Anyone know anything about XGI Volari's?

[Rob R.]

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

[BipolarBill]

XGI is SiS. We'll have to check the reviews...

[Rob R.]

Thanks BPB

I have searched around a little but couldn't find the typical benchmark analysis that most cards have out there. All I could find was a few boards with discussions on them. Like you said, I guess we'll have to wait. :(

[Rob R.]

I found some more info on these things.

Article:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=908&page=1

3DMark2003 scores

Volari Duo V8 ultra - 5500-5600 3D Marks
Volari Duo V5 Ultra - 4000+ 3D Marks
Volari V8 Series - 3000+ 3D Marks
Volari V5 Series - 2000+ 3D Marks
Volari V3 Series - 1000+ 3D Marks

[cyber_gubat]

just read my thread......:t

[Rob R.]

Oh I didn't see your post. I found new info on them so I dug up this post and added to it. Glad to see I am not the only one that finds these things intriguing though.

[causticVapor]

Ati and nVidia need to be kicked in the ***. They're getting too powerful and thus misleading and screwing around with customers.

I hope this XGI Volari thing takes off. If not the first generation, then the second.

[Rob R.]

I couldn't agree more CV.

[Rob R.]

Tom's Hardware Guide takes a look at Volari :)

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031107/index.html

[scottluebke2003]

thanks for that post, i was wondering why no one had seen the THG article. They are always on top of it. It something comes out, they will have it reviewed. THG rocks. However, I was really interested in the XGI because it is a cheaper video solution. But these first cards just do not cut it at all. But I expect the launch to be much better b/c they will have time to tweak the driver and the card itself. I am looking forward to what these guys have. The days of $550 video cards needs be disappear. Thats just out of control. You can build a budget computer for that much money.

[Plaster]

Originally posted by scottluebke2003
The days of $550 video cards needs be disappear. Thats just out of control. You can build a budget computer for that much money.

Something tells me that budget computer won't allow you to do half the things that $550 video card will. ;)

[Rob R.]

It is going to be nice when we truly have 3 video card choices for a mid-market card. I think this will improve the overall value of all mid-market cards with the extra competition so in this case, maybe we win for a change :)

[bob05]

Originally posted by Plaster
Something tells me that budget computer won't allow you to do half the things that $550 video card will. ;)

Epox Motherboard for AMD Processors 8RDA3+ Retail $90.00

AMD ATHLON XP 2500 "Barton" 333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU $85.00

Sapphire Atlantis ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 128MB 8X AGP $148.00

ANTEC SOLUTION SERIES MODEL SLK1600 $42.00

Samsung SW-252FEN 52x32x52 CDRW $35.99

SAMSUNG 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE Model# SFD321B/LEB $6.99

Kingston 512MB DDR 400 Memory $87.00

Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM Hard Drive $59.00


Total $555 I think I'd rather build another computer like this than getting a $550 video card. :t

[Plaster]

You'll need to add 4 more pixel pipelines to that video card making it a 9800pro (big performance difference) then add TV Tuner/capture, making it an AIW. +$250

You're also missing a monitor. +$250

The PSU in that case won't cut it for the parts you listed, need a minimum 350w Antec. +$50

Total: $1105

That being said, I wouldn't buy an AIW 9800pro and would get what you listed. I also wouldn't expect to get top of the line performance. BTW, the only card I've seen around $550(US) is the GFFX 5950. It is without a doubt the most overpriced card to date.

[maje87c]

$250 for a monitor!? what kind of monitor are you getting?

[Plaster]

minimum 19" flat screen. Not a TFT, but Trinitron. I guess you could go cheapo, but those are still over $200.