Really nice AC97 drivers new!!!!!

[Shamus MacNoob]

So these do work with all AC97 drivers? I went to viaarea.com and they said to download the drivers from my mobo's site.

I have a Abit KD7A mobo that uses VIA AC'97

Yes they will work and very well at that if you use either AC97, or Realtek these drivers work great

 

[sboulema]

downloading....

 

[sean.ferguson]

AC97 is very popular in laptops good post

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

Thanks before the great wipeout I had this thread posted and it had over 1500 views

 

[NetRyder]

My laptop has an AC'97 audio controller. How are these drivers different from the ones provided by Dell?

 

[sean.ferguson]

they may just be newer than the ones you have from Dell :-/

 

[NetRyder]

Dell does provide updated drivers quite often, actually.
These could possibly be newer than the ones I had. I installed them anyway. Thanks

 

[chaos945]

These are pretty good! I've had a hard time deciding which drivers sound the best, I'll test these out for a while. Anyone do much testing with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe's onboard sound?

 

[dreamliner77]

RANT MODE:

AC97 audio has been a spec for 7 years nows. You'd think the drivers would've maxed out along time ago, it's not like the chip architecture is that horrible. I guess it's what happens when you let Intel write a spec they don't know that much about.

 

[Glaanieboy]

Great drivers! I installed them on a Intel i845 board with a Realtek soundchip on-board, so far, good sound, nice and crisp, far better than the ones I had installed previously.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

Yes I know that anytime I have had a job with AC97 or Realtek on board sound I have used these drivers as they have been updated on a steady pace I will keep this thread as upto date as possible. Enjoy then I know on my other rig the MSI K7GN2 we use these drivers too

 

[chaos945]

After a few hours of testing I've found that these drivers are producing a significant amount of noise in everything I play. Back to the drawing board for me...

/later
Now testing Custom nVidia driver package for nforce2 boards.

 

[NetRyder]

Great drivers! I installed them on a Intel i845 board with a Realtek soundchip on-board, so far, good sound, nice and crisp, far better than the ones I had installed previously.

Agreed! Wow, I can actually hear the difference. Quite amazing really
Thanks Kermit!

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

Agreed! Wow, I can actually hear the difference. Quite amazing really
Thanks Kermit!

Hey no problem enjoy

Sorry to hear that chaos but I have heard of a few problems with the asus sound setup, I hope you find something that works for you.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

ftp://210.51.181.211/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a355.exe

ftp://152.104.125.40/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a355.exe

ftp://202.65.194.18/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a355.exe

Yet another updated set enjoy

 

[NetRyder]

After the difference I noticed with the first set, you just know I have to download these.
Thanks for keeping us updated, Kermit.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

Hey no problems as I said we use these on our MSI Delta K7NG2 board and there very good for us

 

[Glaanieboy]

Too bad it's vacation now, so I can't test these new drivers on my school computer (using a SB Live! 5.1 digital at home)

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

More new updates

well it would seem yet again there is an updated version for all our AC97 / Realtek needs so here are the links to the newer files


ftp://210.51.181.211/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a356.exe

ftp://152.104.125.40/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a356.exe

ftp://202.65.194.18/pc/ac97/alc650/wdm_a356.exe

Enjoy

 

[NetRyder]

I'm a fan of this thread now. Thanks again, Kermit.