Anyone ever owned a Diamond video card? [Archive]

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Iam99x

01-20-10, 08:24 PM

I get paid tomorrow, and I'm going to get me an HD 5850. I'm going to be around a Fry's tomorrow, and they have a Diamond HD 5850 in stock. I can afford to buy an XFX or Sapphire HD 5850 off of Newegg, but not From Fry's. Their XFX card is $60 more at Fry's...ridiculous. I'd really just like to avoid waiting for it to ship from Newegg haha.

http://www.frys.com/product/6049668?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

So?

Thanks

Bobnova

01-20-10, 08:56 PM

They were great way back in the day, but the last diamond gpu i bought was ten years ago.
Not because they sucked, mostly because they became more expensive and my money dried up.

Kuroimaho

01-20-10, 09:14 PM

Had a dimond viper TNT 2 ultra my first NVcard haven't seen cards from them ever since.

Iam99x

01-20-10, 09:32 PM

Anyone else?

Iam99x

01-21-10, 09:39 AM

Well, no one has said anything bad...

Lavacon

01-21-10, 09:59 AM

I have a diamond 4870 in my rig and have not had any problems with it.

4GHZ_or_bust

01-21-10, 12:11 PM

The last one I had was Diamond Stealth 4MB.

Iam99x

01-23-10, 09:38 AM

I can vouch. It's a great over clocker, it runs super quiet until you manually set the fan T 100%. Great card. I love it.

ChaosInMind

02-04-10, 09:45 AM

Diamond has been around since video cards were invented. If you want to invest in a company that has been around for 12+ years and will probably be around for another 20, buy the Diamond.

My first videocard was a Diamond. I almost purchased a Diamond 5850 but I found a great deal on a Sapphire 5850.

http://www.buy.com/prod/sapphire-radeon-hd-5850-1gb-725mhz-gddr5-pci-e-2-0-directx-11-video/q/loc/101/212502328.html

I paid 289.99 + 5.50S&H for 2nd day FedEx. Much cheaper than picking one up locally for $20 more and then paying $20 tax :screwy: