S3 Diamond Viper Ultra 770

Pros: Good 3D-performance for older games, 32 MB RAM, easy installation, overclockable.
Cons: Outdated technology, small heat sink with noisy fan, causes hardware conflicts, sketchy drivers, inadequate manual.

Why this card?

The Diamond Viper 770 Ultra was among the fastest and highest rated 3D accelerator cards in late 1999. Its core is the nVidia TNT2 Ultra/Pro chipset supported by a then whopping 32 MB of RAM. By today’s standards these...

Pros: Excellent Price/Value Combination
Cons: No longer support by S3, need to go to NVidia to get Win 2K drivers

Before the release of the DDR, Voodoo 5500, etc., I bought these when they were considered state of the art. However, with the advent of gaming, these cards, while not state of the art, are still excellent performers.

I have 3 of these cards...

Pros: Fast
Cons: Some compatiblity problems

We have a "mutt" of a computer and our recent addition was the Diamond Viper 550.

The graphics itself, rocks the house but we did have some problems with it being compatible with our motherboard but with the technical support it was...

Pros: Exceling experience
Cons: None

I was first introduced to the world of video cards in 1997. Purchased a computer from Micron over the phone after looking at what is to offer for the first PC, price range etc. The price then was right.

So I waited at home with the free...

Pros: speed, great features, low price
Cons: lack of TV out, soft DVD support

I recently built an Athlon 650 system and chose this card to show it off. Several reasons led me to this decision. First of all I always try to stay one step behind the current top of the line on any thing in computers. This is because of the price...

Pros: Fairly Inexpensive
Cons: Low FPS, Limited drivers

The Diamond Viper 770 Ultra is based on the nVidia TNT 2 GPU (graphical processing unit) with 32 Megs of RAM and 4 times AGP. The Ultra model uses the same TNT 2 GPU, the same amount of RAM and the same AGP speed as the standard 770 model, but this...

Pros: driver support,, plenty of gamer features
Cons: same price as G400 Max that is better

The Diamond Viper V770 32MB TNT2 Ultra is aimed at gamers. Diamond has a reputation of solid driver support and they have seemed slow in letting the Diamond Viper V770 32MB TNT2 Ultra out on the market. I think that this might be because of difficulties...

Pros: Raw power and speed
Cons: VGa-only output, some bugs

With all the buzz about Voodoo these days, it's difficult to hear about much else in terms of video cards. I find this to be a real shame, because nobody wins bowing down to just one product.

The TNT2-based Viper V770 is a powerful card, hands...

Pros: Speed, Visual Quality, Cost
Cons: Some OpenGL problems with older drivers

First of all, I don't have the "Ultra" version of this card, and I'm not sure what the differences are, but I'm guessing it just has slight improvements or has TV-Out or something like that. But, just know I'm using my non-Ultra card as a...

Pros: Good interface and tools
Cons: no revolution in technology, just a stop-gap

Don't get me wrong here people, I love Diamond and what they do with their video cards and the driver software is incredible, but the Diamond Viper V770 is pretty much a waste of your money right now. I mean with the single pass multitexture feature...

Pros: Fast, Cheap, Excellent overclocker, Superb drivers, great feature set, 32-bit colordepth in 3D modes, very good 2D.
Cons: 2D above 1280x1024 quality on high-end monitors not too great, 16-bit 3D not as nice as on Voodoo3 chips.

The Diamond v770 Ultra has been a full success when it debuted, with very high benchmark results in 2D and 3D, and it still holds its own in its class. It directly competes with 3dfx' Voodoo3 cards, Matrox' G400 series and offerings from ATI, to name a...

Pros: It will "WOW" you the first day your using it.
Cons: Packaged Drivers, need to be replaced.

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...

Pros: Runs games and DVD movies well.
Cons: TV thru your computer may get blocky--it is a rarity, though.

Before purchasing a graphics card, I would recommend going to a store like Best Buy and looking at some new-high-end games...when a game catches your eye, take a look at the RECOMMENDED SYSTEM SPECS section on the box--minimally, I would recommend...

Pros: Strong clean 3D
Cons: ..yet to find.. perfect drivers..

Hello again, .... I was thought, ..getting the latest driver is the best driver!! ..haveing your card runing smother, faster, stronger!.. well I did something and messed everything up in windows, concerning my Video card, having to reinstall the OLD, the...

Pros: Great card, if you get one that works the first time.
Cons: Tech Support and Customer Service numbers are long distance, no toll free numbers. You have to pay the shipping costs to send the bad card back to Diamond, they don't provide you with a prepaid shipping label to return those items. The techs were pretty g

I had a 16 meg Viper 550 and decided to go ahead and step up to the 32 meg card. I ordered it online for about a hundred dollars, which was a really good deal. After it arrived I with through the procedures of removing the old drivers and card and...