XGI Volari V8 Ultra, where are the pics?

[Schadenfroh]

i have yet to see a picture of this dual gpu board

 

[Theslowone]

Yeah me either, and i have looked for a while for one, seems like a lot of people are jumping on this band wagon without much info to go on (Not even how it looks.)

 

[jasonja]

That's because Vaporware is extremely camera shy.

 

[Goi]

Does it do AFR or SLI? Or is it a CMP solution?

 

[Pete]

AFR is the speculation at B3D, IIRC.

 

[nRollo]

I like on their web page how they proclaim they've got the "experience of the Trident engineers" as if they ever produced a card worth $10.. LOL


BTW- I had a MAXX, and it was pretty cool, but the problem was synching the frames. It had some pretty precipitous drops if I remember right.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Rollo
I like on their web page how they proclaim they've got the "experience of the Trident engineers" as if they ever produced a card worth $10.. LOL


BTW- I had a MAXX, and it was pretty cool, but the problem was synching the frames. It had some pretty precipitous drops if I remember right.

lol

Koing

 

[Insomniak]

uhhh....Where have you guys been?

There have been pics of this thing all over the place in the past few weeks...Anand's posted links, Hard OCP has had 'em..


but since you apparently missed 'em, here:

http://www.dvhardware.net/print.php?sid=1936

edit:

here's a full article from PC Stats with tons of pics:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=908&page=2


Don't you people ever use google? :disgust:

 

[ginfest]

Glad to see some competition coming in the 3D arena. I have a 9800P (using it now) and a 5900NU(sitting in it's box) and sad to say I am bored and want something new.
Anyway, my only question on these new cards -do you think they will ship with good drivers and game compat or is this shaping up to be a "gonna take awhile" type thing?
The XGI page says they are fully DX9 compliant parts and I've seen supposedly 3D Mark '03 scores of 56xx (the dual-GPU "V8") so maybe they'll hit the ground running?
Comments?


Mike G

 

[Lonyo]

Comment: where are they?!

 

[Insomniak]

*cough* *bump*

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Ginfest
Glad to see some competition coming in the 3D arena. I have a 9800P (using it now) and a 5900NU(sitting in it's box) and sad to say I am bored and want something new.
Anyway, my only question on these new cards -do you think they will ship with good drivers and game compat or is this shaping up to be a "gonna take awhile" type thing?
The XGI page says they are fully DX9 compliant parts and I've seen supposedly 3D Mark '03 scores of 56xx (the dual-GPU "V8") so maybe they'll hit the ground running?
Comments?


Mike G

I'm definately taking a wait-and-see approach. IMO there's no way the drivers will be as stable/compatible as either ATI's or Nvidia's for awhile. And that's assuming the hardware actually makes it to the mass market (especially the high-end cards).

I can see the low-end Volari's being released if they can make the price competitive, but I don't think XGI is going to be taking anyone by surprise for anything near the performance crown. Not yet, anyway.

 

[cm123]

http://www.xgitech.com/index.htm

and a review with good pictures


http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=908&page=2

 

[chorner]

where are the heatsinks and fans? *shrugs*

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: chorner
where are the heatsinks and fans? *shrugs*

necromancer, now im gonna get flamed becuase the pics have been out since this thread was formed

 

[cm123]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: chorner
where are the heatsinks and fans? *shrugs*

necromancer, now im gonna get flamed becuase the pics have been out since this thread was formed

if someone flames you over this, its there problem (they have too much time to waste), i have seen a completed product picture, just can't find where again... if i do, i will post where for you.

 

[chorner]

lol flamed for what?

 

[chorner]

it was a honest question

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: cm123
http://www.xgitech.com/index.htm

and a review with good pictures


http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=908&page=2

That's a preview IMO, not a review. They just regurgitated XGI's 3DMark numbers and the specs of their product line and threw in a few pictures to make it interesting. I'd much rather see the card inside a third-party machine and running games and compared against ATI and Nvidia's cards.

 

[BFG10K]

AFR is the speculation at B3D, IIRC.

Oh dear.

 

[Whizzy]

I've found something better than a pic:

VOLARI DUO V8 TEST

A first on-hand review with actual benchmarks !! check it out
Seems interesting ... but they have to work more on their drivers before i get one.

Euh.. seems to be German only (sorry ) but pic's speak for themselves

 

[rbV5]

Babelfish conclusion:

Result


The performance of the XGI Volari duo V8 Ultra cannot keep up with the Top models of ATI and NVIDIA. All are to bench mark results clearly under the ATI RADEON 9800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. With the diagram quality we could not determine recognizable errors.





However it still acts with the test sample around a reference model with a pilot lot character. Additionally the map still works with beta drivers. These do not support in the tested version anti- Aliasing and no anisotropische filtering. Beyond that clocks the test candidates its DDR2Grafikspeicher with only 450 MHz, according to XGI specification are possible up to 500 MHz. Remains being waiting thus, which performance increase production stage a Volari duo V8 Ultra brings with final drivers - for the jump on the winner landing it becomes is not probably enough.


The comparison to the Mainstream models ATI RADEON 9600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 custom the debuetant Volari duo V8 Ultra do not shrink from. Here it has the nose in punkto performance clearly in front.


With the Volari duo V8 Ultra brought an interesting Higend Grafikloesung to XGI on the market and set the competition with possible losses of market shares under pressure. Excitingly however is the question whether the manufacturer on that hard contested diagram chip market with its Produktportfolio foot seize can?


Tests and further information to the topic find you here. (hal)

 

[Slick5150]

Well if those results are an indication of the final product, that's not bad at all.

It just depends on what price point it comes out as. If they price it up with the 9800 / 5900 cards, then it's not going to work. But if they price it around the 9600 price point, then it definitely is something to keep in mind.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: PinwiZ
Well if those results are an indication of the final product, that's not bad at all.

It just depends on what price point it comes out as. If they price it up with the 9800 / 5900 cards, then it's not going to work. But if they price it around the 9600 price point, then it definitely is something to keep in mind.

It says in the article the V8 Duo will be 400 euros (~$450 US). However I'm pretty sure it will be $399 (US) here.

That is decent. However, the Volari Duo does not win a single test and at the moment has no AA or AF. If they can get final drivers with a performance increase, solid AA/AF performance and release it soon then they will at least have a performer. I would see no reason for anyone to sped $399 on that when they can get a 9800XT or a 5950 for that price, however.

I wonder how the Volari single chip must perform. I bet it doesn't look too hot at the moment.

 

[Goi]

I remember reading from somewhere that the Volaris are using SSAA, which is surely gonna kill their fillrate.