Wednesday, July 17, 2013

NVIDIA TO RELEASE ION LE

Graphics card maker Nvidia will soon release a light edition of their popular Ion chipset. The new version – Ion LE - will be slightly underpowered. It will also have a lower price. While the full edition of Ion chipsets will be able to run DirectX 10, the lighter edition of Ion will support only DirectX 9. Ion LE will still be able to decode 1080p video content.

The Ion chipsets are commonly paired with netbooks using the Windows Vista operating system and the Intel Atom processor. While Ion is not the best graphics card out there, it is still a great option for most users who are not into heavy gaming. Nvidia said that Ion LE products will be compatible with the soon-to-be launched Windows 7.