Diamond Multimedia Welcome Back!

Davidgt · Oct 29, 2003, 12:41 AM

Havent seen or heard anything from these guys in awhile. Let the games begin! Diamond Multimedia is back in the graphics card game, offering both ATI and nVidia solutions. Here is the PR:

Los Angeles, California – October 27, 2003 – Diamond Multimedia®, a pioneer in the graphics industry, today announced its return to the consumer graphics market with plans to launch next-generation graphics accelerators under its legendary Stealth® and Viper® brands, two of the most well-known and respected retail names in graphics history. Continuing the tradition of these brands, the Stealth product line will offer a full series of value-based cards while Viper will target high-end gamers. True to its heritage, Diamond will continue to remain chip vendor neutral, offering consumers products from multiple vendors to provide maximum performance and value at each price point.
The first new Diamond products will begin shipping in November and are planned to feature technology from both of the leading graphics chip vendors, ATI and NVIDIA. As with previous Diamond products, the new lines will include bundles of popular software titles and additional offers and will be available at national retailers and through distribution.

Here is the Website:
Diamond Multimedia

Dyre Straits · Oct 29, 2003, 12:53 AM

I bought a Diamond Stealth 3D Pro PCI card just prior to my very first ATi All-in-Wonder 8 MB PCI card. I mainly bought the DS card for the video out. However, once I realized that the ATi card could output to 800x600 -- while the DS card could only do 640x480, I immediately upgraded to ATi and haven't looked elsewhere since.

I still, however, have that DS card and use it in older systems from time-to-time. In fact, I recently used it to output to an old VGA Monitor using the Video Out. (Anyone remember the SR 3000 from Sears?

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Anyway, I'm sure we'll all welcome the competition. It can only mean better pricing for the consumer.

spark rain fire · Oct 29, 2003, 03:13 AM

i had a viper 2, ah man.. diamond rocks.

MSX · Oct 29, 2003, 05:25 AM

They used to rock yeah. I had a viper 2 ultra. In fact I still have it. Its sitting in my MP3 machine.

scobywhru · Oct 29, 2003, 08:42 AM

I never hada Video card from them but man I loved there soundcards the MX 300 was soo sweet when it came out still wish Aurel was still around to compete with Creative, it used to beat creative for 3D Sound hands down...... :'-( those were the days

krazy1 · Oct 29, 2003, 02:57 PM

AWESOME!! I loved their cards... had sooo many of them..... started with the dual Monster 3D- 2 12mb cards and ended with a V770...... can't wait to see what they have now!!!

No_Style · Oct 29, 2003, 06:05 PM

It's been awhile for them, hasn't?! There site isn't up yet though. But the viper looks nice

FuNsTeR · Oct 29, 2003, 10:34 PM

in 99 i had a Diamond Viper Ultra tnt2 32 meg card ... that card was something else

Spyro124 · Oct 29, 2003, 10:42 PM

Too bad it isn't Diamond itself, but just some company that bought the name Diamond Multimedia, so I'm just hoping they'll give the same quality products, something I'll doubt though.

Dyre Straits · Oct 30, 2003, 05:24 AM

I just know that, at the time I was looking (maybe '96 or '97) everyone I talked to said to go with Diamond Multimedia. The fact I still have this card around here attests to its durability.

-={420}=- · Oct 31, 2003, 04:10 AM

If only they made a better driver for the Stealth 3D 4000 AGP I'm using. This one doesn't even support DirectX 8

Quote:

from DirectX Diagnostics:
Hardware accelerated Direct3D 8+ is not available because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer

Oct 29, 2003, 12:41 AM	#1
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	Diamond Multimedia Welcome Back! Havent seen or heard anything from these guys in awhile. Let the games begin! Diamond Multimedia is back in the graphics card game, offering both ATI and nVidia solutions. Here is the PR: Los Angeles, California – October 27, 2003 – Diamond Multimedia®, a pioneer in the graphics industry, today announced its return to the consumer graphics market with plans to launch next-generation graphics accelerators under its legendary Stealth® and Viper® brands, two of the most well-known and respected retail names in graphics history. Continuing the tradition of these brands, the Stealth product line will offer a full series of value-based cards while Viper will target high-end gamers. True to its heritage, Diamond will continue to remain chip vendor neutral, offering consumers products from multiple vendors to provide maximum performance and value at each price point. The first new Diamond products will begin shipping in November and are planned to feature technology from both of the leading graphics chip vendors, ATI and NVIDIA. As with previous Diamond products, the new lines will include bundles of popular software titles and additional offers and will be available at national retailers and through distribution. Here is the Website: Diamond Multimedia

Oct 29, 2003, 03:13 AM	#3
spark rain fire i am rad. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: central pa Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	i had a viper 2, ah man.. diamond rocks. __________________ ---- [color=red]http://www.invalidsystemdisk.vze.com[/color]

Oct 29, 2003, 08:42 AM	#5
scobywhru DriverHeaven Senile Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Penthouse Basement Posts: 619 Rep Power: 0	I never hada Video card from them but man I loved there soundcards the MX 300 was soo sweet when it came out still wish Aurel was still around to compete with Creative, it used to beat creative for 3D Sound hands down...... :'-( those were the days __________________

Oct 29, 2003, 02:57 PM	#6
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	AWESOME!! I loved their cards... had sooo many of them..... started with the dual Monster 3D- 2 12mb cards and ended with a V770...... can't wait to see what they have now!!! __________________

Oct 29, 2003, 06:05 PM	#7
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Dude It's been awhile for them, hasn't?! There site isn't up yet though. But the viper looks nice __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Oct 29, 2003, 05:25 AM	#4
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	They used to rock yeah. I had a viper 2 ultra. In fact I still have it. Its sitting in my MP3 machine.

Oct 29, 2003, 10:34 PM	#8
FuNsTeR Caledonian and Proud Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Darkest Ayrshire Posts: 1,268 Rep Power: 76 System Specs	in 99 i had a Diamond Viper Ultra tnt2 32 meg card ... that card was something else __________________ "They say when you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear satanic messages ..... but that's nothing, if you play it forward it will install Windows"

Oct 29, 2003, 10:42 PM	#9
Spyro124 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 120 Rep Power: 0	Too bad it isn't Diamond itself, but just some company that bought the name Diamond Multimedia, so I'm just hoping they'll give the same quality products, something I'll doubt though. __________________ My Computer stats: AMD64 3200+ Asus A8V Deluxe PNY 6800 GT 2x 512MB Kingston Value Ram pc3200 1x 60GB WD and 1x 74 Gig WD Raptor Dell 1704FP TFT