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    Audio Drivers for AW 18

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by KNG SNKE, Jun 29, 2016.

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    Which audio drivers do you all use for the AW 18. I installed the creative drivers on my M18x and that laptop kills my AW 18 in sound. I only have the windows drivers on the AW18 currently.
     
    KNG SNKE, Jun 29, 2016
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    I should add that when I go to Dells site and type in the service tag number the list is not populating with the drivers for that system.
     
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    Found it. Thank you.
     
    KNG SNKE, Jun 30, 2016
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    I'll try it out. So far I'm not impressed with my current driver. My m18x kills the AW 18 on sound loudness/quality from what I can tell.
     
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    That last set works better than what I have. I don't use dolby but if I was to hook it up to surround sound I bet it sounds decent.
     
    KNG SNKE, Jul 1, 2016
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    After using that Dolby I get more out of my F2k and Dunu's. I can confirm that phoenix's modified driver is the best so far, If I need to upgrade I'll just use the INF from Realtek.
     
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    Will that driver make the laptop speakers sound better or only better outputs?
     
    KNG SNKE, Jul 9, 2016
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