Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs 2.57

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Aug 3, 2010

Things are working fine so far, again, thankfully. Version 2.51 = v5.10.0000.6167 in the DXDIAG Sound Dialog Good luck with it

Rated 30/50 by DudeBoyz at Oct 28, 2010

This new version, 253 (or v6215 in the DXDIAG screen) seems to work as well as 252 (v6194) did, but for some reason it seems like 240 (v6013) worked the best so far. I'll do more detailed testing and post back if I find anything of note. It is frustrating that when you install a new version over an existing installation, it doesn't remember all of your EQ settings. I have to re-enter the custom EQ settings into the registry and then load those settings manually again each time I upgrade. I wish that wasn't necessary. UPDATE: I've done some more detailed testing and am finding that any of the 2.5x series seem to be less stable than earlier releases on my particular system, which has a GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P motherboard. After all of the testing I've been doing and re-doing, it appears that version 2.40 gives me the most stable, consistent performance, so I'm sticking with that. I wonder what they did wrong in later versions?

Rated 10/50 by baki_princ at Nov 8, 2010

thjis is piece of crap. on every laptop i install it on win 7 sound volume become too low so its better with win 7 generic drivers. no to mention problems with microphone.

Rated 50/50 by anomoly at Dec 4, 2010

Not impressed with HD onboard audio at all. The cheapo speakers I have have a loudness button which to me sounds better than the software version this has. Nothing to complain about here except for the fact I haven't bought an asus xonar dg yet. Even with an average pair of speakers, a real audio card will put out a much cleaner sound than this will regardless of the mobo. Easiest way to get the drivers is to go here http://www.station-drivers.com/ Artem is so right. That's like saying that generic video drivers are better than the latest official ones.

Rated 50/50 by Artem S. Tashkinov at Dec 4, 2010

When morons think of Windows 7 they think of "generic" drivers, which are in fact old Realtek drivers.

Rated 10/50 by Phat Esther at Dec 5, 2010

missing download link

Rated 20/50 by CyberDoc999 at Jan 6, 2011

tell us you have cheap speakers then tell us onboard is no good what a Loser onboard is great! and win 7 generic drivers are also great

Rated 40/50 by anomoly at Jan 28, 2011

STFU dumba** cyber db. I've had a good sound card and good speakers before and I could gas what your mobo says. A real soundcard makes anything sound better. FU

Rated 50/50 by ecvogel at Jan 28, 2011

Realtek and VIA are the top 2 best on board sound and if you read up on stuff you will know that on board is just as good as a seperate audio card.

Rated 40/50 by anomoly at Jan 28, 2011

STFU dumba** cyber db. I've had a good sound card and good speakers before and I could gas what your mobo says. A real soundcard makes anything sound better. FU Just as good? Just as good for the average user but not for someone who prefers asio output & more control as well with optionall rca jacks. If it had asio support I would change my mind but for professional audio, mobo's just don't cut the mustard. Try again. You guys need to understand how quality audio hardware works and it was invented long before your mobo and still sounded better back then. They have made mobos with tubes just for the audio. In fact the best stuff still uses tubes. If you cannot tell the difference between a live performance and the latest digital recording you're just plain clueless. Top notch audio eqpt is not a freebee that comes with pc mobo's. A high end audio card will cost as much as whatever price you may ever pay for an entire mobo. I wonder why that is? Hmm

Rated 50/50 by 4122 at Jan 29, 2011

I'm sure everyone who has posted a review regarding Realtek audio chipsets is correct. You see, there's more to this issue than just black and white. The first factor in the equation is the model chipset itself. The 889A is superior to the 883, for example. The second factor is the implementation of the chipset on the motherboard you own. Every motherboard model implements the chipset differently & sometimes it is only slight differences. However, those differences can affect the sound quality in huge ways. Some motherboard models have vastly superior audio implementations than others. The third and final factor is variances in production. You may have the bad luck to get either a chipset or a motherboard that is borderline when it comes to quality control. 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. I wish everyone shared my good luck, but sadly that's just not the way this particular aspect of computing works. Shortcomings in any of the factors above is going to result in a below-optimal, maybe even craptacular, experience. Anyway, just because your Realtek chipset implementation sounds awesome doesn't automatically mean the next guy's is going to sound awesome, too.

Rated 30/50 by DudeBoyz at Mar 4, 2011

These seem to cause trouble on my Windows XP systems but help on my Windows 7 system. Mixed bag, as usual. 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. 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 . Regardless, I'm not that happy about the combined codec download and codebase. I wish that they would optimize code for each chipset on each platform. As it is, if they tweak stuff for Win 7, they sometimes goof up something in Windows XP, and that kinda sucks. But it is what it is and it works ok for now I guess. I can always just leave the XP systems at the earlier versions. NOTE: R257 = version 6299 R258 = version 6316

Rated 30/50 by DudeBoyz at Apr 8, 2011

R259 = version 6343 So far so good on Windows 7, no added damage on XP system, so it's doing ok. It is rather annoying to have to let it uninstall the old driver, reboot, rediscover, reboot and then finally end up with the driver installed but your EQ settings lost. I've given up on custom EQ in this setup - I just have it set to the pre-specified POWERFUL selection and that does a pretty good job. Under XP you could easily use a REG file to keep loading your custom setup, but it works differently on Win 7.

Rated 30/50 by Dark_Diver at Apr 19, 2011

How to save settings (EQ presets, et.c.) during upgade?

Rated 30/50 by zapatero at May 6, 2011

It is almost impossible to download it. I had not experience so slow a download for years.

Rated 30/50 by baki_princ at Jul 12, 2011

ctrl-f 2.63 and find it. faster downlaod. http://www.station-drive.../page/realtek_audio.htm

Rated 40/50 by holy1661 at Jul 13, 2011

Hmm. http://www.realtek.com.t...eID=3&GetDown=false from: http://www.realtek.com.t...nition%20Audio%20Codecs thanks!

Rated 50/50 by RWW at Sep 2, 2011

Go to Filehippo to download these. You will be glad you did!

Rated 40/50 by baki_princ at Sep 2, 2011

how about u redirect ur stupid link to station-drivers? u try to dl it from ur own site!

Rated 50/50 by Uriel at Sep 3, 2011

http://www.realtek.com.t...eID=3&GetDown=false