The vast majority of 9 and 10 inch netbooks with Intel Atom chips and GMA 950 graphics have the same native screen resolution: 1024 x 600 pixels. While that’s generally good enough to view most web pages, some web content doesn’t really fit on a display that small. And some programs won’t even run if […]
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Intel calls NVIDIA ION “overkill” for netbooks
NVIDIA’s ION platform combines an Atom processor with NVIDIA GeForce graphics. The result is a computer platform that gives you notebooks and desktops with low power processors and the ability to handle 1080p HD video playback, Blu-Ray decoding, and a fair amount of 3D graphics processing for modern video games. You also get CUDA support, […]
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Could NVIDIA offer ION 2 as a netbook upgrade on a PCIe card?
Theres a rumor going around that NVIDIA’s next-generation ION platform could be available on a PCI Express card. French netbook blogger Pierre Lecourt reports that while he hasn’t seen any confirmation, he’s heard from several sources that NVIDIA will be taking a PCIe approach for the ION chipset in the future. And I have to […]
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Intel to double Atom graphics power in 2011
The Intel Atom Pine Trail chips that are due out in early 2010 will combine processor, graphics, and memory functions onto a single chip. This is designed to help save power while offering perhaps a slight performance boost. But Pine Trail chips aren’t supposed to be speed demons, and they won’t be that much more […]
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Acer reportedly planning a laptop with NVIDIA ION 2
According to a report from DigiTimes, Acer has placed orders with NVIDIA for the company’s upcoming ION 2 platform. The current NVIDIA ION platform consists of a low power Intel Atom N270 or N280 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. It’s not entirely clear how ION 2 will work, since it’s designed to work with […]
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Gigabyte M1022X gets a cartoony paint job – in Taiwan, anyhow
Been wanting to purchase a Gigabyte netbook, but you wanted to hold off for a model with cutesy vectors on the lid? Your wait is over! So long as you’re heading to Taiwan, that is. The cutesified M1022x pictured above is only available there – and while I’m not sad about missing out on this […]
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Asus UL30VT with discrete graphics now shipping
The Asus UL30VT is a 13.3 inch thin and light laptop with switchable graphics. That means you can either use the integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset when battery life matters more than performance. But you can turn on the NVIDIA G210 discrete graphics processor with 512MB of DDR memory when you need a boost for […]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta with GPU acceleration arrives
Flash video is tough on CPUs. Netbooks have relatively slow CPUs. As a result, netbooks and desktops with low power Intel Atom processors have had a tough time handling some high quality and high definition Flash video since day one. Well, today is officially day two, thanks to the beta release of Adobe Flash Player […]
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How to enable DirectX 10 support on NVIDIA ION LE
The NVIDIA ION platform combines a low power Intel Atom processor with high performance NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics to enable low power computers to handle HD video, some modern video games, and other tasks that can take advantage of the graphics processor. But there are two versions of the ION platform: ION and ION LE. […]
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Asus UL30A unboxing and first look – Video
It’s been a busy day here at Liliputing HQ. Not only did a friendly FedEx guy drop off an HP Pavilion MS214, he also had an Asus UL30A laptop with him. Now, to be honest, I’m much more interested in the Asus UL20A than the UL30A. The UL20A is an 11.6 inch model that starts […]