Diamond Viper V770
The Viper V770 was based on the then new nVidia RIVA TNT2 chipset which is a combined 2D/3D accelerator card.
| Released | July 1999 | |
| Bus | AGP 2x | |
| Chipset | nVidia RIVA TNT2 | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Core Clock | 175 MHz | |
| Memory | 32 MB SDRAM (200 MHz) | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (video out) | |
| RAMDAC | - | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC ID | - | |
| Price | July 1999: $179 (TNT2), $239 (TNT2 Ultra) | |
| See Also | Viper, Viper V330, Viper V550 |
Board Revisions
Competition
In the Media
"Stocked with 32 MB SDRAM and conservatively clocked at nVidia's recommended 150 MHz, the Viper is the texel-tossing titan. Its only black mark is poor image quality in DVD playback.
The final version of the Viper V770 Ultra isn't clocked as high as the pre-production board in our May TNT2 preview. Diamond shied away from 175 MHz for stability reasons, and given the problems we encountered with other highly clocked TNT2 boards, we understand why.
While the jury's still out on the clocking decision, Diamond does compensate for it with an overclocking tool built into the new InControl Tools 99. Core and memory clocks can be bumped up in 5 MHz increments in specific games - when the game's over the clocks fall back. Unlike other overclocking sliders we've seen, Diamond's is limited to a 175 MHz core and 200 MHz memory.
In its push to get the Viper to market, Diamond based its drivers on an older version of nVidia reference drivers. Expect a big performance jump as Diamond incorporates speedier nVidia drivers into its updates."
Maximum PC, July 1999
The final version of the Viper V770 Ultra isn't clocked as high as the pre-production board in our May TNT2 preview. Diamond shied away from 175 MHz for stability reasons, and given the problems we encountered with other highly clocked TNT2 boards, we understand why.
While the jury's still out on the clocking decision, Diamond does compensate for it with an overclocking tool built into the new InControl Tools 99. Core and memory clocks can be bumped up in 5 MHz increments in specific games - when the game's over the clocks fall back. Unlike other overclocking sliders we've seen, Diamond's is limited to a 175 MHz core and 200 MHz memory.
In its push to get the Viper to market, Diamond based its drivers on an older version of nVidia reference drivers. Expect a big performance jump as Diamond incorporates speedier nVidia drivers into its updates."
Maximum PC, July 1999
Setting it Up
Downloads
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