XGI Volari 8300 vs GeForce 9800S

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameG94XG47
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 July 2008 (17 years ago)1 November 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64no data
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors505 million90 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate19.202.400
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs328

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s4.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsVGAHDMISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 1 November 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm

GeForce 9800S has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800S and XGI Volari 8300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800S is a notebook graphics card while XGI Volari 8300 is a desktop one.

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