3DsoundSurge Press Release: Turtle Beach Montego II A3D Selected As Sound Card Upgrade For Dell

Turtle Beach Montego II A3D Selected As Sound Card Upgrade For Dell

Next Generation Turtle Beach Montego II A3D Selected As Sound Card Upgrade for DellŽ DimensionŽ PCs

Becomes First Aureal Vortex 2-Based Board to Reach Consumers

YONKERS, N.Y., November 9, 1998 — The new Turtle Beach Montego II A3D™ sound card has been designated by Dell Computer [NASDAQ: DELL] as the standard sound upgrade for Dimension^Ž PCs with Intel^Ž Pentium^Ž II processors, making the Montego II A3D the first available board to utilize the much anticipated Aureal [OTC BB: AURL] Vortex^Ž 2 chipset. This expands Voyetra Turtle Beach’s relationship with Dell, which has been selling the first generation Montego card since February 1998.

The Montego II A3D places the Vortex 2 chipset on a Turtle Beach custom-designed board to deliver premium sound quality and positional audio effects for gaming, music, or general use applications. In addition to doubling the processing power of the original Montego, the Montego II A3D utilizes the new A3D 2.0 API to add Wavetracing^Žtechnology, which models the acoustic characteristics of a virtual environment via wall reflections and occlusions in real-time. For example, an explosion behind a nearby wall will sound different from the same explosion that occurs across the room or directly overhead. Better yet, the Montego II A3D requires only a single pair of speakers or headphones for full 3D functionality. More than 100 PC game and entertainment titles currently support A3D or are under development.

Other Montego II A3D features include a better than 93 dB signal-to-noise ratio; 18-bit high-resolution converters; DirectSound and DirectSound3D acceleration (96 simultaneous DirectSound audio streams); AC'97, PC '97, and PC '98 compatibility; support for legacy DOS-based games; 64 hardware-based wavetable voices, with an additional 256 voices available via software synthesis (4MB upgradable sample set); and a hardware-based, 10 band graphic equalizer. It also supports downloadable samples (DLS) for custom audio patch playback, and includes AudioStation^Ž32, which integrates CD audio, MIDI, and digital audio management into a single modular rack interface.

Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of multimedia music and audio software and hardware. VTB offers a full line of retail titles for consumers, audio enthusiasts, and professionals, is a premiere developer of audio hardware, and the number one supplier of audio software solutions to PC manufacturers.

Aureal Semiconductor, Inc. builds advanced audio semiconductor and software solutions that increase functionality and features for personal computers and consumer electronics devices.

For more information, write Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc., 5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701; call 800-233-9377 or 914-966-0600; fax 914-966-1102; send e-mail to sales@tbeach.com; or visit http://www.tbeach.com.