XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra vs XGI Volari V3 XT

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra and XGI Volari V3 XT 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 V8 Ultra

XGI Volari V3 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
22.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 750 MHz vs 414 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	750 MHz vs 414 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra	XGI Volari V3 XT
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG40	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	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 2.8 GTexel / s billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	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	8.1
OpenGL	1.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 32.0 GB / s	6.62 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	414 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR