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XGI Tech Volari V3XT Review |
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Written by Mavke
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Saturday, 16 October 2004 |
Phonorix has reviewed the XGI Tech Volari V3XT. With the emergence of the latest graphics processors from both ATI and nVidia, enthusiasts are mainly focused on the Radeon and GeForce cards. However, there are other manufacturers other than these two giants.
 XGI Tech Volari V3XT Review
Although the XGI V3XT didn't perform as grateful as we all had wished for, all hope is not lost. In nearly all of the testing, PowerColor's 9250 succeeded. However, most of these benchmarks revolve around the latest gaming engines that put an incredible strain on graphics cards, which both of these cards cannot truly handle. When we were simply browsing websites, watching DVDs, and performing other productive tasks, the V3XT met all of our needs. In addition, XGI has only been around for about two years, we expect as XGI's Reactor drivers and VPUs mature, more innovative cards from XGI, especially in the area of PCI Express based cards, should be expected. If we had to choose between XGI's Volari V3XT and PowerColor's ATI Radeon 9250 for a general-purpose graphics card, not solely based on the performance, we would go with XGI. We feel as the Reactor driver's progress current XGI solutions will become slightly more powerful, as ATI had done with Catalyst. In addition, the core speed is slightly faster (250MHz), HDTV, overclocking ability, and other unique XGI technologies, were found in this card that the ATI 9250 couldn't offer. XGI's V3XT has found its way into one of our HTPC/ general purpose test machines, and have no regrets using the card, except for demanding 3D applications. However, if you are into any type of 3D gaming we would advise you to look at any of the higher end XGI cards.
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