XGI Volari V3 XT vs XGI Volari V8

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V3 XT and XGI Volari V8 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

XGI Volari V8

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V8

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 414 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 414 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V3 XT	XGI Volari V8
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG42	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	250 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.62 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	414 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2