XGI Volari V3 vs XGI Volari V5

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V3 and XGI Volari V5 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

XGI Volari V5

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V3

615.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V5

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 200 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 200 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V3	XGI Volari V5
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG42	XG41
Launch date	15 September 2003	15 September 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	90 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
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2