| PRODUCT DETAILS | | Diamond Stealth ATI 9250 PCI 256MB Video Card ( S9250PCI256 ) |  | |
Diamond Stealth ATI 9250 PCI 256MB Video Card ( S9250PCI256 )
Highly evolved and extremely programmable, the Stealth 9250 opens a stunning new world of immersive play for gamers. Powered by high performance features including a Quad-pipe architecture, the Stealth 9250's visual processor delivers a dazzling visual experience optimized to support the most compelling next-generation 3D gaming environments of today and tomorrow.
Manufacturer: Diamond Multimedia
Price Range: $64.99 - $69.99
 Diamond Stealth ATI 9250 PCI 256MB Video Card ( S9250PCI256 )
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| User Reviews |  | Not an intuitive install
rating: 3
I have an older 800 MHz PC that I installed this card into. I followed the instructions that came with the card. But it took some serious afterthought and troubleshooting to figure the right sequence for the install steps. Success was achieved, and the card works great.
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Nice Video Card But High Pitch Fan Causes Headaches!
rating: 3
I purchase this on Ebay and the video card is what I need for 1920 X 1200 for new LCD Monitor! It must have been a earlier model since the fan blades were clear, thinly finned.
It was killing me with the fan hooked up! It was unbearable. It was such a high pitch; you can hear it through the music I was playing through iTunes.
After a couple of weeks; I just unplug the fan. I only use the computer for surfing and it made a lot of difference in my environment. First, try to cover the fan and muffed the pitch but did no good it just made it higher/worse. Finally, I have just unplugged it. I will see if it affects the video card. There are two medium fans at the front of my computer and so I hoping that it will be adequate to cool the video adopter. If not; I have nothing to loose. My health is more important.
I see the pictures above and it shows a large heat sink in first two and a curved fan in the latter pictures. I think either of them will work fine for the buyer. I guess I should of purchase it through Amazon but I was not thinking. I learn my lesson the hard way!
Well it been months after; and the graphics card has failed and it also recked my sound card too! I read up on my built-in graphics from Intel and it does do the high resolution and replace my sound card with an Creative Labs 24 bit card for around $80 plus sales tax. Of course, I purchased it new and locally, making sure I could return it for 30 days before purchasing it! I am kind of scare to buy cards now since my Ebay incident!
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Works with 2 monitors - Cinema 23" at 1920x1200 - BUT...
rating: 4
I put this card in an older AMD-64 with an Asus A8V Deluxe mobo. Worked OK with a 17" LCD at 1280x1024 on the VGA port and an Apple Cinema 23" at 1920x1200 on the DVI port. I originally had a Matrox P750 AGP to drive the Cinema, but it started acting weird and hanging with "insufficient resources", so I put both monitors on the 9250.
APRIL 2008 UPDATE: Installed a Diamond ATI X1050 AGP to use as the main display card. The Catalyst Control Center caused my system to hang all the time, and left all kinds of crap behind after the uninstall. Used Revo Uninstaller to get rid of all the leftover pieces (took over an hour). After installing just the ATI display drivers, scrolling was slow and very jumpy. Pulled out both cards and replace them with an eVGA 7300AGP eVGA e-GeForce 7300GT Superclocked 512MB AGP Graphics Card-512-A8-N501-LR and a 6200PCI eVGA e-GeForce 6200 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card-256-P1-N399-LX. I'm happy again! Easy install, good performance and smooth scrolling. STAY AWAY FROM ATI -- GET EVGA!
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It works for me!
rating: 3
I don't need really high graphics as I don't go for many video games but I do appreciate decent video quality and this is a perfect economical value.
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Very Satisifed
rating: 5
Well i read the other reviews before buying this card and i am happy to say, i am glad i ignored the negative ones.
This video card is NOT the most up to date. state of the art card you can get. If you have a new computer why would you want to upgrade with an older card? Of course an older card is not going to work well with a newer computer, or the most recent games or work with newer peheripals and so fourth. Just like older equipment wont necessarily work with newer upgrades.
My pc is 2.5 GHz, Dell, running XP, not a ton of memory. But this card upgraded it very nicely. The installation instructions could use a rewrite, they did not concur closely enough with my particular system. But I did not have a problem figuring it out.
They probably should re-evaluate, perhaps put a warning on the box saying the card will not work efficiently with systems made after xxx date.
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Diamond Stealth ATI 9250 PCI 256MB Video Card ( S9250PCI256 )
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