Three years of new product leave no doubt that Diamond is serious in its effort to take back the multimedia industry. Putting behind it the deaths of its former chip partners, Diamond has moved quickly to develop a full range of graphics cards based on ATI products. The company's latest midrange cards are ready to impress, with 512MB graphics RAM for the “high value” mid-range market.

The Viper X1600 Pro features ATI’s mainstream-performance X1600-series graphics processor. With abundant RAM and a mid-market price, can it deliver the performance and quality our readers demand?