Comments on: Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution?

By: kombi tamiri

kombi tamiri — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:47:06 +0000

Thanks for article.

By: Me

Me — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:27:23 +0000

I really like the idea of video switch mode of asus ul30vt, on basic usage you can use crappy intel IGP to save battery and if you need more horsepower then just hit the button and boom you’re rdy to kick some ass on games.

By: Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution? | Netbook Choice NetBook C

Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution? | Netbook Choice NetBook C — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:25:59 +0000

[...] the original post: Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution? | Netbook Choice By admin | category: Netbook? | tags: better-efficiency, intel, ion, more-powerful, [...]

By: Defaultluser

Defaultluser — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:28 +0000

I don’t think Nvidia will get many takers. That DDR 667 memory has plenty of bandwidth for a decent shared-memory accelerator chip, but Nvidia can’t get to it.

The DMI bus is limited to 1GB/s on these new N-series chips, which is equal to PCIe 2.0 x2 – this means Nvidia’s Ion2 will require it’s own local ram to function, because the DMI interface will be stressed enough just passing shader programs and scene data.

So, let’s say Nvidia adds a 64-bit local memory for ION2 (256 or 512MB local ram) – that’s THREE chips required (ION2 + 2 DRAM), and the cost goes up to add it to systems. That’s a tough cost to justify for a dirt-cheap platform like Ion.

Intel has almost completely cut Nvidia out of the market, the sly devils.

By: News Alert » Blog Archive » Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution? | Netbook Choice

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:55:17 +0000

[...] here: Nvidia planning PCI-Express ION 2 solution? | Netbook Choice Tags: despite-the-popularity, intel, ion, popularity, the-popularity, trail, trail-atom, [...]

By: jackbronsky

jackbronsky — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:28:50 +0000

Does this mean that Ion graphics can be added to netbooks as an aftermarket upgrade?