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Diamond launches Radeon X800 GTO

by: John - posted: 10/21/2005 3:02:00 PM
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Still longing for the old days of Diamond cards? They have the new Radeon X800 GTO out now. From reviews around the net, it's not a shabby card and very reasonably priced.
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA LAUNCHES NEW DIAMOND RADEON X800 GTO
High-End Gaming Graphics Card Ships With Newly Designed Overclocking
Utility by Diamond

(Chatsworth, CA) – Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading
manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications
products, today announced the company has launched the Diamond Viper
X800 GTO, which features the ATI Radeon X800 GTO graphics chip set with
256 MB of GDDR3 memory, giving gamers a truly immersive experience by
delivering precise, realistic texturing effects adding ultimate depth
and realism to games.  

The Viper X800 GTO combines a powerful 12-pipe 3D engine with 256-bit
memory interface and up to 1.18 GHz memory data-rate for truly
outstanding performance on essential benchmarks and across the full
range of games on the market today.  It features an efficient single
slot design and ATI’s unique image technology, including 3DcTM,
SmartShaderTM HD, VideoShaderTM HD and HyperZTM HD.  It has
full-featured multimedia support for digital and analog displays,
including HDTV, making it a perfect complement to Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition.

“Diamond is including a unique overclocking utility called “Diamond
Tools” to the X800 GTO.  This tool will further separate Diamond from
the other ATI partners, “said Diamond President Bruce Zaman.  “This
product introduction is the perfect opportunity to launch a tool that
will eventually be included with virtually all of our video cards.”

“Diamond Tools” is a new video overclocking utility designed by Diamond
that will be included in the Viper X800 GTO.  Unlike any video utility
available, this tool allows for overclocking of the video card through
the use of a 3D renderer that scans for artifacts and monitors the
effects of environmental and GPU temperatures. It then automatically
modifies the GPU, video RAM and fan speeds to provide optimum video
performance without degradation to video quality it produces.  This tool
will be available for Diamond card owners to download at the Diamond
website.

The Radeon X800 GTO is a higher end graphics card and is targeted to
serious gamers who want a superior gaming experience.  It will ship with
MSRP of $249.99.

Features:
* GPU: Radeon X800 GTO
* Bus Type: PCI Express x16
* Memory: 256 MB GDRR3
* ATI graphics technologies which deliver an exceptionally realistic
gaming experience
* Smooth streamlining playback
* Connect to CRT, digital flat panels, TV (VGA, DVI-I, TV-output) and
HDTV
* S-video and composite video output