netbookchoice.com - 28 days ago
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Nvidia ION It always seemed a bit strange that Nvidia would release an entry level ION chipset targeted exclusively to Windows XP netbooks. The ION platform combines an Intel processor and a GeForce 9400M graphics based MCP79 chipset. The cost of producing two chipsets seemed prohibitive, ...
myhpmini.com - 28 days ago
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myhpmini.com —
Oh well, no harm done in telling, I
guess. I just hope nVidia doesn't take this further...
and block the support from within the drivers in upcoming driver releases. So what I did was take the driver from the HP site, peek a bit into the INF, and I ...
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Attention: Real difference between ION and ION LE
alienbabeltech.com - 26 days ago
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alienbabeltech.com —
AMD/ATI has been busy recently launching one card
after the another. First they launched the high end...
HD 5870 and HD 5850 accelerators. Few weeks later they launched the more mainstream oriented parts in the form of HD 5770 and HD 5750. Recent reports ...
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HD 5870X2 (HD 5970) Benchmarks and Images
eetimes.com - 23 days ago
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eetimes.com —
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The rumors have once
again surfaced that Nvidia Corp. may enter the x86-based...
microprocessor market. For some time, there have been reports that Nvidia would enter the x86-based fray to protect its bread-and-butter graphics chip ...
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Is Nvidia devising x86 processor?
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How to enable DirectX 10 support on NVIDIA ION LE
Liliputing —
... Experience Index score for gaming graphics jumped from 3.9 to 5.4. He’s also noticed a performance boost when playing games that use DirectX 9, although he had to manually tell some games to use DX9 instead of DX10 because they were slower under DX10.
Oh, and in case you don’t want to fidget with the drivers yourself, runawayprisoner says he’ll be uploading the modified driver soon, so stay tuned to the forum thread for more details.
via Netbook Choice
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NVIDIA Ion LE DirectX 10 hack suggests purposefully crippled features
SlashGear —
... what was tipped as a lesser chipset.
In order to see any difference, of course, you’ll need to be running Windows 7, as DirectX 10 isn’t compatible with Windows XP; it seems likely that the block was part of NVIDIA’s concession to Microsoft’s XP licensing policies. The Ion LE, after all, is only meant to be available on Windows XP based netbooks and nettops. No word from NVIDIA on whether they’ll block the driver hack in future releases.
[via Netbook Choice] ...
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