Tag Archives: mini PCIe

NVIDIA Ion pitted against Broadcom Crystal HD

Many have been disappointed with the graphics capabilities of netbooks, especially the lack of a GPU. Users are missing out on HD videos on the internet, watching high-def movies and playing some of the newer games. And so NVIDIA and Broadcom offered their own solution to this problem. Netbooked has the results from the bout [...]

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Samsung N220 comes with a surprise Broadcom Crystal HD card

A buyer of the Samsung N220 in UK got quite a pleasant surprise when he found out that the model he bought had a Broadcom Crystal HD decoder for playing HD video and games. It’s not mentioned in any stats and specs for the device anywhere and it seems other countries don’t have this available [...]

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Runcore has new mini PCIe SSDs

If you’ve checked if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot, then read on friend. For those whose netbooks are lucky enought to have one (or are bold enough to add one via modding), Runcore just announced a new line of mini-SATA PCIe cards which can give a much needed boost to you system. [...]

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Check if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot

What does it mean if your netbook has a free mini PCIe slot? Well, it’s an easy way to add an internal device like an SSD, 3G module or Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. The last one is something you might want to try if you do have a free slot as it will give [...]

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