audio card! Strange?

Ap

Quoting my own post.

Disabling the MS 'High Definition Audio Device" and rebooting has made a difference in Win-7's audio system. Increased volume, improved sound. If you have both the Realtek HD and the default HD systems showing up in Device Manager. Disable the default device, reboot and see if you notice an improvement.

Ap

 

[xXSevenXx]

This is what's in my dev manager.
Shall I try diasabling USB audio Device or is that for my web cam?

 

[Venths]

YES, my Audio is also sound low

After I have installed Windows 7. It was good with XP. Any ideas?

In Device Manager under Sound, Video & Game controllers:

Besides the Realtek Hi Definition Audio Device there's always been a second unlabeled "Hi Definition Audio Device". I thought this was probably part of the Windows HD audio subsystem, Just now disabled it leaving only The Realtek HD and my M-Audio Audiophile drivers as active.

On this system I definitely have more output than before, on both the Realtek and PCI M-Audio card! Strange?

Ap

I have only one HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO Device option

 

[Aphelion]

I have only one HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO Device option

Guess it won't help you then, my system had both the Realtek HD device and a second generic (MS) High Definition Audio Device. Disabling the second device cleared up my low volume problems even though the Realtek was set as default audio.

Ap

 

[Aphelion]

This is what's in my dev manager.
Shall I try diasabling USB audio Device or is that for my web cam?

Probably for your web cam so I doubt if it will make any difference.
See my reply to Venths.

Ap

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

When i try to update my audio driver through device manager..windows tell me that i have the latest driver installed whereas my driver version is 6.0.1.5969 (28.10.2009).
Should i update?:sarc:

 

[Dwarf]

Yes. Update by downloading and installing the driver directly from Realtek (save the download to your HDD and install from there). The drivers from Microsoft are fine, but they are often 2 or 3 versions behind the current ones available directly from the manufacturer.

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

Yes. Update by downloading and installing the driver directly from Realtek (save the download to your HDD and install from there). The drivers from Microsoft are fine, but they are often 2 or 3 versions behind the current ones available directly from the manufacturer.

Thanks for the reply mr dwarf...Updating in awhile...

 

[AbeVV]

I have only one HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO Device option

Guess it won't help you then, my system had both the Realtek HD device and a second generic (MS) High Definition Audio Device. Disabling the second device cleared up my low volume problems even though the Realtek was set as default audio.

Ap

I seem to be having the same problem as Aphelion (noticeably lower sound quality in speakers, lack of bass in speakers, and quieter speakers speakers after upgrade from Vista to 7). I also don't have MS High Definition Audio listed in the device manager (only Realtek High Definition Audio). However, I have noticed that if you go to the start menu > devices and printers > my pc > hardware only "High Definition Audio Controller" (manufactured by Microsoft) was listed. But after I reinstalled the Realtek HD driver in compatibility mode they were both listed (High Definition Audio controller and Realtek HD Audio Device). I don't know how insightful that information is, but I'd really appreciate some help with this also.