Reviews of Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs for Windows

1. 
   FatBastard

   Reviewing 2.37 (Nov 20, 2009)

   Why on earth do Realtek update their drivers so damn often ?
2. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 2.36 (Nov 10, 2009)

   Version 236 (5969) seems to work as well as 234 (5943) and 235 (5953) on my system. No errors, no crashes, no slow-downs - at least so far.
   
   It is annoying that installing a newer version over older versions still appears to force a reset of EQ settings. Thankfully, I backed up the registry entries for those EQ settings before installation of the newer driver and all I had to do was double-click on that dot REG file to load them into the registry, replacing those default settings.
   
   Still, it seems like this is the 3rd entry in a row to show no downside that I can find. So, 4 stars it is.
3. 
   FatBastard

   Reviewing 2.36 (Nov 2, 2009)

   Realtek makes good drivers but howe come they or update so often? I mean how much can change in an audiodriver???
4. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 2.35 (Oct 12, 2009)

   234 was a more stable product, and 235 seems to be so as well. But still, neither version should cause a total RESET of the EQ settings after installation over an existing configuration.
   
   235 appears to be v5953 according to DXDIAG on my rig. Wish they would just stick to one or the other (2xx or 5xxx)
   
   Overall, good but could be better. I'd give it a 3.5 if that was an option, but it's closer to 4 than not, so 4 it is.
5. 
   mjm01010101

   Reviewing 2.33 (Sep 15, 2009)

   I've found the best way to get these is to wait a day after they update them. By then the traffic has died down a tad and you can pull them in under 5 minutes...

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