XGI Volari V8 Ultra vs NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL

Comparative analysis of XGI Volari V8 Ultra and NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL 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 V8 Ultra

NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the XGI Volari V8 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 450 MHz

Launch date	15 September 2003 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	XGI Volari V8 Ultra	NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	XG4	Kelvin
Code name	XG40	NV25 A2
Launch date	15 September 2003	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	63 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	1.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	450 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR