Quote Originally Posted by Crimson1128 View Post
while I'm unsure if a gpu would act as a sound card itself (google isn't really giving me a clear answer), that does indeed make me think it's a thing with asus motherboards themselves, as realtek is an asus thing, and I've yet to see anyone with this same issue that *hasn't* had an asus MB... definitely seems to be the common factor.
Not sure if this helps but I am still having this issue and this is my MB:https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb...n.php?S_ID=911 "BIOSTAR|A960D+ AM3+ R"