Realtek Audio Drivers

Yes, that would be the best option but it is really hard to tell for me which drivers are "best" ones without any tests and in many cases I don’t think I have required knowledge to judge if the driver works right as the differences between versions could be very subtle in details I do not know about… :frowning: For me - latest versions should have most bugs fices from previous versions so that’s why I’m looking for them - I know, it is not a perfect reason, but at least it is "something".

I didn’t know about that optimisation - thank you for pointing that out. That version is indeed on Realtek website.

As I said, I was thinking it is the same case as Intel - Intel does not offer latest drivers on website but the latest drivers have higher version number and they are better.

As I said, I didn’t know about this specific optimization - I was thinking that they are offered for all OSes.

As I mentioned, I’ve checked MSI website for different X99 board (but still on Windows 7) and MSI offers newer driver than Realtek website for my OS so that’s why I thought "newer drivers" are for all OSes, not just for Windows 10.

It is stupid to search for the latest drivers, if the previously released drivers are better.


As I said, I didn’t know that that these older Realtek drivers are better - nobody told me that until this time. :slight_smile:

I am aware of that, but still it’d be good to have "the most possible up-to-date drivers". :slight_smile:

Anyway - that conclusion "Realtek HD Audio driver v6.0.1.8186 is probably the best one for my needs" is very important for me and ends my searches for now - thank you very much.