For Immediate Release
October 03, 2006

DIAMOND RELEASES ITS FIRST VISTA-READY
PCI VIDEO CARD
X1300 PCI 256MB Viper Video Card Offers Affordable,
High Performance Cinematic 3D Graphics

(Chatsworth, CA)--Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications products, today begins shipping the X1300 PCI 256MB Viper video card. This cinematic 3D graphics card is the first Vista-ready PCI video card from Diamond and the most affordable graphics card to offer high-end features like high-definition (HD) display, using ATI's heralded Avivo display technology.

The X1300 has a PCI bus type, 256MB DDR2 memory, 450MHz clock speed and 250MHz memory speed. It utilizes 90nm technology with two vertex Shader Processors, and supports Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 3.0.
Minimum system requirements for the X1300 PCI card include an Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon® 64 FX, System Memory of 512 MB or higher, 420 Watt power supply or higher, 480MB available hard disk space, PCI compliant slot and a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The card supports Windows XP, Windows XP MCE, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista Areo.

All Diamond video cards also carry the Diamond guarantee of quality assurance. Unlike many cards that are simply first to market, Diamond carefully tests and retests every new model for its ratio of performance to reliability. Diamond is legendary in the PC video card business for its low return rates - less than 1 percent versus an industry average of approximately 10 percent - and attributes this to its intensive testing, detailed product knowledge down to the component level, superior relationships with suppliers and unyielding commitment to quality. Diamond cards use superior connectors, cables and components, as well as undergo more thorough testing for heat susceptibility and durability, and this is directly reflected in its superior track record of longevity at the highest levels of performance.

The X1300 PCI 256MB retails at $129. All Diamond cards are available through most North American distributors, such as ASI, D&H, Ingram Micro and TechData along with most leading computer retailers and e-commerce sites like NewEgg.com and Amazon.com.


About Diamond Multimedia
For the past two decades, Diamond Multimedia has been widely recognized as a pioneer in the graphics, sound and communications industries and as a key player in launching the multimedia revolution. Through the process of specialization, multimedia companies have become nearly extinct, each concentrating on a few aspects but never again addressing a complete experience. In that time evolution and natural selection has transformed Diamond into a new type of multimedia company, a company that brings all of the differing technologies together under one brand. Diamond Multimedia is partnered with some of the top technology companies in the world with an in-house team of industry veterans.

Diamond provides the absolute best quality in advanced graphics, digital television, communications and sound hardware solutions for home and business users, enabling them to create, access and experience compelling new media content from their desktops and through the internet.

Diamond products are available to the public throughout North America through retailers, resellers and systems integrators as well as top technology product distributors. Diamond products stand for performance, quality and value. Corporate headquarters are located in Chatsworth, California.