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December 23rd, 2009, 02:05
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Well, here we go: NVIDIA just gave us the heads-up that its next-gen of Ion (which we'll be calling Ion 2 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nvidia-ion-2-still-on-track-for-this-year/) until it gets a proper name) will be Pine Trail-compatible and arriving in Q1 of 2010. That's good news, seeing as the Pine Trail-based Eee PC 1005PE (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/asus-eee-pc-1005pe-review/) we just reviewed didn't offer much of a performance benefit over the older Diamondville chips and definitely couldn't bust through the first few seconds of a YouTube HD clip. Though we got NVIDIA to confirm that it'll improve some of the battery life concerns we've had (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/), we couldn't get much out of them in terms of how Ion 2 will play with the Intel GMA 3150 GPU that's now integrated into the Atom N450 die. NVIDIA also didn't hold back when it came to Intel's reliance on third-party HD accelerator chips (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/broadcoms-next-crystal-hd-tech-to-liven-up-hd-capabilities-of-n/) for video duties -- they think customers want richer gaming and multimedia experiences on netbooks than Atom alone can offer, and they don't seem to care that Intel keeps calling Ion "overkill." (http://blog.laptopmag.com/intel-nvidia-ion-is-overkill-smartbooks-not-versatile-enough) All drama aside we're looking forward to just getting some YouTube and Hulu HD playback on our netbooks -- we'll see what NVIDIA has to show off at CES.NVIDIA Ion 2 coming in early 2010, compatible with Pine Trail (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/nvidia-ion-2-coming-in-early-2010-compatible-with-pine-trail/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Well, here we go: NVIDIA just gave us the heads-up that its next-gen of Ion (which we'll be calling Ion 2 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nvidia-ion-2-still-on-track-for-this-year/) until it gets a proper name) will be Pine Trail-compatible and arriving in Q1 of 2010. That's good news, seeing as the Pine Trail-based Eee PC 1005PE (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/asus-eee-pc-1005pe-review/) we just reviewed didn't offer much of a performance benefit over the older Diamondville chips and definitely couldn't bust through the first few seconds of a YouTube HD clip. Though we got NVIDIA to confirm that it'll improve some of the battery life concerns we've had (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/asus-eee-pc-1201n-review/), we couldn't get much out of them in terms of how Ion 2 will play with the Intel GMA 3150 GPU that's now integrated into the Atom N450 die. NVIDIA also didn't hold back when it came to Intel's reliance on third-party HD accelerator chips (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/broadcoms-next-crystal-hd-tech-to-liven-up-hd-capabilities-of-n/) for video duties -- they think customers want richer gaming and multimedia experiences on netbooks than Atom alone can offer, and they don't seem to care that Intel keeps calling Ion "overkill." (http://blog.laptopmag.com/intel-nvidia-ion-is-overkill-smartbooks-not-versatile-enough) All drama aside we're looking forward to just getting some YouTube and Hulu HD playback on our netbooks -- we'll see what NVIDIA has to show off at CES.NVIDIA Ion 2 coming in early 2010, compatible with Pine Trail (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/nvidia-ion-2-coming-in-early-2010-compatible-with-pine-trail/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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