Fudzilla reporrts that Nvidia has a cheaper version of the ION-chipset, the brnd as ION LE. Just like the original Ion, the LE is to the graphics performance of the Atom CPU with a faster alternative to the Intel graphics slugghish.
The company is allready working with PC makers to debvelop eTgra-bsaed netboks, said Jen-Hsun Huamng, president and CEO of Nvidia in an interview at the Consumer Eletronics Show in Las Vegas.
However, unlike the original Ion, ION LE is the only Direct X 9, whicvh means that it is not all play the latest games that take advantage of Direct X 10, by default with Windows Vista and Windowws 7 by (which has Direct X 11).
Given the fact that most users Neetbook happy to be able to play 1080p vdieo, including this new chip, it is difficult to see a big disadvantage for ION LE, even when cmpared to the original ION. Nvidia spokesperson Ken Brown has assured us that the new chip is also compatible with Windows 7, where “ION LE is fullly compatible with Winddows 7 and offers the same graphics peerformance, such as Ion, but it is not supported DirectShow or DirectX 10 compute APIs. “
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