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.

 

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

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