XGI Volari V3 XT vs ATI GameCube GPU

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V3 XT and ATI GameCube GPU 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 V3 XT

ATI GameCube GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V3 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 162 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 16 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 414 MHz vs 162 MHz

Launch date	15 September 2003 vs 14 September 2001
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 162 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed	414 MHz vs 162 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI GameCube GPU

648x more texture fill rate: 648 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	648 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V3 XT	ATI GameCube GPU
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	Rage 6
Code name	XG42	Flipper
Launch date	15 September 2003	14 September 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	162 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	648 MTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	51 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	IGP
API support
DirectX	8.1	N / A
OpenGL	1.3	N / A
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.62 GB / s	1.296 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	414 MHz	162 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR