Lenovo launch IdeaCentre Q100/Q110 nettops, D400 Home Server & Q700 HTPC

August 18, 2009 by 1080p · Leave a Comment 

And now it’s time to get some of that NVIDIA goodness out there. Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre Q100/Q110 nettops, which are housing the impressive NVIDIA Ion graphics processor. As if the NVIDIA Tegra wasn’t good enough for the mobile market, it looks like company’s like Lenovo know a good thing when they see it, and with the prowess that the Ion boasts, it’s looking like the upcoming releases are prepped to be fantastic machines. The D400: Lenovo’s IdeaCentre D400 home server secur

Nvidia Plans to Produce Tegra II in 2010

June 2, 2009 by 1080p · Leave a Comment 

The first computers based on Nvidia 's Tegra platform have yet to hit the market, but that company is already talking up its successor, Tegra II. Tegra combines an Nvidia graphics processor with Arm processor cores, packing nearly all of the components required for a computer on a motherboard that's about the same size as a stick of gum. Expected to hit the market before the end of this year, laptops based on Tegra will offer long battery life and the ability to play high-definition video

AMD debuts 40nm Radeon HD 4770 GPU w/DDR5 (MacNN)

April 27, 2009 by 1080p · Leave a Comment 

AMD on Tuesday launched its Radeon HD 4770 graphics processor as its latest performance product in the 4000 series for the desktop PC market. Featuring over 826 million transistors and the latest 40nm manufacturing process, the GPU offers performance starting at $99 (after mail-in rebate). The new card features third-generation hardware support for the latest DirectX 10.1 games (e.g., ...

Acer to launch NVIDIA Ion-powered Hornet nettop next week?

April 1, 2009 by 1080p · Leave a Comment 

Rumor has it that Acer plans to launch a new low power nettop on April 8th that bears a more-than-striking resemblance to a gaming console from a company that rhymes with wintendo. The Acer Hornet will reportedly be be built around the NVIDIA Ion platform, which means it will have a low power 1.6GHz Intel Atom N230processor paired with an NVIDIA graphics processor that should provide enough power to handle 1080p video playback. It should also prove capable of handling some modern video games t