'8 rendering pipelines' + '4 Pixel Shaders' = Volari V8?
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parhelia said:
What kind of expectations did you have though
I guess we'll (maybe) find out tomorrow...although I've been hearing that won't happen.
I'm tending to agree with that, but I'd make it "If it was any good every good reviewer would have one.".rwolf said:
I'm almost afraid that we're going to see only the HAT sites (Hard, Anand, Tom's) get 'em along with a few other very "friendly" sites.
I just saw a recent review of an apparently still-not-final V8U. The card still generally lags in fps and IQ, but it's surprisingly fast in UT2K3--much faster than even a 9800P.
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Is the Volari doing trilinear?Pete said:
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digitalwanderer said:I'm almost afraid that we're going to see only the HAT sites (Hard, Anand, Tom's) get 'em along with a few other very "friendly" sites.
I would have been a lot happier if the Big 3 had at least gotten some reviews up today.
Q: The Club3D card features a lower processor speed than the sample version Toms Hardware Guide tested a month ago. Are there any problems in the mass-production process that make such a step necessary? If so, will the resolution of these problems make higher-clocked version probable?
Answer:
The Club3D graphics board you referred to incorporates high speed DDRII technology, which consumes more power than regular DDR memory. Without suffering performance loss, the engine clock of graphics processors was reduced by 20 MHZ to enhance the stability of graphics board. This way, users who are using Club3D Volari Duo board can enjoy both fast and stable performance while playing heavy 3D applications.
Q: Are you testing smaller production-processes or developing other techniques to tackle the heat production of the processor?
Answer:
According to XGI(tm) product roadmap, we will have small fabrication process for our upcoming products in year 2004.
Moreover, our power management utility is under development for current version of Volari(tm) products to optimize power consumption.
Q: The first review of your card speaks of high vertex shader and raw fillrate speeds (even higher than ATi Radeon 9800 Pro in some cases) but lacking pixel shader and FSAA speeds. This would seem to point in the direction of driver-issues. Do you believe that drivers are to blaim for the staying behind of the processor? If so, on what term will drivers be released which tackle the problem?
Answer:
Indeed, Volari(tm) Duo(tm) has higher raw fill rate than ATi Radeon 9800 Pro.
Regarding the issues with FSAA and Pixel Shader speeds, we have made an improvement with driver version 1.01.05, which will be released next week
Source :
http://www.volarigamers.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=59
Answer:
The Club3D graphics board you referred to incorporates high speed DDRII technology, which consumes more power than regular DDR memory. Without suffering performance loss, the engine clock of graphics processors was reduced by 20 MHZ to enhance the stability of graphics board. This way, users who are using Club3D Volari Duo board can enjoy both fast and stable performance while playing heavy 3D applications.
Q: Are you testing smaller production-processes or developing other techniques to tackle the heat production of the processor?
Answer:
According to XGI(tm) product roadmap, we will have small fabrication process for our upcoming products in year 2004.
Moreover, our power management utility is under development for current version of Volari(tm) products to optimize power consumption.
Q: The first review of your card speaks of high vertex shader and raw fillrate speeds (even higher than ATi Radeon 9800 Pro in some cases) but lacking pixel shader and FSAA speeds. This would seem to point in the direction of driver-issues. Do you believe that drivers are to blaim for the staying behind of the processor? If so, on what term will drivers be released which tackle the problem?
Answer:
Indeed, Volari(tm) Duo(tm) has higher raw fill rate than ATi Radeon 9800 Pro.
Regarding the issues with FSAA and Pixel Shader speeds, we have made an improvement with driver version 1.01.05, which will be released next week
Source :
http://www.volarigamers.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=59
