Product Diamond Viper II Model Z200
MSRP

$199.99 Street

ESRP

$146.00 Online
Bus

1X/2X/4X AGP
Chip

Savage2000

Conclusion

The Viper II Z200 is a fairly good card, especially for the low price online. It has great support for Unreal and UT-engine based games with the MeTaL API, and the OpenGL performance is good. While D3D may be relatively slow, I never noticed it in any games (Drakan, TrickStyle and AvP all ran good). The TV-Out connectors are also a nice bonus for the price. This card fits nicely between the SDR GeForce and DDR GeForce range. Good job, Diamond.

PROS:

  • Good OpenGL Speed
  • Superb Image Quality
  • TV-Out
  • Hardware Transformation and Lighting support
  • Very good price for speed/features
  • MeTaL API support

CONS

  • Poor Direct3D Speed
  • T+L is of-yet unimplemented
  • Z-Buffer Problems

FINAL SCORE: 8/10

Take me home!