Introduction

Recently I built a computer for my friend’s daughter, and, since she is only 13, we decided to build something that would be both efficient and economical. When we sat down to discuss what she would be using the computer for, I got the usual answer, “Well, just homework, and email, maybe some webcamming so she could talk to grandma and grandpa. I asked the usual question - will she be doing any sort of gaming on the computer? His reply was no. Based on his expectations, I built his daughter a system that consisted of  4GB of RAM, an Athlon II X3 Processor, 500 GB hard drive and an MSI 785G motherboard. About a month later, I received a phone call from him telling me that the computer doesn’t work right. I figured I’d ask why not and he proceeded to tell me that a “video game he purchased for his daughter will not play after it is installed." He was getting an error “not enough memory,” or something to that effect.

After arguing for about an hour, he finally came to the realization it wasn’t the RAM, it was the video memory, and, since his daughter was using the onboard video, she wouldn’t be able to play her game. So he asked me if there was a possibility of getting him a video card that was around $100.00 USD. Now he was speaking my language and after showing some different options, he chose the Diamond Radeon HD 5750 XOC. The system that I built for him has Windows 7 and he had also read about DirectX 11 (patting self on back), so he figured for the price and performance she could get out of the card, it was a perfect match.

The Diamond Radeon HD 5750 XOC is an overclocked version of the Radeon 5750 and does not use a stock cooler, since Diamond has teamed up with Arctic Cooling for the alternative. With a price point of around $150.00 USD, the Diamond HD5750 is a mainstream video card that will take advantage of all Microsoft Windows 7 DirectX 11 has to offer.