Rumor: Nvidia Ion 2 to Supercharge Graphics with Twice the Shaders of Ion 1
Rumor: Nvidia Ion 2 to Supercharge Graphics with Twice the Shaders of Ion 1
Posted 07/03/2009 at 2:30pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Nvidia isn't saying much about its next Ion platform, but if recent rumors turn out to be true, the followup platform looks to be a doozie. According to news and rumor site Fudzilla, Nvidia will double up the number of shaders on the second generation of Ion.
That means Ion 2, as it will likely be called, would ship with at least 32 shaders, providing a big boost to gaming performance on netbooks and nettops built around the platform. And best of all, thermals aren't expected to rise very much, if at all, on the upcoming shrunken version of Ion.
Nvidia's first Ion has yet to really penetrate the market and cut into Intel's Atom platform marketshare, but that could change as more major manufacturers jump on board. Samsung recently announced plans to launch an Ion netbook this month, and Lenovo's Ion-based IdeaPad S12 is due out in August.
Nevertheless, Fudzilla says Ion 2 should launch by the end of this year.
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skhills
July 06, 2009 at 10:02am
Will this successfully push netbook prices into the traditional notebook range as well?
gatorXXX
July 03, 2009 at 5:36pm
It's great seeing new and better technology coming about to netbooks and nettops. But with all seriousness aside, If you really, really need to play games on one these machines, you have no life whatsoever. I mean come on.
comptech08
July 03, 2009 at 7:33pm
Playing games on it is what the writer of this article hinted at. I really don't think NVIDIA's goal is to make the netbook/nettop a gaming platform. I think its more of gving this computer line a better graphic solution. For example high def video viewing, either streaming or from a disc of some kind. I also do agree with you on your statement. If somebody gets this to be their gaming machine, then that person is stupid.
MeTo
July 04, 2009 at 5:57am
All depends on what type of games you play. There are thosands of game's that will play on this. Now if you think you will run Crysis on this that's a different story.
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gatorXXX
July 05, 2009 at 3:59pm
Yeah, that's what I was actually meaning. Games like crysis, battlefield, world in conflict, etc. Pretty soon tho, I bet they are actually gonna try, totally negating what a netbook actually is. These are LOW power machines. I'm using an ACER D150-1577 with a six cell batt and get average 6 hours before I have to recharge. I use it for internet, email, and basic blogging and with it's 10.1 screen, it's not really good for anything else. Slamming faster procs, ram, and a dedicated vid card into this thing can and will destroy batt life and if that's the case, just buy an actual gaming laptop.
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