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XGI Volari V8 Reference Card Review
XGI Volari V8 Reference Card Review  - PCSTATS
It's quite amazing to realize the extent to which Nvidia and ATI dominate the mainstream computer graphics market.
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External Mfg. Website: XGI Jul 15 2004   M. Dowler  
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Benchmarks: Aquamark3, Gun Metal2

AquaMark3 Source: Massive Development

Continuing with the DirectX9 benchmarks, Aquamark3 can stress any video card out there right now with its complex effects. AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2004.

AquaMark3 - Benchmark Results
Graphics Points Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 3435
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 3045
XGI Volari V8 3288
XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 3843

AquaMark3 - Benchmark Results
Overall Points Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 26530
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 29446
XGI Volari V8 28359
XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 32379

The XGI Volari V8's results in this test were excellent, as it pulled ahead of some its more powerful competitors. We did experience a few image and texture quality issues with parts of the benchmark though. Again, overclocking brought substantial benefits in performance.

Gun Metal 2 Source: Yeti Studio

Gun Metal 2 is one of the first games that will be taking advantage of DirectX 9 technology. According to Gun Metal 2, 2x AA is enabled by default on all videocards and the listed framerates are average.

Gun Metal 2, Demo 1 - 1024x768
Overall FPS Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 16.79
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 23.74
XGI Volari V8

8.16

XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 10.28

Gun Metal 2, Demo 2 - 1024x768
Video Card FPS Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 21.5
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 31.8
XGI Volari V8

10.47

XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 12.46

Gun Metal 2, Demo 1 - 1600x1200
Video Card FPS Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 9.87
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 14.46
XGI Volari V8

5.95

XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 6.25

Gun Metal 2, Demo 2 - 1600x1200
Video Card FPS Ranking
Asus Radeon A9600XT 11.66
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 18.16
XGI Volari V8 8.41
XGI Volari V8 (360/330MHz) 8.86

Like Codecreatures, the Volari reference card had great deal of difficulty with this high-end benchmark. This is not particularly surprising as we have seen many cards choke on it, but the V8's score seems a little low even in scale. Of more concern was the 'occlusion query unsupported' error that popped up after we had completed the benchmark with the card. Perhaps there are some hardware or driver compatibility issues with the benchmark? In any event, image quality was just fine.

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Contents of Article: XGI Volari V8
 Pg 1.  XGI Volari V8 Reference Card Review
 Pg 2.  XGI Drivers & Software
 Pg 3.  Overclocking The Volari V8
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: 3Dmark03, Codecreatures
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks: Aquamark3, Gun Metal2
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: X2 The Threat, Aquamark2.3
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: UT2003
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: X2 The Threat, UT2003

 
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