Diamond's 1GB Radeon HD 2900 XT + DirectX 10 Cards

Diamond Multimedia obviously takes its releases seriously, with a slew of new graphics cards for everything from gaming to professional use. First, the company has released a new Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB. It includes a combination of GPU power derived from the XBOX 360 Xenos GPU and 1GB of GDDR4 memory. Diamond’s new flagship graphics card is the foundation of a whole new generation of AMD/ATI Radeon Graphics. 700 million-transistors with Dynamic Game Computing technology are designed to unleash the full potential of DirectX 10.

The GPU features a second-generation unified shader architecture, ultra-wide 512-bit memory interface, integrated CrossFire scalability, built-in HDMI and multi-channel 5.1 surround audio. Key features of the Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB include :

Dynamic game computing technology

320 unified stream processors

512-bit memory interface

Dynamic geometry acceleration

High-speed 128-bit-HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering

Physics processing support

Up to 24X custom filter anti-aliasing

Plug-and-play CrossFire support

ATI Avivo HD video and display technology

Built-in HDMI with multi-channel 5.1 surround audio

Dual dual-link DVI with full resolution HDCP support

HD video playback

Dual 30-bpp display processors

Optimized for Windows Vista with comprehensive DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 support.

The new Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB is available now.

Diamond Multimedia has also launched the new Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 and Stealth Radeon HD 2400-series graphic cards. The HD 2600 and 2400-series graphic cards allow users to connect to big-screen TVs with HDMI including built-in 5.1 surround audio for Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.

The Diamond Radeon HD 2600-series delivers gaming performance to take advantage of the HD visual effects in Windows Vista and DirectX 10. Plug-n-play CrossFire upgradeability lets you scale up graphics performance processing power. The Diamond Radeon HD 2600-series family includes :

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB PCI-Express

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512MB PCI-Express

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512MB AGP

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB PCI-Express

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB AGP

Diamond says the Radeon HD 2400 combines HD video processing with cool, quiet and energy efficient operation. ATI Avivo HD technology provides hardware based H.264/VC-1 decoding of Blu-ray and HD DVD movies and built-in 5.1 surround audio is designed for connection to big-screen TVs. The new family of Diamond Stealth Radeon HD 2400-series includes :

Diamond Stealth Radeon HD 2400 Pro 256MB PCI-Express

Diamond Stealth Radeon HD 2400 LE 256MB PCI-Express

The new Diamond Radeon HD 2600 and 2400-series feature ATI Avivo HD technology and UVD (Unified Video Decoder) that provides hardware decoding of HD content and reduces overall processor use.