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NVIDIA’s newly introduced Optimus technology, which enables compatible notebooks to switch automatically between discrete and integrated graphics, should be present in at least 50 notebooks by mid-2010, according to NVIDIA. Asus is expected to launch a series of notebook models supporting NVIDIA’s Optimus technology, and these include the UL50Vf, N61Jv, N71Jv, N82Jv and U30Jc. With [...]

As anyone who has used a notebook with both integrated and dedicated graphics cards will tell you, switching between them is too much of an effort. Most just keep the setting on if they game a lot or off if they don’t, leaving them with a system that isn’t as efficient as it should be. [...]

Some people might rave at the possibility that you could add NVIDIA’s Ion 2 via a mini-PCIe card to existing netbooks, but this writer doesn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I once enjoyed gaming on my netbooks too, but to have this sort of Frankenstein solution isn’t just irritating, it’s also rather pointless. A couple of [...]

Acer has reportedly placed orders for NVIDIA’s Ion 2-based chips which are designed to support Intel’s upcoming Pineview platform processors including the Atom N450, among others. This is according to sources from PC makers being cited by DigiTimes, in a report where it also states that Acer has placed orders for Tiger Point-based chips on [...]