Club3D Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256mb?

[Jyco]

Hi peepz,

I had a question, mayb u guys don't know this gfx card, but me neither.. :x
I have seen it, it and it looks like a nice and good card.
But i really would like to know, could you compare this card with an Radeon 9800Pro and a FX5900?

If u want to take a look on the gfx card,
Go to www.club3d.nl
Go to Products, Choose for graphics cards, then chipset XGI.
U can see the Specifications, and a damn nicelooking gfxcard 😛

If u know it please reply my Post 😀
The only thing i want to know if it's better or less better then the 9800Pro and FX5900..

ThnQ 😀

 

[TheRod]

XGI Volari Duo V8 are not good buy right now. You should buy a Radeon or GeForceFX.

The Volari have lot of drivers issue, they don't support many features well, they are overpriced...

If you want to have trouble, buy a Volari! Maybe the next generation of XGI GPU will be better, but right now, it's not a good investment.

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[lik]

Club 3D is made in Powercolor so forget it lol. Don't by one! I have a Club3d 9800 Pro and its terrible! Hd to RMA twice lol

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[TheRod]

<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/xgi-volari.html" target="_new">Read this review</A> and you will understnad why you will not buy the Volari!

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[cleeve]

The V8 duo will count itself lucky if it can get 50% of the framerate of a 9800 PRO in real-world situations where the V8's drivers have not been "optimized" to the point of visual vomit.

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[coylter]

This post look soooooo out of place in the middle of 6800u thread.....

6800u vs volari hmmmmmmmm


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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Well it would be a good comparison for POWER draw and Heat production.

I'd LOVE to have seen that Sapphire R9800MAXX against a GF6800 though. That would really have been interesting.

Too bad it never made it was phased out even before completing testing.


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[Spitfire_x86]

I would buy a FX5200 or GF4 MX440 instead of Volari V8 Duo Ultra

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[cleeve]

I would buy an Atari 2600 instead of a Volari V8 Duo Ultra

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[coolsquirtle]

man all Sapphire R9800MAXX is a silicon board + 2 GPUS. That thing wont work. The circuitry and the entire IC will have to be redesigned, and they didn't do that. They're just simply showing off!

Look we put 2 GPUs on a silicon board!!! it looks awesome!!!

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

That's the point, I would have like to see a WORKING version against a GF6800, now that would have been cool.

There was alot of talk about that being a challenger against the FX5900 depending on how it did against the R9800, because with the increased memory bandwidth and supposed redesign the FX5900 was to be a bigger leap in perfromance than it was.

In any case, I'd love to have seen a show down like that, as it would've provided a better dual VPU comparison than the Volari which can't even compete with the OLD generation from ATI/NV. Also it would have been a 16pipes versus 8+8 pipes showdown which would have been very interesting.

Now, relax, it's the weekend. Just enjoy the thought of such things.


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