Diamond Multimedia Introduces its Fastest Graphics Card, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990

CHATSWORTH, CA —March 8, 2011— Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications products, introduced today the Diamond AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 graphics card. Designed to deliver the highest performance and fastest frame rates in HD gaming, the HD 6990 card offers support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11 technology, AMD Eyefinity multi-monitor technology, and the new AMD HD3D visual effects technology.

The Diamond AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 features the absolute fastest frame rates and ultra-realistic effects while fully supporting the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 11 games. Using AMD Eyefinity™ technology the HD 6990 can run up to 6 displays from a single graphics board providing the ultimate immersive gaming experience with “wrap around” multi-display capabilities. AMD HD3D technology enables 3D images, video, and gaming capabilities from one graphics card and allows home theater PC enthusiasts to experience Blu-ray 3D.

Using AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology a Diamond AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 GPU can offload data parallel compute tasks from the CPU to the GPU thus accelerating the most demanding applications. Engineered to take advantage of all the graphics features within the Windows 7 operating system, HD 6990 cards deliver a visually compelling experience and a fast, responsive PC.

The HD 6990 model includes 4 gigabytes of memory and 2 AMD Radeon™ graphics processing units. Boasting a memory speed of 1250 MHz and a core clock speed of 830 MHz, this is now the fastest graphics card in the Radeon™ series and faster than any competing brands as well.

All Diamond video cards carry the Diamond guarantee of quality assurance, including a two year warranty with product registration. Diamond cards use superior connectors, cables and components, and undergo thorough testing for heat susceptibility and durability.

Availability

Diamond Multimedia’s HD 6990 cards will ship immediately and will be available at Amazon.com, BestBuy.ca, Circuit City.com CompUSA, Frys.com, Futureshop.ca, Micro Center.com, Newegg.com, and TigerDirect.com. Learn more at http://www.diamondmm.com/6990PE54G

About Diamond Multimedia

Diamond provides the absolute best quality in advanced graphics, digital television, communications and sound hardware solutions for home and business users, enabling consumers to create, access and experience compelling new media content. Diamond products stand for performance, quality and value.

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. Diamond offers a complete solution that brings all of the differing technologies together under one brand. Diamond Multimedia is partnered with some of the top technology companies, including AMD, as a graphics chip provider.

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

www.diamondmm.com

For an full evaluation of “the fastest graphics card in the world”, the HD 6990, please see ABT’s recent review.

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