Seen on VolariGamers :

StorePC.net is selling, via eBay, the brand new Chaintech XGI VOLARI V3 graphics card with 128MB for only... USD $46.99! This card is ideal for those who want a silent PC as the Volari V3 uses no fan at all for cooling : there is only a small heatsink and the card is very small too. This is of course a brand new, retail card, with the box and all. The reference is SLV3-128.
StorePC.net is located in Cleveland, USA and ships to United States, Mexico and Central America, Australasia, Europe and Canada.
There are only 10 Volari V3s for sale, so you need to hurry in order to get one.

Here are the characteristics of the card :
- Chipset/Core Speed: XGI VOLARI V3/300MHz
- Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/500MHz
- SmartTile(TM) 128-bit memory architecture
- BrightPixel(TM) 3D graphics engine with DirectX 8.1 Vertex and Pixel Shaders in hardware
- UltraClear(TM) TFT image quality at UXGA panel resolution (1600x1200)
- CoolPower(TM) power management technology
- Motion Compensation and IDCT hardware for real-time playback of videos with 85% CPU headroom for other applications
- BUS: AGP 4x/8x
- Ports: VGA Out (15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video) + DVI

Get a Chaintech Volari V3 now : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40161&item=5115677954&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

Spotted this on VolariGamers:

Clubedohardware has done a review of the single chip XGI Volari V8 card using the driver 1.04.51.
The card was compared to the 9800XT, 9800 Pro, 5950 Ultra, 5900XT, 5700 Ultra, 9800SE, 9600XT, 9600 Pro, GF4 Ti 4200, 5600, GF4 MX 460, 5500, 5200, MX 4000, 9600 SE and GF2 GTS under 3DMark2001 SE, 3DMark03 build 340, Aquamark 3, Quake III and X2 - The Threat.

Here's a snip (translation from Portugese):

The Volari V8 of the XGI is an excellent graphics chip for the market it is destined to. Its performance did not disappoint. It was faster of the one than all the simpler graphics chips, such as the GeForce FX 5500, 5600 GeForce FX and GeForce FX 5200. It left the Radeon 9600 eating dust. A really fantastic fact for a company with only one year of life.

The best result of the Volari V8 was the one in Aquamark 3, where this new chip got a similar performance to the one of the Radeon 9800, beating the Radeon 9600 Pro and is not very distant from the performance of the GeForce FX 5700 (that was only 6.89% faster than the Volari V8 in this test).

The review is available at: http://www.clubedohardware.com.br/v8.html

We know that the Voodoo5 uses SLI for the dual chips, but what exactly is the bandwith between the two chips on a Voodoo5?

Just read this : interesting...
Looks like XGI wants to intensify efforts in supporting the gaming community...

Taipei, February 11th, 2004 --- XGI Technology Inc, a total graphics processing solution supplier, today announced the signing of an endorsement agreement with Team MeetYourMakers from Denmark, a top-ranked multigaming team of eSports athletes/e-gamers. As a result of the agreement, Team MeetYourMakers will train and compete on PCs equipped with XGI Volari™ graphics processor, and a major role in the XGI's grassroots marketing campaigns geared towards gaming enthusiasts worldwide.

"XGI is pleased to promote Volari™ products with such a well-known group in professional gaming world," said Chris Lin, CEO at XGI Technology. "Team MYM is so competitive in professional gaming and unmatched technical-wise. XGI is extremely excited to have them equipped with the world most advanced 3D gaming technology from Volari™ products."

Just saw this on Guru3D :

On February 28 Chinese Lian Guan (Crown Electronic Technology), which facilities are mainly located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, is going to ship two new solutions:

Crown X Tornado Volari V8 Ultra 128MB DDR (MBGA chips) — 799 yuan ($97)
Crown X Tornado Volari V8 64MB DDR (TSOP chips) — 666 yuan ($80)

These should be followed in the near future by the following:

Crown X Tornado Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB DDR2 (MBGA chips) — 1599 yuan ($193)
Crown X Tornado Volari V8 128MB DDR (TSOP chips) — 733 yuan ($89)
Crown X Tornado Volari V3 Ultra 128MB DDR (TSOP chips) — 399 yuan ($48)

You have to admit that these $193 set by Chinese company for Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB DDR2 are very different from the current sky-high price tags (set by Club3D). And the prices of single-GPU DX9 Volari V8 Ultra 128MB DDR and Volari V8 64MB DDR cards are even more bright.

This is very good news indeed!