NVIDIA silently inserts ION LE

NVIDIA silently inserts ION LE
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, August 5, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Seriously silent, not even a press-release was distributed.

Nvidia has introduced its second ION product named ION LE, targeted at entry-level market. The main difference is that this product is DX9 class based and will probably a little cheaper.

"ION LE is SKU of the ION GPU that is identical to “ION, except it only supports DX9.

This product is designed specifically for Windows XP on Netbooks and Nettops and we are going to offer LE SKU just for OEM market. " said Igor Stanek, Product PR Manager EMEA ION/Notebook products.

Currently adding NVIDIA Ion to a netbook is said to add around $50 to its purchase price. NVIDIA have not released pricing details for the Ion LE, and nor have they revealed which will be the first manufacturers and products to use the new chipset. While there’s also no product page for the GPU, it is listed among those supported by the latest GeForce/Ion driver release.

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