Diamond Viper V770 Ultra - Card Specs

Default Clock 150/183
Memory EliteMT 5.5ns
Cooling Heatsink/Fan Combo
TV-Out Not Supported
Drivers InControl Tools 99
Highest Overclock 175/200
Overclocking Utility Bundled with Drivers
Software/Gaming Bundle Colorific, 3Deep
Estimated Street Price $229.99

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Don't like Creative Labs?  Then Diamond Multimedia is your other option.  Generally speaking the core on the V770 seems to be able to be pushed higher than that of the Creative Labs boards.  AnandTech tried two separate V770s, both of which made it to 175/200 easily.   While your experience may be different, a number of V770 users seem to agree that 170 or 175MHz core is not that far fetched of an idea, unfortunately unlike the Creative Labs boards, Diamond uses cheaper EliteMT memory which doesn't seem to be as overclockable as the Hyundai 5.5ns parts.

Diamond's InControl Tools 99 is a set of excellent driver utilities that are available for both Windows 9x and NT.  The Diamond solution is virtually identical to the Creative Labs, albeit with slightly less overclockable memory.

Pros: Widely available, helpful utilities available under Windows NT as well

Cons: Not very well cooled, cheaper 5.5ns memory than most Ultra cards, no TV out

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