http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA Ion 2 already ordered up by Acer? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
Ion 2, CULV, DDR3 and a SSD would be the dream netbook.]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/if it has those specs...i dont think it'll qualify as a netbook anymore
but we can hope they come soon!]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
Still would make for a nice portable with a lowish price.]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
But netbooks right now are good enough for what I do, and probably many others.
I think there needs to be no more improvement in the performance in netbooks anymore. What I'd like to see is longer battery life, better ergonomics, and especially, sub-$200 price tags. Getting there... Getting there...]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Speak for your self. I want to see the day when I can run CS4 smoothly off my netbook.]]>Dec 7th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/True, but the ION platform took soooooooooooo long to get out to the market it was frustrating. I blame intel =(.

Hopefully they can get it out faster this time. ]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/The HP 311 already bests the performance of the MacBook Air - at less than 1/4th the price.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/hp-mini-311-with-ion-benchmarked-it-goes-very-fast/]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/I was looking forward to getting it , but now with the new atom chips and ION2 .. i dunno if i should go in for last gen technology.

]]>Dec 7th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
Yeah, the first Ion took over a year to get to market.. I'm not waiting that long again.

I'm buying the 1201N too, and if in a year I think I need Ion 2 for some reason over Ion, I'll consider reinvesting.

But honestly, Ion is in place to do light gaming, multimedia, and HD content. What games are you going to play more efficiently with Ion 2 over Ion? It's not like we're going to get MW2 running smoothly with a small bump in Atom speed and Ion architecture.]]>Dec 7th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
I already have a 12" gaming PC and the screen is frustratingly small. I'm looking at getting a current gen netbook with good battery life for email and web surfing, and a 15"+ laptop to replace my desktop once I can get one with onboard USB 3.0 and a capable GPU.]]>Dec 7th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
We'll have to wait and see. I saw the line thinning out on 9400m's on the iMac. The relationship with nvidia and apple isn't all that warm but out of consumer demand Apple will have to play ball with Nvidia ]]>Dec 7th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Via Nano U3200, Intel SU3500 or Intel SU9600
4GB DDR3
Windows 7 Premium 64bit
12.1' and 13.3' screens @ 1366x768 or 1280x800

350-500 euros price tag
Who would resist this? ;)]]>Dec 7th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/But as i said, it's just a hunch considering the ION current power and how much would twice of it be.]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
I am not sure if this is reliable .. but

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/7/1/nvidia-ion2-chipset-to-use-g220-gpu2c-support-directx-101.aspx

According to information from the nVidia's official page for mobile GeForce chips, 32 GT200-class shaders pit this part as "GeForce G220M" or "GeForce GT220", above GeForce G210M [16 shaders, 64-bit memory controller, 12.8 GB/s] and below GeForce GT230M [48 shaders, 128-bit memory controller, 25.6 GB/s]. Given the integrated nature of the memory controller, you should expect following characteristics:

* 32 Shaders
* DirectX 10.1 Compliant
* Around 600 MHz GPU clock
* Around 1200 MHz Shader clock
* 128-bit memory interface
* DDR2-800, DDR2-1066, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
* 12.8 - 21.3 GB/s memory bandwidthAround 20W TDP]]>Dec 7th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
Since I want to use my ION system as a mini HTPC, I need it to play 1080p H264 video smoothly from within apps like XBMC but since they don't support GPU-based acceleration, no dice.

To hell with ION 2, it probably blows chunks like ION 1... Full-scale processors FTW.]]>Dec 7th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/
It does. libavahi gives support I believe. It's all a matter of getting the right setup in the system. Just gptta configure linux right for the pretty pictures :)]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/I know that in Windows7 I can decode 1080p with this exact board and utilize approx. 60% cpu use.
Not bad for a HTPC system which draws 60 watts. Half of that is for the hard drive.]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/my hard drive only draws 8-11 watts and it runs cool]]>Dec 8th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/nvidia-ion-2-already-ordered-up-by-acer/Dec 7th 2009 9:13PM