which Realtek Ac97 audio drivers???

[jpmad4it]

hey there

i have a gigabyte Ga-8IK1100 rev2.0 motherboard.

It uses onboard Realtek AC97 audio.

I am looking for the audio drivers, and i found that i can either download them from Realtek or from Gigabyte - im not sure which one to download as the driver file packages differ in size by about ten megs - so im assuming they are different altogether. Which one should i go with?


regards Jonathan

[DavidGP]

Personally I'd go with the Mobo makers driver versions, the difference in the driver sizes are generally the non-motherboard ( chipset manufacturer eg. Realtek ) makers drivers are just the driver with non of the added software advanced features.

[jpmad4it]

yeah i thought i should go with the MB drivers. thanks

[sleepygamer213]

USE THE REALTEK DRIVERS!!!! It improves sound SOO much. well that was my case anyways, because they are updated WAY more frequently than mobo drivers are.

[jpmad4it]

are the realtek drivers just the ones they send out in a bundle?

The most recent version i can find is the Realtek AC'97 audio driver package a3.76? Is that correct?

rgds J

[DavidGP]

Originally Posted by jpmad4it

are the realtek drivers just the ones they send out in a bundle?

The most recent version i can find is the Realtek AC'97 audio driver package a3.76? Is that correct?

rgds J

yes and you can quickly download them from here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4400.html

[jpmad4it]

and i can always roll back the driver if i get probs too - thanks god for windows XP - not :-)