New HD Audio 1.67: driver from Realtek

26th May 2007

A new version of the driver Realtek HD Audio 1.67 for Win2000/WinXP and Windows Vista
The driver for Win2000/WinXP supports codecs: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268. The package includes WDM-driver for Win2000/WinXP and Winx64 (version 5.10.0.5413), utilities Realtek Soundman (version 1.0.0.30) and Realtek Sound Effect Manager.
Driver for Windows Vista supports codecs: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC260, ALC262, ALC268. The package includes a driver for Vista x86 and x64 (version 6.0.1.5413), and also utilities Realtek Sound Effect Manager.
The advantages of High Definition Audio specification before AC'97 are: the full support for new formats, a higher frequency of bandwidth, the support for audio Plug and Play, and more accurate speech recognition and its entry.