XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra vs XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra 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.

XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra

XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra

Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz

Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 750 MHz

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec

Texture fill rate	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra	XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG41	XG40
Launch date	15 September 2003	15 September 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	90 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 32.0 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	750 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2