DIAMOND RELEASES
ITS FIRST VISTA-READY PCI VIDEO CARD
X1300 PCI 256MB
Viper Video Card Offers Affordable,
High Performance
Cinematic 3D Graphics
(Chatsworth,
CA)--Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com),
a leading manufacturer of PC
graphics cards, sound cards and
communications products, today
begins shipping the X1300 PCI 256MB
Viper video card. This cinematic 3D
graphics card is the first
Vista-ready PCI video card from
Diamond and the most affordable
graphics card to offer high-end
features like high-definition (HD)
display, using ATI's heralded Avivo
display technology.
The X1300 has a PCI
bus type, 256MB DDR2 memory, 450MHz
clock speed and 250MHz memory
speed. It utilizes 90nm technology
with two vertex Shader Processors,
and supports Microsoft DirectX 9.0
and Shader Model 3.0.
Minimum system
requirements for the X1300 PCI card
include an Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD®
Athlon® 64 FX, System Memory of 512
MB or higher, 420 Watt power supply
or higher, 480MB available hard disk
space, PCI compliant slot and a
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The card
supports Windows XP, Windows XP MCE,
Windows 2000, and Windows Vista
Areo.
All Diamond video
cards also carry the Diamond
guarantee of quality assurance.
Unlike many cards that are simply
first to market, Diamond carefully
tests and retests every new model
for its ratio of performance to
reliability. Diamond is legendary
in the PC video card business for
its low return rates - less than 1
percent versus an industry average
of approximately 10 percent - and
attributes this to its intensive
testing, detailed product knowledge
down to the component level,
superior relationships with
suppliers and unyielding commitment
to quality. Diamond cards use
superior connectors, cables and
components, as well as undergo more
thorough testing for heat
susceptibility and durability, and
this is directly reflected in its
superior track record of longevity
at the highest levels of
performance.
The X1300 PCI 256MB
retails at $129. All Diamond cards
are available through most North
American distributors, such as ASI,
D&H, Ingram Micro and TechData along
with most leading computer retailers
and e-commerce sites like NewEgg.com
and Amazon.com.
For the past two
decades, Diamond Multimedia has been
widely recognized as a pioneer in
the graphics, sound and
communications industries and as a
key player in launching the
multimedia revolution. Through the
process of specialization,
multimedia companies have become
nearly extinct, each concentrating
on a few aspects but never again
addressing a complete experience.
In that time evolution and natural
selection has transformed Diamond
into a new type of multimedia
company, a company that brings all
of the differing technologies
together under one brand. Diamond
Multimedia is partnered with some of
the top technology companies in the
world with an in-house team of
industry veterans.
Diamond provides the
absolute best quality in advanced
graphics, digital television,
communications and sound hardware
solutions for home and business
users, enabling them to create,
access and experience compelling new
media content from their desktops
and through the internet.
Diamond products are
available to the public throughout
North America through retailers,
resellers and systems integrators as
well as top technology product
distributors. Diamond products
stand for performance, quality and
value. Corporate headquarters are
located in Chatsworth, California.
