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Bug is back. Inplace upgrade didn't fix it...
I try clean install Realtek drivers, but I wont install them at all yet. I even blocked the Microsoft update ones from installing automatically. I want to check if I get bug w/o Realtek drivers.
I'm wondering whether I must install Realtek drivers before nvidia drivers. Maybe nvidia cause a conflict...
Last edited by fidget77; 20 Apr 2019 at 21:06.
This should give you a massive idea, then.
I like as much clarity as possible, first and foremost. If any given driver sounds more {muffled / subdued / crackly / static-y, etc} than 8648, it gets an immediate toss.
Secondly, I listen to a few different genres: Metal, hard rock, some pop rock, some hip-hop, a *lot* of techno (mostly trance) and some classical. So a single EQ setting is never enough for me. However, sometime since the last time I actually tested 8648, my EQ was reset to flat, as one normally should do when testing sound (more on that below). And everything I have mentioned in the last 2 weeks regarding 8648 was with the native RealTek EQ set to flat - I only discovered this yesterday as I went to listen to a piece of music for which my standard EQ settings (similar to the Powerful setting, only it focuses only on the 2 frequencies on either end of the spectrum) was not appropriate, so I went to change it - and saw the EQ was disabled.
8648 is, by far, the clearest and cleanest sounding set of drivers I've listened to on my machine in a very long time - and I'm always testing sound through the same A40 headset that I have had for a few years now (circa 2015, IIRC).
I think that last real test I performed and posted here I also performed with my personal EQ settings enabled - but even with it flat, the sound is super crisp, it really feels like I have a pair of rather high end headphones on - and even at high volumes, there is almost no discernible distortion (until I get close to 90% vol on both the headphones and in Windows sound applet). When I can do that and still listen to the music that I listen to, I know I have a goldmine in play.
I have AsRock z370 extreme 4 with ALC1220.
Had audio issues since getting it.
Mostly the occasional 'pop' or 'click', but on a lot of the drivers I've tried, the front panel I use for my headphones is essentially rendered useless.
Sound becomes distorted and when above a certain level just disintegrates.
Only driver that for the most part is good (and I've tried dozens) is 8210 - that's of course now an ancient driver, which is quite sad that AsRock don't seem to care despite many similar customer issues.
Hey all! :)
What is the best or better driver for music creation!
My sound card is integrated to my motherboard and its a HDA ALC1150, i am currently on version 6.0.1.8627
it's pretty good but are there even better out there!
Thx! :)