Holy Crap! Can you say "SPEED"
Written: Jan 29 '00 (Updated Jan 29 '00)
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Pros: It will "WOW" you the first day your using it.
Cons: Packaged Drivers, need to be replaced.
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| garrjo's Full Review: S3 Diamond Viper Ultra 770 |
Look Ma, no Flickers...
Now, for price and compatibility this is your sweet deal of a card.
If your looking for a lemon better off continue walking down the path because, this card doesn't nearly fit that category.
Have you ever just wanted a really good video card and haven't been able to afford the price. Well, my friend get the standard and get the best. Diamond has offered a way for you to have both, raw performance at an affordable price. With Diamond incorporating 32Mb (megabyte) of 10Ns (nanosecond) RAM, this card could very well end the debate on what to get as a stocking stuffer for that guy on the computer 24/7. At 200 dollars Retail what else could you find that can play 98% of every game on the market to date? As a bonus you get games when you purchase retail as well (that rhymed).
If you don't like the price well, my friend you could buy the S3 Savage4 and be one of the people that I take to the cleaners in Quake3 or any other resource grabbing first person shooter.
My Humble Tip:
Download and install the RivaTnT 2 Drivers (v2.02 [Speed Index of: 4987]). You'll find some impressive abilities using this software rather than the InControl utilities that Diamond Packages. (Note: Overclocking to 500Mhz is not covered under warranty but, it will show the its raw power {& Remember Folks, To get to this speed AGP 4x is required}).
The Bottom Line:
Buy this or get out of gaming now before you waste my time.
The Humble Reviewer
Joe W. Garrett
The Guy that tore you up while you were using your Trident 975 (S3's Brother card in my opinion)
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 189.00
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Member: Joe Garrett
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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