New driver HD Audio 1.79 from Realtek

17th October 2007

A new version of the driver Realtek HD Audio 1.79 for Win2000/WinXP and for 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 (5.10.0.5490 version), utilities Realtek Soundman (version 1.0.0.30), and Realtek Sound Effect Manager. The 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 6.0.1.5490), as well as utility Realtek Sound Effect Manager.
The advantages of High Definition Audio before AC'97 are full-fledged support of the new formats, higher transmission frequency, support of audio Plug and Play, a more accurate speech recognition and its entering.