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The 5 icons on the "dial" to the right of the EQ bars all respond to mouse input and seem to work as expected.
I can either double-click on that icon or right-click over that icon and choose "Sound Manager" to bring up the actual cyan / aqua colored control panel interface. With 221, the control panel icon appears in the system tray and seems to function properly. So I'm using 221 as a base of reference when outlining the problems encountered in later releases.Īfter installing the Realtek driver, the Realtek Control Panel (RTHDCPL.EXE) is loaded into the Startup group that you can see when executing MSCONFIG from the Run menu / dialog. But 224, 225, 226, 227 all seem to have issues that are discernable.
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If I revert back to that version or use that version in a fresh install (I use Norton Ghost to backup and restore disk images when testing) things seem to work as expected as far as I can tell.
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I'll outline the multiple version experience in the hopes that it may be help to others who might have the same types of issues.įirst - The 221 driver set seems to be the most stable for me on a Windows XP Pro SP2 and/or SP3 platform configuration. They really need to get a handle on this quality control. That's just for anyone who might need it. Realtek must change this.ĪDDITION - WDM Driver Version and Windows DXDIAG listing: Executing the file twice should not be necessary. I suggest that Realtek completely rewrite their installer to make installation easier. I've never seen it elsewhere, and I wonder how many folks try to install this driver and fail because they don't read or comprehend the instructions. Follow directions and then reboot (again). When the machine boots up, the user then must click again on the executable in order to finish the installation. I'm not sure what actually is done, but one of the things that happens is that the previous version of the driver is removed.
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In order to properly update this driver, you must click on the executable file, and follow the directions offered. However, I have noticed that the installation procedure for the Realtek driver is different from any other driver or application. Since I do not have access to a "change log", I do not know what changes from 2.27 were actually made, but I can notice no difference in the software, or in performance from previous versions. I assume the XP version number would be 5. Shortcomings in any of the factors above is going to result in a below-optimal, maybe even craptacular, experience.Īnyway, just because your Realtek chipset implementation sounds awesome doesn't automatically mean the next guy's is going to sound awesome, too.
I wish everyone shared my good luck, but sadly that's just not the way this particular aspect of computing works. Having said that, the Realtek 889A chipset on my particular Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R playing through my Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 speakers is pretty gosh darn awesome so I give a 5-star rating. You may have the bad luck to get either a chipset or a motherboard that is borderline when it comes to quality control. The third and final factor is variances in production. Some motherboard models have vastly superior audio implementations than others. However, those differences can affect the sound quality in huge ways. Every motherboard model implements the chipset differently & sometimes it is only slight differences. The second factor is the implementation of the chipset on the motherboard you own. The 889A is superior to the 883, for example. The first factor in the equation is the model chipset itself. You see, there's more to this issue than just black and white. I'm sure everyone who has posted a review regarding Realtek audio chipsets is correct. I can always just leave the XP systems at the earlier versions. As it is, if they tweak stuff for Win 7, they sometimes goof up something in Windows XP, and that kinda sucks.īut it is what it is and it works ok for now I guess.
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I wish that they would optimize code for each chipset on each platform. Regardless, I'm not that happy about the combined codec download and codebase.
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Given how inconsistent Creative drivers have been over the years, it's no wonder that most people are not upset about the change in the way sound is processed in Vista and Win 7 and the push for onboard sound has taken hold so substantially. Given that Microsoft has pretty much ripped out the sound code and rewrote it all in software, and that multi-core systems are in place in many homes, onboard sound can give very, very good results compared to dedicated cards. These seem to cause trouble on my Windows XP systems but help on my Windows 7 system.