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has anyone ever determined what exactly causes the change in name between realtek high definition audio, and realtek audio?

i download drivers from here whenever they are updated. sometimes they show under device manager under one name, sometimes under the other....is there an actual difference in performance and if so how do I determine which im getting before actually installing the driver?

billneftleberg said:

has anyone ever determined what exactly causes the change in name between realtek high definition audio, and realtek audio?

i download drivers from here whenever they are updated. sometimes they show under device manager under one name, sometimes under the other....is there an actual difference in performance and if so how do I determine which im getting before actually installing the driver?

There's a name change?
Whenever I download a .cab file and then extract its contents to a folder in order to update my driver via Device Manager, I always name it “Realtek HD Audio v6.0.1.80xx”... I always thought that Realtek HD Audio is/was Realtek HD Audio.
Please explain further. Thanks.

asturias7 said:

There's a name change?
Whenever I download a .cab file and then extract its contents to a folder in order to update my driver via Device Manager, I always name it “Realtek HD Audio v6.0.1.80xx”... I always thought that Realtek HD Audio is/was Realtek HD Audio.
Please explain further. Thanks.

under sound and audio controllers under device manager, sometimes it switches from "realtek high definition audio" to "realtek audio".I never know beforehand which it will show up as....there is no appreciable sound difference as far as I can tell, but the naming under device manager definitely does change from time to time......i just dont know why

when i install a cab file i dont rename anything, I just extract it to an empty desktop folder and point device manager to that folder to install. so the name change comes directly from realtek.

billneftleberg said:

under sound and audio controllers under device manager, sometimes it switches from "realtek high definition audio" to "realtek audio".I never know beforehand which it will show up as....there is no appreciable sound difference as far as I can tell, but the naming under device manager definitely does change from time to time......i just dont know why

when i install a cab file i dont rename anything, I just extract it to an empty desktop folder and point device manager to that folder to install. so the name change comes directly from realtek.

I don't know what to say...
I always see the same thing...

asturias7 said:

I don't know what to say...
I always see the same thing...

heres mine:


but other times when update i'll see what yours says with a second line fir my monitors nvidia high definition audio output

billneftleberg said:

heres mine:


but other times when update i'll see what yours says with a second line fir my monitors nvidia high definition audio output

Is that NVIDIA HD Audio factory. meaning it came installed on your PC when you bought it?
It seems strange to me that it changes name after certain updates.