XGI Volari V5 vs XGI Volari V8

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V5 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 V5

XGI Volari V8

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V5

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V8

Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V5	XGI Volari V8
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	XG4
Code name	XG41	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	325 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	90 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	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2