XGI Volari V8 Ultra vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V8 Ultra and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

XGI Volari V8 Ultra

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V8 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz

Launch date	15 September 2003 vs 22 July 2003
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: XGI Volari V8 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Name	XGI Volari V8 Ultra	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark		69
PassMark - G2D Mark		178

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V8 Ultra	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	Rankine
Code name	XG40	NV35
Launch date	15 September 2003	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	963
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR