I cannot seem to be able to download realtec drivers from their website.?

That which is another site I will download realtec acustic drivers from without haveing to cover one of the crap driver detective things

Here will be two web pages:

http://www.filehippo.com/software/drivers/

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0-.htmlquery=realtek&searchtype=downloads&tag=opensearch

You can download these people from here subject to your THE GW990:
http://download.cnet.com/windows/audio-drivers/ and also
http://drivers.softpedia.com/downloadTag/Realtek+Audio+Driver.