XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra vs XGI Volari V3

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra 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.

XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra

XGI Volari V3

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 200 MHz
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 200 MHz
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V3

37.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari Duo V5 Ultra	XGI Volari V3
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG41	XG42
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	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 1.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	90 million	25 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
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 32.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR