Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [archive]

f14tomcat · 25 Nov 2016

thegeriatric said:

Great, i wont bother trying 7989 then. :)

I went back to 7986, also....smoother.

thegeriatric · 25 Nov 2016

f14tomcat said:

I went back to 7986, also....smoother.

Do you think 7986 is better than 7989 then? if so i might try it.

asturias7 · 25 Nov 2016

thegeriatric said:

Do you think 7986 is better than 7989 then? if so i might try it.

I've been trying both for the past few days... 7986 is definitely better sounding.

Btw, another update is about to be released.

spapakons · 26 Nov 2016

It could just be some bug fixes, but it doesn't hurt to have the newest driver installed... Of course there are some exceptions, but the rule is the newer the better.

DooGie · 26 Nov 2016

asturias7 said:

I've been trying both for the past few days... 7986 is definitely better sounding.

Btw, another update is about to be released.

Yes I've seen build 7997 is availble on at least one site on the web. Trouble is it's not a generic one as it contains Dolby.

JaKSLaP · 28 Nov 2016

DooGie said:

Yes I've seen build 7997 is availble on at least one site on the web. Trouble is it's not a generic one as it contains Dolby.

I have installed those Dolby ones on devices that dont have Dolby support and it ran fine. Do you have a link for 7997?

DooGie · 29 Nov 2016

JaKSLaP said:

I have installed those Dolby ones on devices that dont have Dolby support and it ran fine. Do you have a link for 7997?

Sorry Jak but I'm not posting 3rd party links on this forum.

IntelliMoo · 29 Nov 2016

Looks like there's now an .8000 out there too.

D4ni3l · 29 Nov 2016

IntelliMoo said:

Looks like there's now an .8000 out there too.

yes I have installed it (downloaded from softpedia 8000_PG454_Win10_Win8.1_Win8_Win7_WHQL.zip)
I like the version number

DooGie · 29 Nov 2016

Yes I noticed a post that version 6.0.1.8000 was out on another site. I finally couldn't resist and downloaded from Softpedia. It's a good sounding driver, it should be up on the Microsoft Update Catalog within a few days.