The Stealth II G460 is an
8MB AGP 2D/3D accelerator card based on the Intel
i740 graphics chipset. This card from Diamond
Multimedia is yet but another in the Stealth
value series. You may be wondering "Why a
review of this card now?". It's quite simple
really, PRICE! ($30-45 U.S)
Although Diamond
hasn't released any new drivers for this card in
quite a while, Intel has. The newest reference
drivers from Intel add a little zip to this
otherwise mediocre card and also provide solid
Direct 3D support and a very mature OpenGL ICD.
While this card is no speed demon, it does have
excellent picture quality and is capable of
playing current 3D games well enough for a part-time
gamer, when coupled with a decent CPU (read 400MHz
or better).
You'll find this
card in quite a few OEM systems. If you have one
or are buying a system with this card in it,
definitely download Intel's reference drivers (PV 4.0). Not only will
you get the benefits listed above, but, these new
drivers add more control options to the control
panel, such as the ability to disable v-sync.
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