Nvidia Shows Off Ion 2 GPU Superiority in IE9
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Nvidia has released the following demo of Internet Explorer 9 running on both the Ion 2-based Eee PC 1201PN and a regular Atom netbook with Intel graphics.
Nvidia yesterday blogged about IE9, speaking briefly about how the browser was built to take advantage of the GPU. The company also posted a video showing what IE9 will look like with GPU-accelerated HTML5, JavaScript and Direct 2D technology on the new ION-powered Asus EeePC 1201 PN and compared this to what users with traditional Atom-powered netbooks can expect.
Check it out below and let us know what you think!
Internet Explorer 9 Demo on NVIDIA ION Netbook
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Got 34s in SuperPI 1M with a 1,4 Ghz Core 2 Solo, 11,6 inch netbook that was less than 500$, and my gaming PC (3 Ghz AMD dual core) got about 28s. I could almost play a source engine game(CSS) and Audiosurf with the Intel GPU.
If you combine that CPU with ION 2 you get one unstoppable netbook.
It is MUCH faster
You can download and install the IE9 preview here http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/
Yeah competitiveness!!! ^-^
So are current Firefox nightlies...
- To test IE9 preview: go here and download http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/
If you have Vista, you'll need SP2, the Platform Update and IE 8 installed.
- To test Firefox 3.7 nightlies: go here and download http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/
Same as IE 9, you'll need Vista SP2 + Platform Update (but not IE 8). You also need to go in about: config, switch gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled to true, and mozilla.widget.render-mode to 6.
Warning: if you normally use older versions of Firefox, the last setting will have to be reverted or you'll get blank pages.
Can we fair comparison and not this bs. I hate marketing that uses pathetic ways to edge over competition/products
that is why the one with ion is faster..
That's not a fair comparison.
I do agree that Netbooks could use a fair increase in gpu power, I own one, and watching online videos it's not as smooth as i would like. But the Ion's platform is too expensive against average Netbook's prices