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The forum thread discusses updates and links for sound drivers compatible with Windows Vista and 7, primarily from Realtek and Creative. The original poster shares frequent updates on new driver releases, including HD Audio and AC97 drivers from Realtek and driver/utility updates from Creative, with members offering guidance and troubleshooting tips. Overall, the thread reflects an active effort to keep users informed about the latest sound driver versions and support for various audio hardware.
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Sound Drivers for Vista and Windows 7

To keep in line with the graphic driver thread, here are links for two main manufacturers..

Realtek is usually an 'onboard' sound solution and can be found here:
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Creative are usually add-in cards although USB solutions are also manufactured:
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Asus Support:
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If you have a sound solution not mentioned please do ask and forum members will try and help...🙂
 

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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers.
 
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Realtek has released Link Removed of its AC97 audio driver.
 
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Realtek have released a new version of it's HD Audio driver
It's now at version 2.02 and can be found here:
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Creative has released Link Removed of the Console Launcher application for the X-Fi series of sound cards. This version fixes several issues in both XP and Vista.
 
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Creative has released the Link Removed driver for the majority of the SoundBlaster Audigy series under Windows XP and Vista. Confusingly titled with the same version number as the last official release, these drivers fix the missing Microphone option in the Surround Mixer which occurs as of the previous 2.18.0001 drivers.
 

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Update for Realtek HD audio 2.03:
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Realtek have now released version 2.04 of the above driver. Use the link above for access.
This has now been updated to version 2.05
 
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Realtek has released Link Removed of its AC97 audio drivers.
 
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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers. Note if you have problems with the link, click the 'High Definition Audio Codecs' link at the top of the page and select 'Software'.
 
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Creative has released the Link Removed driver for the majority of the SoundBlaster X-Fi series under Windows XP and Vista. These drivers fix several bugs, and also add Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect functionality, however these new features require the purchase of the Link Removed.
 

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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers.
 
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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers.
 
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Realtek has released Version 2.11 of its HD Audio drivers.
 
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Creative has released the 2.18.0008 driver for the majority of the SoundBlaster X-Fi series under Windows XP and Vista. These drivers fix several bugs, and also add Dolby Digital and DTS decode functionality.
 

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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers.
 
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Realtek has released Link Removed of its HD Audio drivers
 
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Creative has released a Link Removed driver specifically designed to provide support for the X-Fi Titanium series under Windows 7 Beta. Although this is primarily a vista site I've included these drivers for 7 in case users are strggling to find 7 drivers....
 
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