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Downloads 1 Drivers for Vortex AuReal Vortex AU8830 Sound Card & Multimedia & MP3. Here's where you can downloads the newest software for your AuReal Vortex AU8830.

  • The Aureal A2D drivers allow 3D Sound on other sound cards, the A2D drivers provide: DirectSound3D & occlusions support on any sound card with DirectSound3D support Basic software 3D sound and occlusions support on any sound card without DirectSound3D support.
  • DriverMax – MEDIA – Aureal, Inc. – Aureal Vortex Audio (WDM) Computer Driver Updates A list of tested dos games taken from the readme file is available here. The novelty is addressed vorex aurral who work with graphics and video professionally and to designers.
  • AUREAL 8820 DRIVER - The board layout and basic components are identical. Are Linux drivers available for Vortex 1 based sound cards? There are various versions of the Codec 3D expander depending upon the Codec. The Turtle Beach Montego A3D builds on this great design and adds some features and functionality at an additional cost.
  • Sadly, Aureal went bankrupt in 2000 and was later bought by Creative, so Aureal chipsets have had pretty poor support since XP - the stock Vortex2 driver included in Windows XP was a bare bones implementation at best.


Sound Cards with Aureal A3D Support

Using the Aureal Vortex 2 (8830) chipset

Absolute Outrageous 3D Sound
Aureal Vortex2 PCI
Aureal Vortex 2 SuperQuad 2500
Aureal Vortex2 SuperQuad Digital PCI
Diamond Monster Sound MX300
(Monster Sound MX25 daughterboard)
Hi-Val PCI 576 A3D
TechWorks Power Vortex 2
OEM Turtle Beach Montego II
(Digital & Optical I/O daughterboard)
Turtle Beach Montego II Home Studio
Turtle Beach Montego II Plus
Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla
Turtle Beach Montego II VoiceXpress
TerraTec XLerate Pro PCI
VideoLogic SonicVortex 2
Xitel Storm Platinum

Using the Aureal Vortex 1 (8820) chipset

Aureal Vortex 8830 Driver

Aureal Vortex1 PCI
Aztech PCI 338-A3D
DCS S805
Diamond Sonic Impact S90
Digitan Systems DSAC-600
Gallant Audio Storm A3D
Genius Sound Maker 64
GVC Winner Sound
Hi-Val PCI 338 A3D
Innowave Aureal Vortex PCI sound card
Intresource TeraSound A3D PCI
I/OMagic MagicWave A3D PCI
Mediatek Sound Image Symphonic PCI-1
Multiwave AudioWave PCI DigitalSound
Orchid NuSound3D
Pine Technology PT2628 Schubert 64 A3D-1
Procomp S320
Samtek Rock'n 98
Shark Predator 3D PCI
Skywell Magic Sound
TerraTec XLerate PCI
Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream
(Digital & Optical I/O daughterboard)
Xitel Storm VX

Using the Aureal Vortex Advantage (8810) chipset

Aureal Driver

Aureal Vortex Advantage PCI
Aureal Vortex SuperQuad 1500
Absolute Outrageous 3D Sound Lite
Hi-Val PCI A3D Advantage
I/OMagic MagicWaveV1 A3D PCI

Using custom chipsets

Diamond Monster Sound
Diamond Monster Sound M80
Diamond Monster Sound MX200
Shark Predator 3D ISA
Xitel Storm

Aureal drivers

Other Sound Cards

Aureal vortex 8810 driver

Many sound cards claim to emulate Aureal A3D 1.0, but are not based on genuine Aureal A3D technology. These products aren't endorsed by Aureal Inc. in any way. They feature fake Aureal A3D drivers that route calls from Aureal A3D 1.0 in games to DirectSound3D algorithms. Such drivers may result in Aureal A3D game compatibility problems, drop in frame rates, drop in 3D sound quality, loss of audio and generally unpredictable sound behavior in Aureal A3D applications. Consequently, Aureal Inc. strongly advises against using these products for purposes of playing A3D games. Some games like Descent Freespace: The Great War and SiN will check for Aureal certified hardware and will not support Aureal A3D without it!

Information from Aureal Inc


Drivers

Aureal A3D Drivers & Demos
Aureal A2D Drivers
Linux drivers
Vortex 1 reference drivers
Vortex 2 reference drivers
Vortex Advantage reference drivers
Sound Card Drivers

Aureal A3D Drivers & Demos
Required by all sound cards with Aureal A3D support.
Check the sound cards page if you don't know if your sound card has certified Aureal A3D support

Aureal A3D 3.12 drivers for Windows 95, 98 or ME only (1.3MB)
Don't install the Aureal A3D drivers in Windows 2000 or XP!

Aureal Driver

Aureal A3D 3.0 demos (28.3MB)

Aureal 2D Drivers
The Aureal A2D drivers allow 3D Sound on other sound cards, the A2D drivers provide:

  • DirectSound3D & occlusions support on any sound card with DirectSound3D support
  • Basic software 3D sound and occlusions support on any sound card without DirectSound3D support.

But the A2D drivers will only work correctly in applications and games, where the Aureal A3D support was:

Aureal Vortex 8810 Driver

  • Based on the Aureal A3D 2.0 or later Software Development Kit
  • Used Aureal's own resource manager.

Aureal A2D 3.12 driver (245KB) for Windows 95, 98, ME or NT4

EAX Unified driver
Allows EAX 2.0/3.0 software emulation on any sound card with EAX 1.0 support.

EAX 3.0 Unifed driver (93KB)

Linux drivers
Are included in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture project.

Aureal Drivers

Vortex 1 reference drivers
Check the Frequently Asked Questions if you don't know which chipset your sound card uses. The reference drivers should not be used with these sound card as you will lose support for the add-on boards:
Turtle Beach Montego with digital or optical add-on boards

Vortex 1 (8820) OS/2 reference drivers (4.36MB)
Vortex 1 (8820) Windows 3.1 reference drivers (4.54MB)
Vortex 1 (8820) Windows 95/98 4.06.1189 reference drivers (5.85MB)
Vortex 1 (8820) Windows 95/98 4.06.1186 beta reference drivers (5.87MB)
Vortex 1 (8820) Windows NT4 1.17.01 reference drivers (4.74MB)
Vortex 1 (8820) Windows 2000 5.10.1500.49 beta reference drivers (7.04MB)
(Follow the installation instructions in WDM_install.doc )

Vortex 2 reference drivers
Check the Frequently Asked Questions if you don't know which chipset your sound card uses. The reference drivers should not be used with these sound card as you will lose support for the addon boards:
Turtle Beach Montego 2 with digital or optical addon boards
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Home Studio
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Plus
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Quadzilla

Vortex 2 (8830) Windows 95/98 4.06.2048.21 reference drivers (9.39MB)
Vortex 2 (8830) Windows NT4 2.06.01 beta reference drivers (4.81MB)
Vortex 2 (8830) Windows 2000 5.12.01.2559 beta reference drivers (8.28MB)
(Follow the installation instructions in WDM_install.doc )

Aureal Vortex Drivers

Vortex Advantage reference drivers
Check the Frequently Asked Questions if you don't know which chipset your sound card uses

Vortex Advantage (8810) Windows 95/98 4.06.3220 reference drivers (7.35MB)
Vortex Advantage (8810) Windows NT4 3.24.01 beta reference drivers (4.94MB)
Vortex Advantage (8810) Windows 2000 5.12.1.3555 RC reference drivers (7.75MB)
(Follow the installation instructions in WDM_install.doc )

Diamond Monster Sound/M80/MX200 Windows 95/98 1.07.06 drivers

Aureal Vortex 8810 Driver

DirectX 8.0a (10.9MB) for Windows 95 at Microsoft
DirectX 9.0a for Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP at Microsoft

Turtle Beach Montego 2 Home Studio Windows 95/98 4.06.2046 drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Home Studio Windows NT4 2.03.04 drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach Montego 2 Plus Windows 95/98 4.06.2046 drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Plus Windows NT4 2.03.04 drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach

Aureal Vortex 1 Drivers

Turtle Beach Montego 2 Quadzilla Windows 95/98 4.06.2046 beta drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach Montego 2 Quadzilla Windows NT4 2.03.04 beta drivers at Voyetra Turtle Beach