Hey Shaun, Well in case it helps you or anyone else, here's the details of the driver I'm running for the realtek hd with no issues. Whether this will be the same on any other system, who knows lol.
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Driver Date: 14/11/2007 Driver Version: 5.10.0.5512 Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publ On 2/4/09, shaun everiss <shau...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > hmm either you are lucky or for whatever reason you have a newer model. > There are 2 types of hd cards. > the origional cards realtech hd then the real tech alc hd. > These seem newer than the older style of realtech hd. > its possible that these cards have been fixed. > even with the older drivers I have for this card there is still a bit of > crackling. > I suppose if I really install the oldest drivers for the card the crackling > may go away fully. but who knows. > At 10:16 p.m. 4/02/2009, you wrote: >>Hi Shaun and all, >> >>Quick question for you. >> >>I'm running a realtech hd card here in a laptop, have never edited the >>ini files for any gma games, and receive no popping/crackling/laggy >>behaviour with gtc lw or sod as yet. Is that normal? >> >>Fi, my realtech hd is inside a core 2 duo 2.4 ghz macbook pro with 2 >>gb of ram, and I boot into windows native for gaming, although I've >>also seen the sound support perform without any of the mentioned >>issues under virtualisation. >> >>Just throwing my experiences into the mix to try and narrow down what >>causes it I guess. >> >>Cheers >>Scott >> >>On 2/4/09, shaun everiss <shau...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: >>> Hi. >>> This may help someone so I post it here. >>> this is to fix the issue with the realtech hd cards that come in most new >>> laptops and desktops. >>> Although I can't fix every game with this card I can fix the gma ones, >>> this >>> applies to gtc lw and sod. >>> edit the sounds.ini in the dorectory the game is loaded in. >>> set sound buffers to 20, and then software buffers to 1. >>> Advantages. >>> faster and more responsive, at least on duel core systems with 2gb ram. >>> Disadvantages. >>> you don't get the cool hd audio effects. >>> However you get rid of the crackles, weird interpritations, etc. >>> the only way to really fix this is to update the drivers of the hd card >>> however at least on my laptop this caused accessive crackling and lockups >>> to >>> the point where sound did not work right. >>> If you have a desktop I strongly recomend you ditch the hd card, and get >>> something that actually works, better yet something that is not hd audio >>> or >>> realtech. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
