http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/ Engadget Comments for Flaws found in 15,000+ Diamond video cards http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
One manufacturer vs. Complete defect with all cards!

I'm glad I stuck with Visiontech on my HD3850 :)]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
/retard thread]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
http://xkcd.com/

enough said. and i have to say, i love ati and my hd4850, but goddamn the mothaf*cka is hot! still, once the fan cranks in its fine. also, diamond isnt exactly one of the top brands, at least in my opinion. asus, sapphire, visiontek over them any day]]>Sep 25th 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
o wait...it's FTL!]]>Sep 25th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
"HD-DVD has finally toppled Blu-Ray in the HD format war."
"Coby brand MP3 players are poised to claim a majority of the North American PMP market for FY09"
"Steve Jobs is actually an animated corpse powered solely by Windows CE 5.0"
"Alienware is teh sux, mkay?"
"Pie is in fact >> cake"

I for one believe their statements about the quality of their products. Marketing never lies, right?]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/ cake, so maybe they are legit?]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
Try putting some serious cream cheese icing on a pie and get back with me.]]>Sep 25th 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/>cake]]>Sep 25th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
Oh wait that was me trying to get my Alienware fixed. Nevermind. ]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
I ended up being the proud owner of a $3,200, 16 lb. brick with a shiny alien on top...but of course there's nothing *wrong* with it.

= spare parts now]]>Nov 17th 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
Insane i eventually got it fixed at by sending it to Eurocom in Canada. great people and great service I actually spoke to the guy who was workingon my computer when he called me.! Good luck]]>Sep 25th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 26th 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
Nope.]]>Sep 26th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
I LITERALLY had to get the BBB involved, and THEN call and explain how to troubleshoot the problem with the tech on the phone before they would replace my defective card. . .

(And IanH... you're an idiot) ^_=]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/I lose....]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Diamond Multimedia President Shows Radeon HD 3870 Resistor Fix
Following a conversation with Diamond Multimedia president Bruce Zaman, I was sent a detailed picture that shows where a Zero Ohm value resistor needs to be added to the board to resolve the problem the Alienware systems are seeing. Bruce assured Legit Reviews that only Alienware systems are impacted by this as they had a sku that was different from the retail graphics cards. Diamond Multimedia has been very open about the issue that was leaked out recently and I really like how they have handled the entire situation. Diamond knows what is causing the issues and has fixed it. If you have an Alienware system that has a Diamond Radeon HD 3870-512MB DDR4 you might want to check it and make sure it has a resistor where the arrow below it pointing. If it doesn't you should contact Alienware and get it RMA'd.
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/5206]]>Sep 25th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/
Besides the funky cases and tuning - there should be some very high-touch customer service when you buy Alienware.]]>Sep 25th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/flaws-found-in-15-000-diamond-video-cards/Sep 25th 2008 5:31PM