The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    realtek HD Audio XP vs Win 7

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by JJ_mclure, Dec 8, 2010.

  1. JJ_mclure

    JJ_mclure Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i hav an HP g42-230US turion II.

    i noticed that under XP the realtek HD audio sounds inferior compared to windows 7.

    has realtek sort of abandoned XP driver developement ? the interface under windows 7 is better and the audio is clearly better under windows 7.

    thanks for any help on this. i like XP but i'll use windows 7 on this laptop if i have to.
     
    JJ_mclure, Dec 8, 2010
    #1
  2. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I personally can't speak for realtek, but in most cases I would say yes, to a certain degree. A company is going to address the needs of a current/more popular operating system before addressing an older one. I wouldn't say that they completely abandon it, as issues still arise and many people still use Xp.
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Dec 9, 2010
    #2
  3. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

    Reputations:
    596
    Messages:
    2,798
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    You have to know Microsoft changed the Driver architecture during the transition from Xp to Vista, so you can be sure the drivers are coded differently hence it will not be identical.
     
    weinter, Dec 9, 2010
    #3
  4. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

    Reputations:
    6,415
    Messages:
    5,296
    Likes Received:
    552
    Trophy Points:
    281
    ^That and XP has no native support for HD Audio. It has to be added in with a patch. XP should be used only on older hardware, and in that case, it's hardware probably has driver maturity down pat, so there is no need for further updates.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Dec 9, 2010
    #4