realtek drivers or nvidia drivers???

jasonbourne · Oct 18, 2005, 08:54 AM

hi guys i have a motherboard with the nforce 4 sli chipset and a realtek alc850.now the question is should i use the drivers provided by realtek or the ones by nvidia???or should i use my creative soundblasters audigy instead??

thanks alot

jasonbourne · Oct 18, 2005, 02:27 PM

does anyone know wich one is better??

Lowfat · Oct 18, 2005, 04:50 PM

I would say the Realtek drivers. I recently build a NF4 system and when I used the Nvidia drivers, i got series reverb. All fixed with Realtrek drivers.

jasonbourne · Oct 18, 2005, 05:48 PM

ok thanks for the reply, do u think that my onboard soundcard is better than my old audygy card??

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 18, 2005, 11:07 PM

it come down to you choice or if you run into problems though
the realtek ones are updated more often.

Smilez · Oct 29, 2005, 05:59 PM

Hmm, I was thinking the same thing, but now when I try to install realtek drivers, windows won't recognize my soundcard :O I removed nvidia sound drivers + WDM drivers and downloaded newest realtek drivers from their site but it's still not working. Any clues?

jasonbourne · Oct 29, 2005, 07:02 PM

maybe u disabled your sound card in the bios,try reinstalling your chipset drivers as well, i diecided to stick with my audigy since it gives me better perfomance on gaming .

**dj_stick** · Oct 30, 2005, 01:54 AM

the drivers provided by nVidia most likely ARE the realtek drivers, as nV don't use their own soundstorm anymore, so just get them from realtek

Floruro · Oct 30, 2005, 04:18 PM

There was a site that did a test on nvidia/realtek drivers a while ago.
I cant find it now, but i believe he found out that the realtek drivers had much less cpu utilisation than the nvidia ones, but the nvidia ones sounded better with music.

Try search for it.

enoch · Nov 2, 2005, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floruro

There was a site that did a test on nvidia/realtek drivers a while ago.
I cant find it now, but i believe he found out that the realtek drivers had much less cpu utilisation than the nvidia ones, but the nvidia ones sounded better with music.

Try search for it.

Actually,it's the other way around.Here's a link to the article I think you're talking about . http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=a...age3&arc_id=20

I'm sticking w/ the realtek drivers because the extra 2% cpu usage is worth the sound quality imo.

Floruro · Nov 2, 2005, 02:32 PM

Ahh. Thanks for clearing it up. It wasnt the same article that i saw though, so ill try and find it again.

Oct 18, 2005, 08:54 AM	#1
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	realtek drivers or nvidia drivers??? hi guys i have a motherboard with the nforce 4 sli chipset and a realtek alc850.now the question is should i use the drivers provided by realtek or the ones by nvidia???or should i use my creative soundblasters audigy instead?? thanks alot __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Oct 18, 2005, 02:27 PM	Thread Starter #2
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	does anyone know wich one is better?? __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

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Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	I would say the Realtek drivers. I recently build a NF4 system and when I used the Nvidia drivers, i got series reverb. All fixed with Realtrek drivers. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

Oct 18, 2005, 05:48 PM	Thread Starter #4
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	ok thanks for the reply, do u think that my onboard soundcard is better than my old audygy card?? __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Oct 18, 2005, 11:07 PM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	it come down to you choice or if you run into problems though the realtek ones are updated more often. __________________

Oct 29, 2005, 05:59 PM	#6
Smilez DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	Hmm, I was thinking the same thing, but now when I try to install realtek drivers, windows won't recognize my soundcard :O I removed nvidia sound drivers + WDM drivers and downloaded newest realtek drivers from their site but it's still not working. Any clues? __________________ Hooah!

Oct 29, 2005, 07:02 PM	Thread Starter #7
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	maybe u disabled your sound card in the bios,try reinstalling your chipset drivers as well, i diecided to stick with my audigy since it gives me better perfomance on gaming . __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Oct 30, 2005, 04:18 PM	#9
Floruro DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gangstas Paradise, South Africa Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	There was a site that did a test on nvidia/realtek drivers a while ago. I cant find it now, but i believe he found out that the realtek drivers had much less cpu utilisation than the nvidia ones, but the nvidia ones sounded better with music. Try search for it. __________________ AMD64 3500+\| Abit AV8 3rd Eye \| 2x 1024 OCZ Gold pc4000@500mhz \| HIS x800 XT PE IceQII \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Logitech z5500 \| Antec Trueblue v2.0 480

Nov 2, 2005, 02:32 PM	#11
Floruro DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gangstas Paradise, South Africa Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	Ahh. Thanks for clearing it up. It wasnt the same article that i saw though, so ill try and find it again. __________________ AMD64 3500+\| Abit AV8 3rd Eye \| 2x 1024 OCZ Gold pc4000@500mhz \| HIS x800 XT PE IceQII \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Logitech z5500 \| Antec Trueblue v2.0 480