XGI INVASION : GOOD OR BAD???

[[flAsh]]

XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB (made by CLUB 3D)

Memory 256MB
Type DDR2
Interface 256BIT
GPU 350 MHz
Memory 450 MHz
DVI Yes
TV-Out Yes
Video-in Yes
Ramdac 400MHz
OpenGL 1.5
DirectX 9.0
PixelPipelines 8


Full Features:
True Hardware DirectX9
Both Volari™ Duo processors employ XGI's next generation TruShader™ 2.1 Engine, taking vertex and pixel shading to a new level of realism. Combine this with built-in DirectX9 programmability and highly efficient pixel pipelines, 3D environments now come alive with cinematic realism and movie-studio caliber graphics. Advanced developers can take advantage of the Volari™ Duo processor's fully programmable DirectX9 functions to deliver visual experiences never before seen on the PC.

Blazing-fast PCI Bus Interface 32-bit PCI local bus standard Revision 2.2 compliant
True AGP2.0 & AGP3.0 Compliant configuration setting
Hardware auto detect for AGP1.0, AGP2.0 or AGP3.0 mode support

Double Octa-pipe 3D Engine Extreme High performance 256-bit 3D engine
High order surface tessellation
Optimized hardware geometry transform/lighting/setup engine
Total of 4 units of Vertex Shader with Fully compliant Direct3D 9.0 Vertex Shader ver. 2.0
16 sets high performance pixel rendering pipelines
Supports Bump Mapping, Mipmapped Cubic Mapping and Volume Texture supports flat and Gouraud shading
High quality anisotropic filtering
Supports 2-side stencil.
2X/4X full scene anti-aliasing(FSAA)

Ultimate Performance 2D EngineHardware command queue
High-speed Direct Draw Accelerator
Hardware GDI 2000 Accelerator
Source read-buffer to minimize engine wait-state
Built-in destination read-buffer to minimize engine wait-state

High Definition TV-OUT Solution with XV301PAL and NTSC Systems
Composite, S-Video, and Component RGB Output Signals
Macrovision Copy Protection Process Rev. 7.1.L1
HDTV 480i/480p/1080i/720p YPbPr Output Signals
A single link TMDS transmitter with excellent scaling capability for TFT LCD panel display

MPEG-2 Video DecoderMPEG-2 MP@ML standards compliant
Supports up to 20 Mbit/sec bit rate decoding
True hardware VCD, DVD and HDTV decoding

Video AcceleratorYUV-to-RGB color space conversion
Bi-linear video interpolation with integer increments of 1/2048
Complete graphics and video overlay function
Hardware video decoder interface
Independent VBI capture
Supports DVD sub-picture playback overlay
Built-in independent Gamma correction RAM

Proprietary Cipher Video Processor 5 fields per-pixel motion detection de-interlace function, video sources from MPEG decoder, Video capture and AVI interfaces
Down scaling function and scaling vector as 1/2, 1/4
Next generation de-interlaced and 1/2 down scaling function

BitFluent Architecture (XGI Volari™ Duo Only)Advanced interface for dual GPU solution
Up to 2.13GB bus bandwidth

High IntegrationProgrammable 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 400 MHz pixel clock
Built-in VIP interface
VESA Plug & Display for PanelLink Interface
Built-in Thermal Diode for GPU Security-Update

[funkymonkey]

on paper card looks awasom and powerful. And it is in hardware. But drivers are soo screwed that sometimes this card performs slower than 5600Ultra. For now stay away from XGI cards.
Even 5900NU is like 2 times better than this card in gaming performance.

[[flAsh]]

thanx funky

[funkymonkey]

no problem.
if you need exact info here is the review.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...volari_19.html

read the entire review and you will laugh.

[[flAsh]]

Cheezzzzz!!! Volari V8 is so baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.