DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA LAUNCHES NEW DIAMOND
STEALTH X550 GRAPHICS CARD
Affordable PC Graphics Upgrade for Gaming,
Video Editing, Web Surfing
and Digital Photography
(Chatsworth, CA, September 20, 2005) Diamond Multimedia
cards and modems, both dial-up and broadband, today announced
the
company has launched the Diamond Multimedia Stealth X550, which
features
the ATI Radeon X550 graphics chip set and 256 MB of DDR2
memory.
"We are excited to release this high-performance Stealth
product. It’s
just the thing for the PC gamers and those who would like a
great
graphics experience while surfing the web, editing videos or
simply
viewing digital photos," said Bruce Zaman “We’re proud that
Diamond
Stealth products are some of the best selling graphics cards in
the
industry and our X550 will be no exception.”
Features:
* GPU: Radeon X550
* Bus Type: PCI-Express x16
* Memory: 256MB DDR2-128 bit
* Core Clock: 400 MHz
* RAMDACS: Dual 400 MHz
* API Support: DirectX®9.0, OpenGL 2.0
* Output: DVI, VGA, TV-Out
* Supports for Hardware and Transform and Lighting (T&L)
* Supports Dual Monitors
The Radeon X550 is the best price to performance ratio for the
value/mainstream desktop graphics market segment. A key point
for the
X550 is that it is a next step up from X300. The X300 is
clocked at
325MHz, while the X550 comes in at 400MHz. In addition, the
X550 will
contain a utility developed by Diamond that will take advantage
of its
overclocking capability. It fully supports the PCI Express® x16
bus,
the newest PC industry standard for delivering maximum real-time
performance for graphics-intensive software applications. It
also fully
supports DirectX®9 and combines ATI’s SmartShader™ and
SmoothVision™
technologies for use in top gaming titles, digital photography,
video
editing and web surfing. The inclusion of ATI technology allows
for
augmenting the Core/Memory Clocks for improved 3D performance.
About Diamond Multimedia
Diamond Multimedia is a leading manufacturer of communications
and
graphics hardware with its well-known lines of Stealth and Viper
graphics cards based on ATI technology always at the top the
list for
product demand. Also a communications company, Diamond is
committed to
keeping people connected with its SupraMax 56K and DSL modem
products.
Other exciting product lines have recently been released,
including the
XtremeTV PVR product for turning the PC or laptop into a media
center.
With respected industry veteran Bruce Zaman at the helm, Diamond
Multimedia products are available through US-based retailers,
resellers
and systems integrators. Corporate headquarters are located in
