ATI Radeon 9800 XXL vs XGI Volari V3

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 XXL and XGI Volari V3 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 V3

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XXL

Around 95% higher core clock speed: 390 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 676 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	390 MHz vs 200 MHz
Memory clock speed	676 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V3

256.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.12 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 3.12 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9800 XXL	XGI Volari V3
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	XG4
Code name	R360	XG42
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	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.12 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	117 million	25 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
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	21.63 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	676 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR