Realtek HD Audio Drivers

Pros

• Drivers are up to date
• HD audio drivers with interface options
• Automatic setup after downloading
• Increases audio quality greatly

Cons

• Out of date if you're using Vista or higher
• Not all motherboards have the right chipsets
• Driver sizes are pretty large

Realtek HD Audio Drivers XP is a set of drivers that are used specifically for Realtek audio, which were designed to give you crystal clear HD sound on any computer implementing Realtek audio devices.

An Overview of Realtek HD Audio Drivers XP

In today's PC market, you can find dozens upon dozens of different audio companies that release speakers and software that computer users can install to get true HD sound from their music and games. However, back when XP was the operating system on Windows, Realtek had this market cornered. Also understand that when it comes to PC gamers, about half of them still actually use Windows XP as their OS and have either refused to upgrade to 10 or have downgraded every time a new Windows OS has proven to be unreliable for gamers. Windows' newest operating systems are geared toward social media. With 10, for example, you basically get a swiping Android smartphone layout on your desktop. This isn't want gamers want. Gamers want the functionality of XP, and so many of them still use Realtek and thus have a need for the latest drivers, found with the Realtek HD Audio Drivers XP package.

You're not getting anything fancy with this download. To be clear, you're getting exactly what the name suggests: Drivers for your Realtek software. These drivers are 100% free, available in English, and are set up to work with Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. They will still work with any Windows OS up to 7, but you may have to figure out a workaround. This is an older software package, but you shouldn't consider it out of date. If you're still using Realtek audio, this package will give you the best possible HD drivers for sound quality.

What Realtek HD Audio Drivers XP Is and What It Does

If you're a Realtek user, these audio drivers will allow you not only to listen to HD audio on your PC but will also allow you to manage your interface between the system's audio and your hardware. What this means, in a nutshell, is that you can fully customize your listening experience and control a lot of your sound levels and features with these drivers. PCs featuring motherboards with compatible chipsets can use this software for their hardware, so please check with the Realtek manufacturer's site before downloading, even if you have Realtek audio software. You wouldn't want to waste time and space downloading something incompatible.

If you are compatible, however, these Realtek drivers are the most current on the market. Although all of these operating systems are very out of date, Realtek hasn't forgotten about its core base. Many millions of PC users still use XP for gaming and thus still use Realtek for audio. So when you need drivers, this is the software pack that will give you the best.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Drivers are up to date
• HD audio drivers with interface options
• Automatic setup after downloading
• Increases audio quality greatly

Cons

• Out of date if you're using Vista or higher
• Not all motherboards have the right chipsets
• Driver sizes are pretty large