XGI Technology's new product line consists of three discrete GPUs available in one of seven combinations.The three new GPUs are the Volari V8, the Volari V5 (both of which are also available in a higher-clocked 'ultra' version) and the Volari V3 entry-level desktop GPU.

In terms of product, XGI's flagship offering is the Volari Duo. Powered by a pair of V8 or V5 processors, or their equivalent 'ultra' version, this will be the first consumer dual-processor video chipset since ATI's Rage Fury Maxx and 3DFX's ill-fated last experiments.... remember the Voodoo5 6000?

The XGI V8 and XGI V5 processors (and their respective 'ultra' versions) will be available on their own also, as will the XGI V3 GPU. XGI is also offering the XP5, a rebranded version of the Trident XP5 notebook graphic processor available in 32 or 64 MB versions for mobile applications.

Volari Duo V8Ultra Volari Ultra V8 Volari Duo V5Ultra Volari Ultra V5 Process 0.13 micron 0.13 micron 0.13 micron 0.13 micron Transistors 90Million (x2) 90Million (x2) NDA NDA Engine CLK 350MHz 300MHz 350MHz 300MHz Memory CLK 500MHz 450MHz 500MHz 450MHz AGP 8X 8X 8X 8X DRAM bus 256bit DDR/DDR2 256bit DDR/DDR2 256bit DDR/DDR2 256bit DDR/DDR2 Max DRAM size 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB Mem. Bandwidth 32GB/s 28.8GB/s 32GB/s 28.8GB/s Bandwidth Saving Broadbahn Broadbahn Broadbahn Broadbahn Render Pipe 16 16 8 8 Vertex Shader 4(V2.0) 4(V2.0) 4(V2.0) 4(V2.0) Pixel Shader 8(V2.0) 8(V2.0) 8(V2.0) 8(V2.0) Pixel Fill Rate 5.6 GP/s 4.8 GP/s 2.8 GP/s 2.4 GP/s Texel Rate 11.2 GT/s 9.6 GT/s 5.6 GT/s 4.8 GT/s Textures per Pipe 2 2 2 2 DirectX DX 9.0 DX 9.0 DX 9.0 DX 9.0 FSAA Supersampling 4X Supersampling 4X Supersampling 4X Supersampling 4X Anisotropic Filtering off-4X off-4X off-4X off-4X Enhancements ColorAMP Engine ColorAMP Engine ColorAMP Engine ColorAMP Engine RAMDAC 400MHz 400MHz 400MHz 400MHz

Let's take a look at what the Volari line of GPUs will bring to the table. Obviously the Duo will hold the most interest to PC gaming enthusiasts, but first let's examine the published specifications of the Volari V8 and V5 graphics processors.