page_title: Diamond Multimedia
section_title: Stealth
hierarchical_section_title: Diamond Multimedia / Graphics Cards / Stealth
caption_attribution_description: English: Diamond Stealth SE, scanned by me
context_page_description: Diamond Multimedia is an American company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. They have produced graphics cards, motherboards, modems, sound cards and MP3 players, however the company began with the production of the TrackStar, a PC add-on card which emulated Apple II computers. They were one of the major players in the 2D and early 3D graphics card competition throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
  The company was founded by Chong Moon Lee and H. H. Huh, who acted as the technical designer. Diamond Multimedia later merged with S3, Incorporated in 1999 after a long-time cooperative business arrangement, when S3 decided to expand their business from producing graphics chipsets to manufacturing retail graphics cards. The move paralleled the 1999 3dfx purchase of STB Systems, which changed 3dfx from a graphics chipset supplier to companies including Diamond, into a vertically-integrated graphics vendor and direct competitor to S3. However, the first major product after the merger, branded as the S3 Savage 2000, was a commercial failure.
context_section_description: The Stealth cards of the 2D era were first launched in the early 1990s and were usually based on GUI accelerators from S3 Graphics. The line later included chipsets with combined 2D and 3D capabilities. Initially the Stealth line was Diamond's high-end brand but transitioned to midrange after the Viper line was introduced.
  Notable members of the Stealth family have been the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, by far the most popular S3 Virge-based board. The Diamond Stealth32, using the Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p chipset, was capable of impressive price/performance, especially in DOS. The Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2001, with the ARK 2000PV/MT chipset, was known for excellent DOS performance at the time. The Diamond Stealth II S220, using the Rendition Verite V2100 2D/3D accelerator, was popular with enthusiasts for its excellent price/performance for both 2D and 3D gaming. A special BIOS patch was released by Diamond for the Stealth II S220 which brought its clock speed up to the same level as the high-end Verite V2200 chip, resulting in equal performance at a significantly lower price.
  In the middle of the Stealth line-up, Diamond chose to implement a numbering scheme to differentiate their cards. For example, the Diamond Stealth Video VRAM was rechristened the Diamond Stealth Video 3xxx. The numbers had more than a random meaning. Specifically, they tell the buyer the card's memory amount and type. The Stealth Video 3240 uses VRAM (3), is equipped with 2MB initially (2), and is upgradeable to 4MB (4). If the first digit was (2), then the card used standard DRAM.
  The numbering scheme confused many people since Diamond just renamed current cards with new names. The Stealth Video 3240 was simply the old Stealth Video VRAM. New cards did also use the scheme, however, such as the S3 Trio64V+ cards.
  Partial listing of Stealth-branded models
  Diamond Stealth VRAM 	 S3-911/924 	 ISA
  Diamond Stealth 24	S3-801/805 	ISA
  Diamond Stealth 24 VLB	S3-805 	VLB
  Diamond Stealth Pro 	S3-928 	ISA/VLB
  Diamond Stealth SE 	S3-Trio32 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Graphics2001 	ARK 2000PV/MT 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth32 	Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 DRAM 	S3-864/Trio64	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video DRAM 	S3-868 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 VRAM 	S3-964 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video VRAM 	S3-968 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2121	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2201	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001 TV	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2121 TV 	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2201 TV 	S3-Trio64V+ 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2200XL 		VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2120 	S3-Trio64 	VLB
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2200 	S3-Trio64 	VLB
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 2500 	ProMotionAT24 	PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 3200 	S3-Vision968 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 3240 	S3-Vision968 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth64 Video 3400 	S3-Vision968 	VLB/PCI
  Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 S3-ViRGE PCI
  Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro S3-ViRGE DX PCI
  Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 S3-ViRGE VX PCI
  Diamond Stealth 3D 4000 S3-ViRGE GX2 AGP
  Diamond Stealth II S220 Rendition Verite V2100 PCI
  Diamond Stealth II G460 Intel i740 AGP
  Diamond Stealth III S500
  Diamond Stealth III S520 S3-Savage4 LT AGP
  Diamond Stealth III S530 S3 Savage 4 Pro PCI
  Diamond Stealth III S540 S3-Savage4 Pro/Pro+ PCI/AGP
  Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme S3-Savage4 Xtreme AGP
  Diamond Stealth S60 ATI Radeon 7000 AGP
  Diamond Stealth Express ATI Radeon X300SE PCI-Express
caption: Diamond Stealth SE
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