Comments on: Could NVIDIA offer ION 2 as a netbook upgrade on a PCIe card?

By: Ashley M (GizModio)

Ashley M (GizModio) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:32:13 +0000

If this happens, ATi are going to do it… And i will certainly buy the Nvidia ION 2! It would be great for me, I'm pretty annoyed that i bought my netbook for £300 and now new netbooks with better graphics are comming out for that or cheaper! So if N-vidia did this, i would be happy, and so will they, because they will be making a huge load of money!

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Ashley M (GizModio) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:32:13 +0000

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By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:32:08 +0000

If heat weren't an issue, it could use the existing display and GMA video to output – you don't have to connect directly to it – just like having multiple video cards in SLI mode – you only put your monitor on one of them.

Practically, as a previous commenter said, it would burn up, so I don't see it happening.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:16:16 +0000

Very good idea. This will keep the cost of netbooks down and will be optional to the netbook purchaser. After all, not everyone wants the ION and not everyone targets their netbooks to handle graphics.

Most people use their netbooks to surf the Internet. As for video, most HD video of reasonable size (usually to download) is MKV 720p and existing culv and N280 can play 720p.

By: marketplaceja

marketplaceja — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:40:47 +0000

I would definitely want to see NVIDIA fitted to netbooks as a stand alone switchable graphics chip. It would work better than way for many consumers who dont always watch videos and play games. but want the added graphics whenever they are doing either.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:34:30 +0000

The biggest issue would probably be cooling the ION

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:37:50 +0000

A good point.
This consideration was raised when the HP-2133 was new…
Few integrated chipsets support more than 1x PCIe data paths.
Usually, the integrated graphics is already running that fast or faster.

By: Someguy

Someguy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:20:48 +0000

That might all be true, but it would be AWESOME if they figured out how.

By: Jake Skedgell

Jake Skedgell — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:03:06 +0000

I don't think this will happen quite as you suggest because you'd need a lot more PCI-E lanes than are available on your typical netbook's add-in card slot. Also these add-in slots aren't typically in the right place to connect to the LCD screen connector. However if the laptop was specifically designed to take a MXM type module, we could be in business. See also: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/12/07/ion-2-wo...

By: Paul Chua

Paul Chua — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:58:41 +0000

Hmm.. HDMI should be standard with above the average netbook resolution (1024×600).. CES would be really exciting! Can't wait.