Xgi

[zoomy942]

with all these 6800's and x800's.. does anyone (including XGI) think they have a chance in the market now?

[GlowStick]

No, they were Dead on arrival.

[zoomy942]

porr guys. i think they need a hug. they were getting beat down before the starting bell rang.

[anzak]

No, they were Dead on arrival.

People also said that about ATI's Rage chip when entering the gamming market.

[Helanic Frost]

All XGI needs to do is make a decent card with decent drivers and they will sell cards. Driver support just wasn't there for their last card. It had the muscle but not the finesse. It benched like a bunch of mentally handicapped people did the driver coding lol. If they make a decently performing card within the next two years i'll be giving them a try.

[GlowStick]

People also said that about ATI's Rage chip when entering the gamming market.
The Rage chip had two things that XGI is noware close to getting.

1) OEM avalibility/comptability
2) Retail availbility

[cthellis]

Rickets!

[Darth Rancid]

The Volari hardware is most likely flawed in some serious way... and by now that hardly matters anymore, the Duo Ultra wouldn't be able to compete with the 6800s and X800s even if it worked as it should. Add to that the extra cost of a 2-chip design... There's no way it can compete anymore. Two questions remain, "does XGI have funding to complete the next chip? (V45?)", and "Will it suck less than Volari did?"

[anzak]

The Rage chip had two things that XGI is noware close to getting.

1) OEM avalibility/comptability
2) Retail availbility

True. :)

[NightFire]

Where, exactly, can you buy a Volari card?

[Fahim]

I wanna know it too....

[zoomy942]

i would like to try one out too. i tried out the kyro ii back in the day, and i loved it.. so maybe...

[zoomy942]

No, they were Dead on arrival.

looks like you were right