What is Realtek HD audio driver and do I need it?

By Laura S. Harris
Dec 25, 2020

Realtek HD Audio Driver is a driver software supplied by the Realtek company. If you have the Realtek HD Audio card in your system, you need this driver software to enable the hardware to process audio signals. Without this driver, your computer does not recognise the Audio card.

Is Realtek audio driver safe?

If they are the correct "Windows 7" drivers that you need for the make and model of your computer AND you are either downloading these realtek drivers from Realtek's web site or your computer manufacture's web site then yes they are safe to download and update the realtek device drivers.

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References

• www.quora.com (Nov 24, 2020) What is the Realtek HD audio driver? - Quora
• answers.microsoft.com (Jun 1, 2010) safe to downbload or update : Realtek? - Microsoft Community