Nvidia ION 2 Official Specs Released
Nvidia has officially announced it's ION 2 specs. It will still be branded as Nvidia ION and numerous netbooks have already been announced that will run on it including the Acer Aspire One 532G (10-inch) and ASUS Eee PC 1201PN (12-inch) which are expected to be the first new ION netbooks to be introduced. In fact, Nvidia states over 30 products utilizing Nvidia ION 2 will be released this summer including netbooks (of course), nettops, all in ones etc. The most exciting news however has to be the 10 hour advertised battery life in a netbook. Say goodbye to the 5 hour or less battery life offered by the HP Mini 311
I've included video from Nvidia after the break that shows a great side by side comparison of a standard netbook graphical output when compared to a netbook powered by Nvidia ION 2
I also did a video of Nvidia ION with Adobe Flash 10.1 vs Nvidia ION with Adobe Flash 10.0 a while ago which showed similar and equally impressive results. I'm most excited by the fact that we're finally getting a 10 inch netbook that uses Nvidia ION in the new Acer Aspire One 532G though. What about you?
Tagged: Acer Aspire One 532G, ASUS Eee PC 1201PN, Nvidia ION 2
The key to that battery life is the use of Optimus, Nvidia’s new graphics switching technology which I must admit, despite being an ATI fanboy, is basically the bee’s knees. We can expect these Ion 2 netbooks are going to have battery life very similar to any other netbook except when playing a game or watching a video.
Considering how Optimus works, it will also be interesting to see new ultra-portables with Intel CULV processors and decent Nvidia graphics and 8-10 hours of battery life.