Yeah I read that and still a bit confused if I'd want it or not. I've just read of issues with them though (popping/crackling/headphone issues, possibly just driver related) and wasn't sure if it's...

Hi all - might be having to replace my dying PC soon. Would you guys recommend staying away from the ALC4080 codec?

Hi all. Might be looking at a PC upgrade soon (current one may be dying). What motherboard would you guys recommend for a gaming PC in terms of different audio chips/drivers/extra software? I thought...

Yeah?? I'm on HDA 8862 atm which I think sounds pretty great on my Sennheiser HD598. Nice and clear with good bass. Do you think 8881 are better again?

Hey all... Anyone running generic HDA FF00 8862 driver? Is it worth upgrading from FF00 8821?

Got a bit of an issue here... Normally I need FF10 HDA drivers to be able to use the Creative Sound Blaster MB3 software, but I don't really use it so thought I'd give 8821 HDA FF00 drivers a go...

Do the generic UAD drivers usually sound a lot better than the HDA drivers? I'm still on HDA 8648 on a z97x chipset (ALC1150 I believe). Considering trying out the generic UAD drivers. Using pal1000s...

So I ended up installing the 8648 HDA FF10 drivers first, as a good starting point.. they sound good! Probably bit better overall than what it was. Not sure if it's worth upgrading to 8703? (Latest...

Alright, awesome. That was my assumption too, thanks for the clarification! :) Thanks for the driver suggestions too. I mean, I'm still able to still use the original 7727 version even though that...

So I ran that script in a powershell to figure out which drivers I need and it came up with this:

Realtek Audio Driver Integration log information

Device HWID:...

Awesome, thanks for all the info! All seems to make sense. I think I'm fairly happy with how it sounds but then again I've only ever used 7727 and haven't compared it to other drivers much. Alright,...

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone can recommend which Realtek driver I should be on? Get's a bit confusing with all the different sites and different types now(HDA/UAD). I'm running a Gigabyte z97x...