ATI Radeon 9800 XXL vs XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 XXL and XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 9800 XXL

XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XXL

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 390 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	390 MHz vs 350 MHz

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

7.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.12 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 750 MHz vs 676 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.12 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	750 MHz vs 676 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9800 XXL	XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	XG4
Code name	R360	XG40
Launch date	1 October 2003	15 September 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	390 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.12 GTexel / s	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	117 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	21.63 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	676 MHz	750 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2