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RIVA was a series of Nvidia graphics accelerator cards. The main products of the series were: ...
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Riva is a French name for girls. The meaning is `wandering hunter` The name Riva is most commonly given to Dutch girls. (23 times more often than to American girls.) Riva is given to boys and girls in the Netherlands What do they use in other countries? Beck Becker The name sounds like: Rivah, Rafa