Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB DDR2: $193

[klah]

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?101531#101531

It seems that despite not so bright performance results, Chinese makers are going to launch volume shipments of XGI Volari products. I don't think Chinese companies are short-sighted to invest into unpromising solutions. Most likely, they count on debugged drivers that might be released by the moment the new cards are in retail.

 

[BFG10K]

I wouldn't take the card if it was free. Not with the cheating drivers used in the reviews anyway.

 

[BlvdKing]

The thought of owning any of those cards makes me feel dirty....

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I wouldn't take the card if it was free. Not with the cheating drivers used in the reviews anyway.

id take it, sell it, and buy a 9800 with the $$ left over

 

[Schadenfroh]

BTW that thing is a waiste of good DDR2 memory

 

[beserker15]

now do these cards just suck period? or is it just cause the drivers aren't very mature yet?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: beserker15
now do these cards just suck period? or is it just cause the drivers aren't very mature yet?

Err...both actually .

 

[VIAN]

I'd take one for free, I think the board looks nice. I wouldn't use it though.

 

[titanmiller]

I would take one to add to my collection, but I doubt I would use it unless they really improve their drivers.

 

[Johnbear007]

Im so tired of these stupid companies trying to come back to gaming. Matrox, S3 whoever. They all suck. EITHER MAKE A GOOD PRODUCT OR LEAVE AND STOP WASTING OUR TIME.

Sorry, crappy products just piss me off.

 

[modedepe]

I wouldn't hold out any hope that new drivers will improve performance. Besides, the fact that the performance was still so horrible with cheating drivers should tell you something.

 

[Budarow]

Ok men/women...let's not get too down on ANY company TRYING to produce new PC products EVEN if they don't succeed right away. After all...competition is GOOD for us all (i.e., it may bring down the cost of some other good products).

 

[Naruto]

Its tough trying to get space in the ATI - Nvidia graphics dominated area.

 

[lifeguard1999]

When they improve the drivers, it may be worth it. Otherwise you can sell it on Ebay to some sucker errrr.... collector.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

THG loved the Volari.

That should say enough to scare away everyone!

- M4H

 

[MDE]

I agree with Budarow and Naruto, give them time. Remember Nvidia's first chips? IIRC they were horrible, but look at what they did to the (then) market leader 3Dfx. I'd give them a couple more generations to get on track. At least they actually released something.

 

[nRollo]

Im so tired of these stupid companies trying to come back to gaming. Matrox, S3 whoever. They all suck. EITHER MAKE A GOOD PRODUCT OR GO HANG YOURSELF AND STOP WASTING OUR TIME AND AIR.

Sorry, crappy products just piss me off.

LOL, the JohnBear puts businesses in their place and proclaims their efforts anger him. I'm sure they'll take your advice JohnBear, fire all their employees, sell their buildings, and go home.

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress
I agree with Budarow and Naruto, give them time. Remember Nvidia's first chips? IIRC they were horrible, but look at what they did to the (then) market leader 3Dfx. I'd give them a couple more generations to get on track. At least they actually released something.

Keep 1 other thought in mind...nVidia may NEVER had made if BIG if they didn't "borrow" some technology from S3 and 3dfx (i.e., they lost 2 patent law suites to S3 and 3dfx related to the TNT1 and/or TNT2 line of chips) and "borrow" some employees from Matrox. Since it appears the company making the Volari cards is based on China...they may soon be "borrowing" some technology from ATI and/or nVidia (i.e., try sueing a company in China...LOL).

By the way...I don't condone the theft of technology, but it happens (especially since I lost ~$5k on 3dfx stock).

 

[joshfest]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
THG loved the Volari.

That should say enough to scare away everyone!

- M4H

agreed

 

[vss1980]

I think some of you guys are looking at only the hyped product and missing the point entirely. If we forget the Duo cards exist, what we are left with are the single chip solutions and for the prices they will be selling it, it looks like the Radeon 9000->9200 range will be put to rest, and should give nvidia/ATI a bit of a run in the R9600 performance area. The 2nd GPU on the duo cards is only really boosting the scores by something like 30%.

The Duo cards are just an effort to have a product which they can say competes with the big boys, but I think they know it will not be a best seller or their flagship product for very long. After all, the mainstream is where the real chunk of the money is made and that fact is demonstrated very well by the fact that Intel are the leading force and all they have are low-speed integrated chipsets.

 

[Corporate Thug]

its better than the $350+ pricetage they had before

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Im so tired of these stupid companies trying to come back to gaming. Matrox, S3 whoever. They all suck. EITHER MAKE A GOOD PRODUCT OR GO HANG YOURSELF AND STOP WASTING OUR TIME AND AIR.

Sorry, crappy products just piss me off.

LOL, the JohnBear puts businesses in their place and proclaims their efforts anger him. I'm sure they'll take your advice JohnBear, fire all their employees, sell their buildings, and go home.

No, they will just continue to produce stupid worthless products.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
THG loved the Volari.

That should say enough to scare away everyone!

- M4H

Tom is such a chode:

Should they be successful, XGI's cards may well become serious alternatives to ATi's and NVIDIA's offerings, especially considering their comparatively low prices. XGI is aiming for a street price of about $449 (plus tax), which is rather inexpensive. This makes XGI's top model a good $50 less expensive than the flagship models of NVIDIA or ATi. As far as the other versions of the cards are concerned, XGI has so far declined to comment.


I know the prices are changed now but just the fact that Tom's says that 449$ is "rather inexpensive" just again goes to show what an out of touch bafoon he is.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: shady06
its better than the $350+ pricetage they had before

true

 

[blazer78]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Im so tired of these stupid companies trying to come back to gaming. Matrox, S3 whoever. They all suck. EITHER MAKE A GOOD PRODUCT OR LEAVE AND STOP WASTING OUR TIME.

Sorry, crappy products just piss me off.

parhelia 2 is coming out , hope it does kill all the competition, cuz sharp 2d images and 16x frag AA rulez, and matrox surround gaming . Matrox is the inventor of many 3d technologies, think it was first to make dual head and evbm =)