XGI Volari V3XT Review 7
Wil Harris writes "bit-tech.net has reviewed the XGI Volari V3XT card, which XGI hope will compete with the low-end graphics cards from ATI and Nvidia. Unfortunately, it performs apallingly, with blue screens in Half-Life 2 and 10FPS in Doom 3. Whatever happened to all those XGI promises about having a market-leading card? What happened to their dual-GPU technology? This just shows how much catching up they have to do if they ever want to be a player, even in the low-end. Heck, even S3 stand a better chance than them right now."
Ugh (Score:2)
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Wow, this card looks great! I think I'll get one of these and install it today!
Then, I'll subscribe to AOL, and pierce my testicles with a knitting needle...a hat-trick of self-loathing.
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Seriously, how can any company put out a piece of junk like this and expect it to sell?
(From TFA:)
Re:Ugh (Score:2)
Re:Ugh (Score:3, Interesting)
And unlike the Radeon, it will actually have decent drivers.
Re:Ugh (Score:2)
(I had a fanless Geforce card that worked fine in Chicago, but when I moved to Denver, I learned that the lower air pressure is just barely enough to make the heat sink not quite efficient enough, and I got crazy things. Added a slot fan and the problem went away.)
It's a ummm...driver issue! (Score:2, Insightful)
Don't rule out the Taiwanese yet (Score:1)
Failing that we have to wait for either Taiwanese ingenuity to produce the goods or the bean counters to shut them down.