Media:Electronics Memorabilia:No Number Of Items:1 Batteries Included:No Operating System:Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Shipping Weight (lbs):2 Dimensions (in):1 x 1 x 1 Warranty:1 year warranty
Product Description Riviera is an affordable, high quality sound card for enjoying immersive PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital music enhanced with the fullness of multi-speaker surround sound. With selectable 2, 4 or 6 channel outputs, plus a digital S/PDIF output for pass-through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound, Riviera's feature-rich surround sound environment makes it a perfect upgrade for the stereo sound capabilities of typical PCs.Supports the latest in 3D positional audio for interactive PC gaming such as EAX, HRTF-based 3D positional audio, DirectSound 3D and A3D. 32-bit PCI bus interface compliant technology coupled with signal processing handles multiple3D streams and full-duplex audio with ease.Enjoy DVD playback when using 2, 4 or 6 speakers. Optical S/PDIF output for playback of pure digital audio at resolutions of up to 24 Bits at 48KHz sampling rate, allowing for passthrough of Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel DVD sound to external A/V receivers.Connect analog joysticks for PC games. Optional MIDI adapter cable lets you connect external MIDI keyboard equipment. MIDI software is included to help get you started creating music with your PC.High-quality reproduction of MP3, WAV, CD, DVD and Internet Audio. Virtual surround sound technology converts stereo sound sources to multi-channel format, for listening to MP3 digital music or movies with enhanced surround sound on 2, 4 or 6 speakers.
A good no-frills cardSeptember 14, 2008 I was looking for a basic card that works under Linux and has better audio quality than my lousy on-board sound. This one fit the bill perfectly.
Turtle Beach Audio CardAugust 9, 2008 Received this as an open box item, without documentation or installation CD. Windows XP installed as a Plug & Play item without a problem however as I had installed it in a SHARED PCI slot it had a resource conflict. When I relocated it to a non-shared slot it worked fine. By visiting the Turtle Beach website, I managed to download current audio utilities.
Big Sound for a Small PriceJune 18, 2008 I've used Turtle Beach sound cards for quite some time. Their quality is superb; preferable over comparible Sound Blaster cards. Riviera provides all of the features I'm looking for in Digital Input/Output, as well as superb Legacy support (for older computer applications and games designed for DOS.) Turtle Beach online support has always been very good, as well.
Adequate performance, dishonest marketingJanuary 25, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The card was easy to install and so far seems to work with all applications tested. However, several software titles that are clearly promised on the outside of the box, including "Record Producer LE, Music Write LE, and SoundCheck" are not on the installation disc. This is simply not honest. In the future I'll prefer to do business with a company that delivers what they promise.
Couldn't get it to workAugust 6, 2006 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buy a Sound Blaster Audigy. This card wouldn't work after hours of trying. The SB card took two minutes to install.
