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    Anybody have both IDT and ATI high def audio drivers?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by RWUK, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. RWUK

    RWUK Notebook Evangelist

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    I just noticed I do. The IDT driver which has its control panel and the ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio AA01 in device manager. I've disabled this and notice no difference (as in sound still works) and I've also never noticed an interface for this. Does anyone else have just one or use both or what?
     
    RWUK, Nov 27, 2010
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  2. JKleiss

    JKleiss Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe the ATI driver is for sound over HDMI and maybe display port
     
    JKleiss, Nov 27, 2010
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    Yes, the ATI 'audio' is purely a pass through for the HDMI port.
     
    seeker_moc, Nov 27, 2010
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  4. RWUK

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    ok, thanks for the replies. I'll keep it around then.
     
    RWUK, Nov 27, 2010
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