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According to Nvidia, 2010 will be a big year for notebook graphics, and more specifically, for Optimus-enabled notebooks. By the middle of 2010, Nvidia says you can expect some 50 laptops to support the company's Optimus technology.
In case you missed our previous coverage, Nvidia's Optimus technology gives mobile warriors the best of both worlds: battery life and discrete graphics. It's a sort of hybrid solution in which Optimus determines how much GPU power is needed for a particular task and then routes the process either to Nvidia's discrete GPU or Intel's integrated graphics. And no special drivers are needed, just an Intel chipset.
Optimus supports Windows 7, Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 (Arrandale), Atom N450 and N4570, and Core 2 Duo (Penryn) chips, as well as Nvidia's GeForce 200M and 300M series and Ion 2. The first of the 50 upcoming models to sport Optimus technology will include a handful of units from Asus, including the UL50Vf, N61Jv, N71Jv, N82Jv, and U30Jc.
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