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Apple doesn't really provide decent drivers for windows.
There's a bit more to it than that, namely Mac OS uses Coreaudio whereas Windows use (IIRC) ASIO which are two different ways of decoding audio and may(or may not) affect sound.

I think this might be the culprit more than the driver itself.
 
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