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Diamond S9250PCI256SB Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Customer Reviews for DIAMOND Stealth S9250PCI256SB Radeon 9250 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Video Card - Retail
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honorless
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/9/2010 6:45:57 AM

Rating + 4 OK, for what it is


Pros: No problems whatsoever. Streams sub-HD videos at full speed...as far as I can tell. 30+ fps in most of the standard Milkdrop 1.04b (Winamp plugin) visualizations at standard size.

Cons: Obviously ancient and outdated. Can't believe it's still almost the same price now as when I bought it in 2007.
Unless you need to upgrade an equally ancient and outdated computer, buy something else.

Other Thoughts: The rig: nearly-stock Dell Dimension 2350 from 2003 - 2.2GHz P4, 768 MB RAM
OS: Windows XP Home
Monitor: HP f2105, 1680 x 1050

Didn't bother with the included CD drivers; just downloaded the ones on ATI's site. IIRC, needed to disable onboard video in the BIOS. I don't play PC games other than MAME and 16-bit console emulators. Really, I only bought this for Milkdrop!

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kikonyc
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/5/2010 1:31:37 PM

Rating + 1 Not Win-7 compatible


Pros: Don't know - bot to use with Win-7 but didn't work

Cons: Not Win-7 compatible - no drivers provided by ATI

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Chris
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/2/2009 3:26:58 PM

Rating + 1 Poor quality materials


Pros: Cheap, worked mostly out of the box for a while

Cons: This card and several other Diamond ATI cards had the heat sink fans die after a year (+/- a month or two, depending)

Other Thoughts: Support for RMA or even help tracking down OEM replacement fans from Diamond was non-existent (Closed trouble tickets without even a response). Won't buy Diamond products again if I can help it.

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Rataz
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
11/2/2009 1:52:13 PM

Rating + 2 Looks good, but crashes my comp.


Pros: The graphics do look better, with an improved framerate...

Cons: ...while the computer is running. While playing WoW or Combat Arms, I'll get one of three problems: 1: the VPU Recovery will kick in, saying the card quit responding to the drivers. 2: The computer will flat out crash and reboot. 3: I'll get the blue screen of death, saying I'm getting a page error in a nonpage area. It also says the file causing the problem is ati3duag.dll.

Other Thoughts: My computer used to run WoW and Combat Arms with the integrated graphics fairly decently. My rig is an eMachine w3050 with 2 gigs of RAM as the only upgrade besides the video card. The integrated graphics (geforce 4) blew out while trying to play CS: S, hence the replacement.

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billo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/19/2009 2:57:39 PM

Rating + 4 Good for PCI use


Pros: I picked this up to serve help power a second monitor on a Windows MCE box. It worked great, while i used it. Easy to setup. Just fine if you're still using an old PC

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Due to mismatched screen sizes and resolutions, i never hung with dual monitors for very long. Next time I buy a video card for dual monitors, i will just get something with 2 outputs right on the card.

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Tim1786
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
8/15/2009 10:43:45 AM

Rating + 4 Card is ok, but...


Pros: If you're stuck with an old PCI only machine...Card works well with most of my sons games, and runs WOW med to high settings. Big improvement over the onboard chipset.

Cons: Will not run SPORE, and I can't seem to download new drivers from Diamond's website. Weird thing, the motherboard chipset on theis Pent 4 machine WILL run Spore, but at very poor framerate. Catalys is also freezing up.

Other Thoughts: Added to an XP Pent 4 machine, very good replacement over the motherboard graphics.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/7/2009 12:29:09 AM

Rating + 2 Disappointing


Pros: Easily installed.

Cons: Poor resolution in VGA mode. Video would randomly be lost. Cannot be overclocked. Overall poor performance on 3 yeard old game even at low settings (Fifa 07---800x600 medium quality).

Other Thoughts: Simply put, the card does not perform well whatsoever. I have an old Dell Dimension 4550 with a GeForce4 MX420 64MB card. I wanted to upgrade the graphics card. Because my motherboard doesn't have PCI-E, my options for cards are limited. Unfortunately, this card performed worse on my system -even with the latest drivers installed- than my original NVidia.

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RS - l4cl4c
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/18/2009 8:35:51 PM

Rating + 1 Card is so so, fan dead 6 months


Pros: Needed a PCI video card. It works without the fan, ATI Catalys is nice software.

Cons: Fan was dead AT or Before 6 months. It is PCI and it costs 65.99. It is not a card even close to todays cards.

Other Thoughts: Wish I hand not spent the money and instead upgraded the monther board to get PCIe slot. (And as of these days you can get the much better on board video.) You can buy a 9600GT for 75.99 of and ATI HD 4670 is only 69.99. They are PCIe, but I wish I didn't waste the $$.$$ on old technology

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Bearded Dog
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
12/12/2008 7:14:09 PM

Rating + 4 FAN Failing after just over a year of use


Pros: Upgraded HP Pavillion 563W...After disabling on board video this unit has worked quite well. Upgraded to the Max of 2 G of memory.

Great for playing older games, ie CoD series. It has worked quite well.

Cons: Fan failing after warranty period. WILL SOON DIE. Probably just buy another one of these cards instead of replacing fan.

Other Thoughts: Easy to install, profile slim enough to fit. This is a great unit for the price if you just want a quick and dirty fix without tearing your whole compute apart.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/8/2008 10:26:55 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: For a PCI card, this card does great. Runs all the games I want it to run.

Cons: Had some trouble installing the drivers. I'd recommend getting them from the website rather than the included disc.

Other Thoughts: The pictures show that the card comes with a fan, but this isn't the case, so it runs hot. Be warned. When I contacted Newegg about it, they offered a $15 reimbursement which I never saw.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/24/2008 11:21:39 AM

Rating + 5 Works Great fo rLow End


Pros: This card works for the price. It runs WOW full settings smoothly.. This is what I bought it for.

Cons: Dont expect this to run CRYSIS or other high end games on anything higher then Low Settings..

Other Thoughts: Good for the price..

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: more than 1 year
10/20/2008 1:26:51 AM

Rating + 3 meh


Pros: A big improvement from my onboard graphics on an old eMachine. WoW played much better.

Cons: -After a few weeks of use, this thing started with this awesome noise from the fan. Very loud. Very annoying.

-PCI.

Other Thoughts: Other than the noise, it worked just fine. At the time I didn't know anything at all about computers, I just went with what was recommended on the eMachine website. I may have gotten something else other than this if I was more informed at the time.

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Hilo
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/26/2008 12:37:09 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: I am not a gamer but I do a lot with pictures. I love the fact that I can now use two monitors. The good thing is I have a 15 in VGA to a 22 in flat screen and I can work with both. The soft were was easy to install and it took right off.

Cons: none as of yet.

Other Thoughts: I did have one problem during installation and that was when I got to the point in the instructions that told me how to disable my on board video card, the way it told to do so did not work and I did not catch that it did not work. So I called there tech support and they told me how to check it and fixed the problem.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/15/2008 4:40:03 PM

Rating + 5 Works wll with WinXP Media Center


Pros: This video card works great with WinXP Media Center Edition, and I haven't had any problems with it since I purchased it in 2006. The S-Video output works great for outputting to my TV.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Oddly enough, it still costs about the same price 2 years later.

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Max
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/21/2008 1:48:02 PM

Rating + 5 Good


Pros: Great for the price, purchased it a long time ago, still runs awesome

Cons: not for extreme gaming

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Annyo
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2008 5:45:40 PM

Rating + 5 Diamond Radeon 9250


Pros: noticeable difference on my E machines T3406 from a intel extreme graphics 2 card. installation (20 minute installation
) was pretty easy but had some trouble with the instructions of setting up in my BIOS, but other then that very well graphics card, i recommend this product for other people to get

Cons: hard to understand instruction manual

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josraclee
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/16/2008 2:01:01 PM

Rating + 4 Great upgrade to onboard memory


Pros: Excellent value at < 50. Allows me to run video rich games on my e-machine T3958. So far tried " The Bard's Tale" with marked improvement. Fan so quiet I'm not sure it is working ;-]

Cons: Poor installation manual. I had to pull out an old monitor to have both on as I manipulated the control panel b/c the book has conflicting instruction steps. Also having a problem with going to a grey screen if left on. Not sure if it is overheating or not being able to recover from sleep mode. Gonna fiddle with settings b/c it does not have a problem with extended use while I am sitting there so far.

Other Thoughts: Diamond control panel a good tool to investigate if you are experiencing slow frame rate ... again poor instructions for the amature at compoment capabilities.

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rc67
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/13/2008 6:52:02 AM

Rating + 5 9250 and Vista


Pros: As far as Windows XP is concerned, this Video Card is excellent. From Games to Movies the tracking and resolution is tops, it's an ATI Radeon chipset so you know you're getting a good product.

Cons: As far as Windows Vista is concerned, won't work. there are no Vista drivers for this video card and it is not supported. need to go to 9550 or higher.

Other Thoughts: When I bought this card, newegg was selling it with a package special that included Vista so naturally I thought it would work. I was glad to see they changed it.Newegg still rocks and they refunded me my money, there is no doubt that I will shop with them again...

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/3/2008 1:15:43 PM

Rating + 4 aging but good


Pros: works. has good output. works great on my 32" TV

Cons: aging graphic system. "overclock" program doesn't work.

Other Thoughts: Good way to revive an old PC for HTPC use. Plays DVD's fine on a 1.3ghz celeron with 512mb of ram. Don't even consider doing HD on this though. If your mobo is newer then 4 years, you can get a lot better options for less.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/27/2008 5:52:48 PM

Rating + 3


Pros: Run good for a year...

Cons: Fan burned up...tried another fan... spins but card is dead past windows start up no matter the drivers...

Other Thoughts: No more onboard fans for me!

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/7/2008 7:55:57 PM

Rating + 5 Easy to install - looks great


Pros: I purchased this card for my Dell Dimension 2400 after browsing video cards for a few days, and it was the perfect match. This card runs World of Warcraft great, so if you are stuck having to play games on your old dell then this card is well worth the investment.

Cons: None, although this card may not run very recent, graphic intensive games.

Other Thoughts: Newegg rocks!

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ULB
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/16/2007 3:50:40 AM

Rating + 5 Stuck with PCI


Pros: Works well for my 7yr old son. Night and day difference compared to the on board video on a Dimension 2400. I was amazed it was able to play what was considered graphics heavy games from 2-3 yrs ago.

Cons: If you compare this to newer excellent cards then you will find many cons. If you are stuck with PCI and compare it to an onboard video card that eats up you system memory then, yes this is better.

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Closet Geek
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
10/24/2007 10:00:15 PM

Rating + 3 Derangedmono


Pros: Derangedmono- You are misguided it seems. I think you mean your power supply is 250 watts, not hertz. Hertz is a measure of operations in a given time frame.

Nobody looking at a PCI card is looking for one with 12 pipes or at a 7950 AGP.

This card is a low end card. Can't speak for video playback but for old games, it's fine. NWN-fine and dandy. Oblivion-not a chance.

Cons: Derangedmono-esque reviews.

Other Thoughts: Good low dollar card for your old Dell or HP with a PCI slot only. It'll run old games fine with medium eyecandy at moderate resolutions. NWN, HL, Guildwars, BG and maybe even a little MOH.

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faiakeima
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/20/2007 5:09:47 PM

Rating + 4 Decent


Pros: Runs some older games i.e. 2yrs.

Cons: See Pros.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/27/2007 9:32:29 AM

Rating + 3 Decent workhorse card...


Pros: Not a very large card, fit in my mini tower. Doesn't overheat under hard operation. Plays some newer games decent ( Source, WoW)

Cons: Somewhat old model, can not upgrade drivers further due to imcompatibility. Not compatible with BF 2 (NOOOO).

Other Thoughts: Nice overall card for a few games, but I would mostly use this card for doing normal everyday things on your computer rather than gaming.

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Derangedmono
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
6/26/2007 11:17:59 PM

Rating + 1 this card. >:( GRRRR!


Pros: simple card easy to install.

FOR ALL YOU OUT THERE. I FEEL YOUR PAIN WITH THIS NO-GOOD CARD.

get a card with 12 pixle pipe lines. if u dint know what those are. go 2 specifications and get at least 12 pipe lines to get better/decent performance than this little 4 piper.

Cons: i feel your guy'z pain with this card. not knowing anything about video cards and dumb me seeing the 256 mb on the box i thought it was a fast card. but not knowing it was pci slot. so i bought this card about 112.95 at best buy so number 1. i got ripped off and got a cheap card. so this card SUCKS. BOTTOM LINE IT SUCKS.

I PLAY W.O.W and it gives my 5-20 fps so this card is probably the worst card ever! for games now a days. so if i was anybody. STAY AWAY FROM ATI'S 9000'S SERIES . THEY ALL SUCK. AND DONT GET THE X1300. thats a waist if money as well.

heres a whole list the games i got for my p.c.

dawn of war-dark crusade-not good porformance


WOW- ...not even good just berely


Diablo 1 and 2- for a old game, it still lags


halo- ok but lowest settings still very not good performance

i know, i play games newer than the card.but i didnt know the basics of a video card.

Other Thoughts: but why does catalyst slow my p.c. down? my rig is amd 64 +3800, 1 gig or ram , 250 gig HD, so other than tha. i just need 2 buy a new video card with power supply cause my power supply is about 250 hrtz that aint nothing , berely minimum requirements to even run this card. so new power supply with a new video card. my choice in a new card would be the 7950 agp slot cause thats all my mo-bo supports. =( but its better than old slow PCI slot.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/4/2007 6:35:38 PM

Rating + 4 Works great in Linux


Pros: Works right out of the box in Linux. Plug it in and reboot, and the Free drivers from the excellent Xorg hackers do the rest.

Cons: Not exactly a cutting-edge card, but if you want smooth operation, this is a good one.

Other Thoughts: I've not tried to operate both outputs simultaneously, but I understand that it should also work smoothly. Doubly so once the XRandR 1.2 changes in the radeon drivers hit your distribution.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/18/2007 6:41:14 PM

Rating + 3 works fine with a dell dimension 1100


Pros: does dual monitors, great for improving multitasking. works fine with dells 1100 not sure what other review is talking about(id put down the pipe buddy)

Cons: cheap card, you get what you pay for. if you can avoid using a PCI card do it. but if you have to it works.

Other Thoughts: not sure why the other person said this card doesnt work with a dell 1100 dimension. im running a network with 5 of those comps with these cards and they work great!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/14/2007 11:19:59 AM

Rating + 2 Incompatible with Dell Dimension 1100 Series Desktops


Pros: I'm sure this card may work great in other systems.

Cons: Card is incompatible with Dell Dimension 1100 series desktops. Installed to use as a second display card and could only get 5 frames a second for standard 2D desktop applications. Made even moving a window around on the screen unusable.

Other Thoughts: Swapped card out for a FX5200 series based card and everything is working great.

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eibbor04
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/9/2007 6:55:57 PM

Rating + 5 Good, average card


Pros: Great card, no problems, just make sure you have the most up to date software drivers and such.

Cons: its not the best card out there my any means but it does everything I need it to do. It does run a little warm but hasn't caused any problems.

Other Thoughts: Easy to install, plays WOW at medium/medium high settings on my system, and haven't had any problems

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Foold
Tech Level: average
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/7/2007 3:01:16 PM

Rating + 5 Great PCI Card


Pros: Allowed me to play a few games that I couldn't before on different system setups(Civilization 4 and others) and it worked well when it was all I could use (didn't have PCI-E) But all in all it worked great for me until I could upgrade.

Cons: It still freezes up on me when I try to play BF1942 as well as being a little choppy on some other games, like SM's Railroads.

Other Thoughts: I am finnally moving up in the world with a MoBo that has a PCI-E Yee haa! Time for an upgrade.

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Matt
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/5/2007 1:42:32 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Bought it to improve dismal World of Warcraft performance. Went from 8 fps with onboard card to 22+ fps. Best card around if you can't use a pci-e card. Works great with one monitor and a tv as a second.

Cons: Rebate took 4 months to come, but it did come.

Other Thoughts: Fan and red circuit card are nice and very quiet.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/15/2007 9:02:29 AM

Rating + 3 Still unable to install


Pros: Getting the drivers to install from the disk was easy. My PC recognized it without a problem.

Cons: Everytime I try to enable a 2nd monitor, the system freezes. Also, ATI Catalyst software slowed down my system so much I just removed it.

Other Thoughts: I have an old Dell Dimension 2350 running Windows XP. Still haven't got it use card to enable 2nd monitor. Keeps locking up everytime I try.

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Vinju
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/17/2007 12:33:03 AM

Rating + 5 Perfectly Happy


Pros: Inexpensive, and a great alternative for those who do not have access to AGP or PCIe video cards. It was purchased with the intention of playing World of Warcraft without massive video lag, and it continues to accomplish exactly that.

Cons: I've never been a fan of the mail-in rebate system.

Other Thoughts: I bought this for my girlfriend who desperately needed an upgrade from her GeForce MX400 256MB PCI. Her motherboard lacked any AGP or PCIe slots, so finding a good PCI card that was also relatively inexpensive was wonderful. She's had it for nearly four months at the time of this review, and it outperforms my ATI Radeon 9200 512MB AGP card by a high margin. I would definitely drop the cash to buy another one.

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Gas
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/13/2007 3:41:42 AM

Rating + 4 Don't Expect the Rebate


Pros: Card workes fine for the purpose I purchased it. No complaints. Needed something to update the video on an old "on board" HP

Cons: None with the card

Other Thoughts: Don't even expect to see the rebate on this thing. Best Data is playing the old rebate game "You didnt include the proper receipt". I sent them one only one that Newegg provided. Over the phone Customer Service is a joke. Had to give up. It was costing me more in long distance tolls than the amount of the rebate

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Gitrrdunn
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/9/2007 5:26:39 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: I upgraded with this from an onboard graphics due to lag when playing World Of Warcraft and was getting 7-10 fps ( frames per sec ) before and went to 40-60. Very good resolution rate

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: Best buy for the money. Very pleased

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ovrclkr
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/8/2007 9:10:08 PM

Rating + 4 good card


Pros: good card for the price. XP recognized it just fine.

Cons: Very scant manual. Does not play well with debian linux, only punches out 1024 x 768

Other Thoughts: I'm going to buy another for myself and for my non-gaming customers(such as me)

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Yournotme
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/6/2007 9:33:33 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Its price. At the time when I got this card it was the best on on the market for pci. It will run quake 4 (not the best choice of course). It operates better then an Radeon xpress 200. I have never had an isssue with it running CSS, just make sure you set your video settings and use the newest driver set for it.

Cons: none for the price

Other Thoughts: I would recommend this card for its price. Now that the x1300 is out for pci and if your wanting it for gaming the x1300 would be better. But if you cant afford the x1300 then go with this card.

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Jared
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/3/2007 12:53:18 AM

Rating + 3 It's ok..


Pros: This card is good if you're not playing top notch games.. and by top notch, I mean CS: Source and above. Great for the price.. and if you're limited to PCI.

Cons: It improves graphics a LOT.. however, it doesn't improve frame rate by much. About 20-30fps on CS: Source, for most maps. On Guild Wars, it's RIDICULOUS frame lag at times. Runs hot.. even with the side off of my computer tower.

Other Thoughts: You'd be better off buying a motherboard that supported AGP or PCI-e. This card is worth the money.. it just doesn't suit my needs. Probably the best PCI card, though.

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KcDillah
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
2/28/2007 1:59:19 PM

Rating + 3 CSS N WC3


Pros: This video card is not very good for WC3 i mean yes it will run but when a dead tower explodes it causes the card to overheat and freeze making you restart your comp, i do not recommend for WC3, but for counterstrike i can play every map almost except prodigy and most normal maps i only get 20-30 fps Average card for counterstrike.

Cons: .

Other Thoughts: .

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Josh (The Hulk)
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/25/2007 7:30:19 PM

Rating + 5 One of Thee Best for PCI


Pros: 256MBs of memory, 128-bit interface. Red in color(...), and has d-Sub,DVI, and s video, which no matter the monitor, i can run it.(most likely). Easy to read and understand the instructions. Ordered on a Tuesday, and it came on the following Friday.

Newegg is greater than great, its AWESOME.

Cons: None known to this date in time.

Other Thoughts: When I first had it, I couldn't use it as much as i wanted, due to Christmas 'n family partys 'n such.

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Indolent
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/25/2007 4:50:35 PM

Rating + 3 Worked for a while, then fan gave way...


Pros: I needed a dvi out for a dell without AGP or PCI-e slots. This works fine.

Cons: After 3 months, the fan has started making loud rumbling noises. I need to find a new fan, or a new heatsink/fan combo.

Rebate took over 2 months but I finally did receive it.

Other Thoughts: Included driver was horrible. Playing videos or dvd's through the dvi out to my lcd hdtv were in black and white. ATI driver cleared that up.

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Jeff372
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/16/2007 10:14:07 AM

Rating + 2 Radeon 9250


Pros: None

Cons: Almost 3 months after the purchase and still no rebate.

Other Thoughts: No more Diamond products for me.

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KaanTurk
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/12/2007 12:57:09 PM

Rating + 4 works fine...


Pros: The performance of the card is as good as the other reviewers have written. Don't expect miracles. Tho', Need For Speed Underground -with pretty much all the details on- plays awesome. My stupid intel onboard card (64 MB) never revealed me how beautiful the graphics of this game were. You will notice the difference if you have an on-board card with at least 64 MB memory.

Cons: As I said above, full details are not supported by this card. 3DMark score is 633.

Other Thoughts: My good old desktop is Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz, a trashy motherboard with no AGP or PCI Express slots, 768 MB Ram at 133Mhz. The card is exacly the one shown in the picture. Looks cool. Has a quite fan. Received in 2 days.

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Gas
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/7/2007 3:04:29 PM

Rating + 4 Rebate???


Pros: Card works well for what I needed it for.

Cons: You can kiss off on getting the $20 rebate

Other Thoughts: Submitted the rebate the day it arrived, Mailed the paperwork the same day (1/17/07). BestData still says it hasn't received the paperwork.

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ferjll
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/3/2007 4:27:25 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: this is one of the best pci cards that i have tried lately but lets be honest it doesnt make miracles remember is a "PCI" card so as long you know what you are buying this is perfect and it works in windows and Linux

Cons: none because I knew exactly what I was buying.

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Matt
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/2/2007 5:19:26 AM

Rating + 5 Just what I needed.


Pros: Great for what I needed it for. FlightSim X runs alot better. Dell Dimension 3000's intergreated Vid card is not so good. LOL. Not bad for 256mb on a PCI.

Cons: I had a screen flicker (very fast and faint). Not much in the way of support online from Diamond, Although I did not call them. After changing the card from PCI slot 3 to PCI slot 1, and changed the refresh rate to 75. All was good in the world of sim.

Other Thoughts: If your computer and Moniter are capable of fater refresh rates, such as 75, I would give it a shot.

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Stormer
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/1/2007 3:01:11 PM

Rating + 5 works good.


Pros: I purchased this to replace the integrated video on a Dimension 3100/E310. Installation was fairly easy. Read the "instructions". Failure to read the instructions and your going to have problems folks.

Cons: This card came with an extra video/audio input/output? It plugs into the card. Heck, there is ZERO documentation on what or "how" this can be used? It is an input or an output??

Other Thoughts: this card works good. I purchased it primarily so that I could use the S video TV out to use in conjuction with a dual tv tuner card on a dedicated dvr machine.

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Mateo
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/27/2007 1:17:26 PM

Rating + 5 great PCI card!


Pros: works great. can run lots of older and budget games on my P4 2.4 great with photoshop etc. THE PRICE!

Cons: none for the type of card and the price

Other Thoughts: if you only have pci this is probably the best card you can buy for the money.

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Geezy
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/24/2007 6:03:47 PM

Rating + 4 Good, but not enough for Vista Premium


Pros: Easy installation, fairly easy to use two monitors at once using the card, newegg rocks as always with delivery speed. Replaced a GeForce MX440; noticible difference in speed.

Cons: PCI (but you knew that). The card itself was easy to install, but I had a few computer hiccups post-installation. Black screen glitches, etc. After a few days of testing, no new problems.

Other Thoughts: Used in a Dell Dimension 2400, 1 Gig Ram, 2.66 Intel 4. I was hoping to get Windows Vista Premium, but this Video card doesn't work with the Aero Interface, so I'll soon be upgrading to an X1300.

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KTarrant
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
1/22/2007 1:03:28 PM

Rating + 5 W00t!


Pros: Easy to install, great price, great card! Upgraded from integrated video so that I could play HaloPC. Went from lagging on the lowest quality setting/resolution to maximum quality and highest resolution that my monitor supports (1280x1024) with almost no lag!

Cons: The bundled software that comes with it (ATI Catalyst) is a real pain because it loads several processes at startup, which really slows down my computer due to it having only 256MB of RAM.

Other Thoughts: My rig: Dell Dimension B110/ Intel Celeron D Processor, 2.53GHz/256MB DDR400 RAM/This video card/7200RPM 80GB Hard Drive. THIS CARD IS SWEET AS HECK! If your computer (like mine) doesn't support AGP or PCI Express, GET THIS CARD!

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Luciel
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/17/2007 7:36:06 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Really good card and very happy with it, got it to play online games with less lag and thats what i got.

Cons: Ati Catalyst is probably the worst thing you can install, but you can always just ditch it and use only the main drivers.

Other Thoughts: Tested it with about 5 online games i play and works really good with them, though 1 did lag a bit mostly in town which is crazy packed with players. in my opinion it wasn't the video card but the game since Silkroad which requires more didn't lag at all.

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wayneh
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/15/2007 10:19:46 PM

Rating + 5 Good Video Card


Pros: Easy installion, detailed directions and intuitive software GUI.

Cons: Can't think of any.

Other Thoughts: Plays WOW, Call of Duty II and BF2 so the kids are happy.

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Mr Meow
Tech Level: average
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/9/2007 1:15:51 PM

Rating + 5 Very Happy!


Pros: Much better than what I had before (on-board video) I'm not a techie by any means but card was very easy to install and setup. Great online support by ATI! Able to download latest drivers with ease. DVI output very nice!

Cons: Dual moniter sucks but I didn't get it for that! Other than that I love it! Con would be my 'puter only having PCI slots!

Other Thoughts: I'm running this on a dell 2.2ghz p4 with 512ram.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/6/2007 7:50:08 AM

Rating + 5 Very happy with purchase


Pros: Installation went very smoothly -no problems and easier than I thought it might be. I am now able to play games that I could not play with the onboard video that I had. Great price if the rebate actually comes through - pretty decent price anyway.

Cons: A little bit of noise from the fan, but nothing big.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/4/2007 11:38:17 AM

Rating + 4


Pros: No trouble installing the card and getting it working.
Plays HL2 on high settings and in 1280X1024.
Gets about 250-260FPS using a benchmark tool.

Cons: Card pictured is not the card I recived, its black with no fan.
The card I got looks just like item# N82E16814103160 on newegg.
Did not come with any mail-in reabate form or information like advertised.

Other Thoughts: The card is installed in one of my older computers with a 2.93 Celeron and mixed ram, 256 & 512.
I just wanted it to run HL2 and it did that just fine. Even if it didn't calim to have a rebate or be the card the was pictured, for the price at the time it seemed like a good deal.

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JB in Utah
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/3/2007 4:34:42 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: Great card, easy installation of software. I got the same card shown on the website. The rebate info was simple to DL.

Cons: I'm using the DVI port for my 19"Envision monitor and still get a "monitor not connected" in the 680X480 MS window XP startup. Does anyone know a fix for this. FYI...12 weeks for a rebate check?

Other Thoughts: FS X runs fantastic with this card -vs- my old 64meg ATI PCI. Finally, nice and smoooooth framing. Once again, AWESOME card for a PCI user.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/28/2006 5:51:51 AM

Rating + 4 PCI Video


Pros: Good card for a PCI, works well

Cons: pricey for a pci video

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Draco
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/19/2006 9:19:20 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Value Vor a PCI Card


Pros: Gave new life to an old computer system. I decided to go with this card rather than a low-end AGP because it was more "bang for the buck."

I was able to install this card without any problems using the included software/drivers. I can now play games and watch video that I previously could not. Moreover, the games I was able to play previously are now significantly faster and 'look' much better.

I am totally satisfied with my purchase.

Cons: Can sometimes here the fan when card is under load, but it's not too bad--I'm used to it now.

Other Thoughts: I think this is card offers excellent value for those needing a PCI card.

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DRock
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/18/2006 7:09:29 PM

Rating + 4 Great value


Pros: Inexpensive, PCI design fits older motherboards, simple to install and set up, great performance upgrade from my nvidea GeForce2mx 32mb AGP card.

Cons: not the most modern card but great performance for older motherboards that don't support PCI-Express or AGP8x

Other Thoughts: I tried 2 or 3 other cards which were AGP8x... my computer didn't accept any of them. Picked up this card and installation was a breeze. Makes World of Warcraft look like a whole new game

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Jediracer
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/18/2006 6:20:52 AM

Rating + 5 Great Card


Pros: This was best PCI card for the price. The fan is quiet and quality is great.

Cons: The software included didn't work. I had to go online and download updated drivers. (Very easy though)

Other Thoughts: Amazing value! Thanks again Newegg!

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fireburninghot
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/17/2006 7:55:08 PM

Rating + 5 good PCI card


Pros: Added to run my 2 monitor setup. If you still own a PCI motherboard then this is a good choice. I can now watch HD video (avi,wmv) on my PC. I took prior advice and downloaded the latest drivers before I tried the card. So far no problems.

Cons: None at this price. Card came in a little above average on Winmark graphics test.

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gray
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/14/2006 7:08:26 PM

Rating + 3 driver problems


Pros: Card is the one shown in the picture, with the fan (at least the one I got).

Cons: Driver installation was painful. The drivers on the CD AND on ATI's website wouldn't install correctly, with errors "Setup did not find a driver compatible with your current hardware or operating system" and "try installing standard VGA drivers first (or something like that." It ended up that I went to Diamond's website and used their drivers for the card. Visiontek's drivers also work with this card.

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Dom
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/11/2006 4:29:11 PM

Rating + 5 Best pci card EVER


Pros: Handles warcraft AMAZINGLY!!!!
Fan keeps it nice and cool.

Cons: Installing was hard, just download the newest drivers from ati.com and pick this card for main device.

Other Thoughts: Newegg is the best!!!! Will buy from agian!!!

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FREDSTERD
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
12/11/2006 4:12:08 PM

Rating + 2 AHHHH C**P


Pros: It can play Halo sort of

Cons: SUCKS!!
get a geforce 3 ti 200 its way better but still lame
UPGRADE! there are much better cards for this price and if you are stuck with the heatsink version like me
put a fan an some heatsinks on it
it gets super hot i put a cpu heatsync on and it got real hot still.

Other Thoughts: with other cooling devices you can over clock it pretty well.

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Indolent
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/8/2006 9:57:43 PM

Rating + 2 Can NOT get to website to submit rebate claim!


Pros: Card works fine

Cons: CAN'T get to the website stated on the rebate form to submit the claim!!!

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richter0
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/11/2006 7:49:28 AM

Rating + 4


Pros: It was just like the picture, with the cooling fan! I can sure tell the difference. Very happy, and the price was good.

Cons: Only had 2000 and XP and etc. drivers, but Diamond website said that card was windows 98 and up, and the update from Diamond didn't work. Found Visiontek(www.visiontek.com) is the same card, and downloaded their drivers and installed the card.

Other Thoughts: NEWEGG IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO!!!

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/31/2006 7:05:46 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: I upgraded to this from an onboard graphics card and the difference when playing World of Warcraft is just AMAZING!
Before I had to play with all settings on low(except for terrain distance, which I had at medium) and only averaged 10 FPS in places where a lot of action took place. With this I am able to have every video setting turned to full and I am also able to run frap and still experience no lag. Definately worth the money!

Cons: This exceeded all my expectations...Nothing bad to report.

Other Thoughts: This is a good buy IMO, I would recommend it to anyone stuck with PCI.

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ken
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/19/2006 7:05:55 AM

Rating + 4 good card, bad drivers


Pros: quiet fan, DVI output

Cons: incompatible with other ATI drivers, tight rebate timeframe forced rebate submittal before realizing I needed to return (read the NewEgg warning about not submitting rebate until you are sure you are keeping it!)

Other Thoughts: I got this card to use in a docking station. The Dell laptop had ATI driver for built in display. Unfortunately, the new drivers overwrote the drivers for the built in, making it not display correctly when undocked. ATI blames Dell, Diamond blames ATI, etc.. If I was really going to use only one video card (as the instructions recommend) then this would probably be a great card. Instead, went with an nVidia to ensure different drivers and all is well now.

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scooby_vt
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
10/18/2006 10:20:02 PM

Rating + 5 Newegg is FAST


Pros: Works as expected. Very nice card for the price. This was put in a Dell system that originally had on-board graphics and only PCI expansion.

Cons: None

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PMFog
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/13/2006 4:39:03 PM

Rating + 5 Wrong Picture, Right Card


Pros: This 286MB card has been a fine upgrade for my older HP xt973 with integrated Intel graphics and appears to be about the best for PCI systems from what I can learn. I hooked a new LCD monitor to the DVI port and it runs flawlessly; also looked fine on the on-board VGA plug.

Cons: The comments here indicate that there is some confusion as to why many/most of the cards delivered have no fan. If you look closely at the aerial view of the card you will see the model number ends with D3; both the advertised model number and the one on the box shown/black card received end in SB. Wrong picture posted, but since about 1/2 the commentators say fan cards are too noisy, I'm happy with the Stealth model.

Other Thoughts: Newegg once again performed on-spec and on time. Makes me wish they could reopen all the old Egghead Software stores to give C***USA some meaningful ground level competition.

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jayintel
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/6/2006 7:46:09 PM

Rating + 5 Decent Card


Pros: cheap, 256 MB graphics card, pretty much maxed out where PCI graphics cards are concerned

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: fast newegg shipping as usual!

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Lions_Fan 420
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/29/2006 2:21:03 PM

Rating + 5 Very Good For the $$$


Pros: Well, For Pro's it is a Great Card With Much Ability. The Graphics are Smooth Compared to Onboard 32mb Graphics.

Cons: (sos) (sos) Not the Card you Get. No Fan And Mine Is Black

Other Thoughts: Or it Could Be A Very Dark Blue.

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Cory W
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/7/2006 7:17:27 PM

Rating + 4 Nice Card for the Bread


Pros: Well for starters, this was a fantastic upgrade for me. I was on an AGP vNIDIA GeForce 4 MX440 64MB. It was a quite outdated card. This card here, is a bang for the buck if you ask me. At the moment, I have a 2.66 GHz Pentium 4 processor and 512MB of RAM and I get a reasonable 35 fps average on CS:S (med-high), a major gain from the laughable 5 fps and half-textured loads of the MX. If your card is old (or even ancient), get this while you can. I think it's great for the money spent and even the ground shipping was quick. Mine also looked exactly as in the picture, so you shouldn't be worried. Installation was a breeze as well, but if you're running AGP, you have to change the settings in BIOS.

Cons: None that I can think of.

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Nightrain
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/7/2006 4:11:58 AM

Rating + 5 Seems to be an amazing help...


Pros: Ok. I had onboard graphics before I bought this product...was running 96 megs of integrated vram, and it worked ok. Upgraded to this pci card because I did not have a pci-e or agp slot on my board (im building a new comp before x-mas i hope) so a pci vid card was my only option...now games i couldnt run on the lowest settings i can now easily run on high or (depending on the game) atleast medium. Definitely helps out if you have onboard video. well worth the money

Cons: directions arent good, you have to change the bios to read from the pci slot but other than that it seems great

Other Thoughts: will review after i have had it longer and tested it more thoroughly

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mr.oreo
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/2/2006 8:19:34 PM

Rating + 4 itz an ok card


Pros: like 50 some odd other said about this card itz good if ur stuck with pci.if u had low quality onboard graphics before then you'll notice a difference especially in games.

Cons: its just a pci card so itz not gonna work wonders for you but there will be a difference. The actual card is different than the one they show. the card tht you get is the diamond STEALTH card which means it doesnt come with a shnazzy fan and mine was blue not red.

Other Thoughts: it plays halo combat evolved on pretty high settings, which was awesome because before my computer would pop up with a message saying my graphics specs are too low.it plays counterstrike:source on med settings. make sure you install it right, especially if you dont know much about computers (like me). and if this card doesnt cut it for you i saw a ge force 6600 oc floating around on best buy . com if you if you want more power and ur willing to spend the extra dough.

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My name
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/13/2006 3:14:48 PM

Rating + 4 A Great PCI Card


Pros: It is a great card if stuck with PCI. I had a Dell Dimension 3000 with horriblee integrated graphics and 256 MB Ram. My PC would freeze while running microsoft word. Thats how bad the $#+ was. So anyway, I decided the piece of $#+ needed to be P1Mpd a little. So I put in a Gig of Ram, a DVD drive, and this card. I am able to play CS, DOD, CoD at about 70 fps (max)60 average. I am reccomending this card to anyone lacking the capabilites with a computer without PCI- E or AGP slots. and fyi Newegg got it here in like 4 days.

Cons: The card pictured is not the card you will get. and it does not come with a fan. It is actually navy blue with a heatsink.But I dont mind.

Other Thoughts: The best PCI out there. And quite frankly who cares if it is too loud or a different card cause I choose preformance over noise and looks.

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Kitchen Guy
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/13/2006 2:01:11 AM

Rating + 5 Works great w/ Dell Dimen. 2400


Pros: Followed instructions and install was easy. This is the second ATI Brand video card I have purchased from New Egg and both of them have been easy to install. Went online and made sure I downloaded the newest drivers though. It seems to be a good card and is reasonably good especially for a PCI card.

Cons: None yet

Other Thoughts: I have made probably around two dozen different purchases from New Egg over the past year and have been pleased with their service and value. They are GREAT!! Thanks again New Egg!!

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Bill
Tech Level: low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
7/30/2006 5:00:40 PM

Rating + 1 This Video Card IS NOT What Is Pictured


Pros: The details and product write up are good. I have not used this Video Card as I have returned twice. The picture shown in the discription and the item received is 100% opposite from the looks of what is shown. The PRO: Newegg customer service is A+++ and I got full credit.

Cons: The video card I received 1st I returned.... did not have an onboard cooling fan as shown and it looked totally NOTHING like the picture as shown. >>> RETURNED to Newegg and ordered same board again. AGAIN, just like before, the 2nd time same looking board (no cooling fan & board looks totally different). Having this happen twice, I can only assume Diamond sucks and Diamond has sent Newegg inferior stock.

Other Thoughts: Personally, I have no faith in Diamond. As for NEWEGG, well always they ROCK and their A-1 customer service team keeps them on top.

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Rockforc3
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2006 3:12:08 PM

Rating + 5 Good but diggerent card


Pros: This is the lowest price for this card.The overclocking software is nice,3d tweaks and benchmark utilities are nice.Dvi,svideo and vga

Cons: The card is different and is fanless so it can run hot.If you have onboard video(which most preformer pcs dont)the switch could be complicated and if you dont take your time you might rma for no reason.

Other Thoughts: The card you get is a radeon 9250 stealth edition.its fanless....thats why it is stealth edition.I recomend for the pci users.

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chuck 4456
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
7/19/2006 10:06:55 AM

Rating + 4 DIAMOND STEALTH


Pros: A good card.

Cons: A different card.

Other Thoughts: If it's black and doesn't have a fan, it's a Diamond Stealth.

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poopthejava
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/14/2006 2:38:35 AM

Rating + 5 re: Good Deal


Pros: still good card i have a 2gh prosser 1Gb of ram n i play fable, fear and wow ezy.

Cons: the drivers need to be updated or the card will crash when playing fable. if you need the drivers here is the link

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JRZ
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/13/2006 3:59:53 PM

Rating + 4 Great GFX card


Pros: Plug and Play Drivers for WinXP, PCI great thing if you dont have PCI E or AGP.

Cons: Didnt come with a fan on card like picture thats allright runs quiet cool at full load anyway. Driver update takes some time to find.

Other Thoughts: Great GFX card especially if your switching off your onboard. i switched from 8MB on to this 256MB off very noticable differences

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poopthejava
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/13/2006 1:34:56 AM

Rating + 5 good deal


Pros: this card works good i play fable and i can run it well on med

Cons: looks difrent then the pic, it is black,has no fan and jes not as cool

Other Thoughts: dam good deal

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Matt
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2006 8:57:13 PM

Rating + 4 Great Card


Pros: This is a great gaming card. This could possibly be the greatest card if stuck with PCI.

Cons: Newegg's pictures show with a fan and I received a card with only a heatsink. A little dissapointed but I will continue to order from newegg.

Other Thoughts: *ONBOARD VIDEO*
My windows XP automaticly installed the drivers for my integrated card after I deleted them. Plug the moniter into integrated delete integrated drivers again, then plug moniter into new card.
*ONBOARD VIDEO*

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Rock
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/7/2006 2:27:57 PM

Rating + 5 good for pci


Pros: Its a good radeon card.not fanless.

Cons: Its a oci interface but you knew that because you are looking at that

Other Thoughts: if you have pci buy this.its a great card to hang on with if you are waiting for the new socket boards to get cheaper

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Ray
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/5/2006 12:12:27 PM

Rating + 5 Nice Performance!


Pros: PCI Slot, 256MB graphic card, easy installation

Cons: A bit pricey for 256MB...

Other Thoughts: Works well with WC3, but with online you may need to upgrade your memory to 1G since I am currently running 512MB memory...

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AP
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
7/4/2006 2:42:50 PM

Rating + 3 dude below


Pros: The guy below me: BF2 has a known issue with all 92XX series cards. To fix this problem you must change your AGP speed to 4X and this will solve the problem. I fixed my 9200 with it.You can use the catalyst control center, or RivaTunner on Guru3d.com

Cons: NA

Other Thoughts: NA

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j5689
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/26/2006 5:16:49 PM

Rating + 4 Does not play BF2


Pros: It can play World of Warcraft with everything turned all the way up with all visual settings turned on with no lag. Everything looks better than on-board no matter what you use it for.

Cons: Doesn't play BF2. I don't know why, it gets to the login screen and then just crashes to desktop, might be the drivers. Kinda hard to install the Catalyst drivers for some reason.

Other Thoughts: This was for my friend. For some reason, he didn't get the one with the fan, it was the original one with a small standard heatsink. I recommend this to anyone still using on-board to play games. My friend's specs were Celeron D 2.9GHz, and 512MB RAM.

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vetal17
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/26/2006 8:31:41 AM

Rating + 4


Pros: Can play Half Life 2 on middle-high settings, Call of duty2 on high. works on linux fc5.

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: great bang for the buck

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unrealized
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/25/2006 7:48:31 PM

Rating + 4 best pci gfx card out there


Pros: good fps in games, (CSS, DODS, Zero Hour) easy installation, and very good value.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: best value you can get.. especially if you dont have an agp or pci-e slot

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Fusage xD
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2006 3:12:24 AM

Rating + 5 Good card


Pros: Really good card if your stuck with PCI, and PCI only.. Able to run CS:S and WoW at High/Normal Graphics, push about 60 fps on WoW and avg 80 fps on css, really good card.

Cons: Still no rebate:|.. Wdh :( And had some problems with installation :\..This card cannot run BF2 :( Dono why, but it can't :\

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dgrawe1
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/19/2006 9:32:59 AM

Rating + 5 Board works great. Diamond rebate scandalous.


Pros: The card was easy to install and set up. It also works as well as can be expected for a PCI card. I play DDO, and most of the problems with jerkiness that occur happen when dozens of players are in the same place at the same time.

Cons: Diamond hasn't confirmed receipt of the rebate. It seems that no one ever seems to get confirmation.

Other Thoughts: New Egg should look into why no one seems to get the rebate or stop offering it with the purchase if Diamond is not going to honor it.

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ZeroDijetsun
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/14/2006 12:27:37 AM

Rating + 5 Great for those with only PCI


Pros: If your stuck with PCI only, a great card for the money. Runs F.E.A.R. at med settings flawlessly, and Guild Wars at full settings with minimal frameskip.

Cons: No rebate form, so no rebate.

Other Thoughts: Fan is perfectly quiet so far.

Unbeatable value for those stranded with just PCI.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/3/2006 8:35:39 PM

Rating + 5 Great Card


Pros: If all you hav is PCI slots this the best card you can get and it's cheap too. Plays all of my games on high detail: CS source, Half-Life2, Halo, ect. And it does come with a cooling fan.

Cons: I didnt get a rebate form, so you can forget about the rebate

Other Thoughts: I got received my card on schedule.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/31/2006 2:18:30 PM

Rating + 4 Great Card


Pros: This card is perfect if you're stuck with PCI like I am. Can game well, runs Half Life 2 on my system on high settings.

Cons: Everything looked green in Quake 4...but that might just be the user. :)

Other Thoughts: I highly recommend.

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Tim
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
5/29/2006 6:54:04 PM

Rating + 5 Great card if you only have PCI


Pros: Very good card and would recommend to any one who wants to hook your PC up to your T.V. as I have. Beautiful. Just Beautiful.

Cons: It took five days to get because I ordered over the weekend.

Other Thoughts: Celeron 2.7
512 RAM
Intel MoBo

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tim
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
5/16/2006 6:48:15 AM

Rating + 2 Card has changed - it now has a LOUD fan


Pros: The graphics portion of this card worked well as a replacement for failing integrated graphics. Installation was easy.

Cons: The pictures on NewEgg and other sources including Diamond's web site show this card as having only a heatsink _without_ a fan. My card shipped WITH a fan; and a fan that's loud and chirpy. This was chosen to go into a system that already has very quiet hard drives and power supply and case fans so the noise was obvious.

Other Thoughts: NewEgg was very gracious and has already sent me an RMA without the restocking fee and they're paying for return shipping. They're a good company, this product is simply not what has been advertised.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/11/2006 11:48:56 AM

Rating + 5 Great card!


Pros: Bought this as a secondary card, to add two more displays to my system. Simply added it to an open PCI slot, then Windows XP installed the drivers, and I was good to go. Very easy to set up.

Cons: The cooling fan has a noticable whine, but it's not obnoxious. This is a long card, so make sure you've got room in your case.

Other Thoughts: I'm not a gamer, so can't comment on the graphics performance. I just love having a triple-monitor system

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Zeroteque
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/9/2006 10:46:23 AM

Rating + 5 Wonderful


Pros: For PCI, this card is excellent. Runs games like Guild Wars very well. Easy installation, easy setup, easy playing.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I ordered this card and received it in the mail A DAY LATER with normal shipping. Wow.

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