Diamond cards?

agentRed · 12-17-2006, 11:47 PM

Okay I was just browsing Newegg and I saw they have some Diamond cards and...there is one that is a PCIE Radeon version or something with a 512MB GDDR2 cache and a 540MHz core clock speed for like 70 bucks...why?? Are they just crappy cards or what?

My XFX GeForce7600GS was 120 and it only has a 400MHz clock speed and 256MB of GDDR2 memory...

garrett01001 · 12-17-2006, 11:52 PM

Is yours still worth that much? Because prices do go down sometimes.. (just a thought)

I have a diamond card and I think it is dying.. ( refer to my post for more information on my current problem)

agentRed · 12-18-2006, 12:20 AM

Yes I just bought it less than a month ago...it's still 130 on Newegg.

Like look at this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103004

The specs are much higher than my XFX and it's a lot less expensive. I did notice that people are complaining about the quality though.

What's the deal? They must just be pieces of crap because why would someone buy an XFX or eVGA card when they could have one of those?

**Fr4665** · 12-18-2006, 01:07 AM

diamond ist the big big performance video card manufacturer but evne the prices for your card dropped as i can get 7600GT's for the price of a GS nowadays.

the x1600 isnt the big performance king and was outdated by the x1650 wich is alot better then the gddr2 x1600.

12-17-2006, 11:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
agentRed Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 384 OS: Windows XP My System	Diamond cards? Okay I was just browsing Newegg and I saw they have some Diamond cards and...there is one that is a PCIE Radeon version or something with a 512MB GDDR2 cache and a 540MHz core clock speed for like 70 bucks...why?? Are they just crappy cards or what? My XFX GeForce7600GS was 120 and it only has a 400MHz clock speed and 256MB of GDDR2 memory... __________________ "Your computer isn't smoking yet? Go higher! Go higher!!" -Dr. Whose-a-what-smoking-it "You are now entering the harmonic world..." -Gorillaz

12-18-2006, 12:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
agentRed Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 384 OS: Windows XP My System	Yes I just bought it less than a month ago...it's still 130 on Newegg. Like look at this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103004 The specs are much higher than my XFX and it's a lot less expensive. I did notice that people are complaining about the quality though. What's the deal? They must just be pieces of crap because why would someone buy an XFX or eVGA card when they could have one of those? __________________ "Your computer isn't smoking yet? Go higher! Go higher!!" -Dr. Whose-a-what-smoking-it "You are now entering the harmonic world..." -Gorillaz

12-18-2006, 01:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fr4665 aka mr.fraggs Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA or Germany Posts: 2,965 OS: Win XP,Vista,Android My System	diamond ist the big big performance video card manufacturer but evne the prices for your card dropped as i can get 7600GT's for the price of a GS nowadays. the x1600 isnt the big performance king and was outdated by the x1650 wich is alot better then the gddr2 x1600. __________________ I don't subscribe to threads please PM me if i miss a reply. ------- Everest SensorView Pro DriverCleaner how to fix your game

12-17-2006, 11:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
garrett01001 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP and Ubuntu	Is yours still worth that much? Because prices do go down sometimes.. (just a thought) I have a diamond card and I think it is dying.. ( refer to my post for more information on my current problem)