Nope, not really. I have one of those and the video on the PCPer article shows the process on a MacBook Pro. You have to change a settings in the control panel and then logout of the system to change GPU modes.
Why would NVIDIA want to dive into such a complex product line when the GPU is becoming more and more important in general purpose computing anyway and that is obviously where their expertise is.
It's a good thought - in my USB 3.0 article I mention that specifically. Can USB 3.0 survive without the FULL push of Intel? I tend to believe that other controller vendors will push the technology hard enough to make up for it and that the speed differences will push customers to really WANT the technology:
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The alternative is for us to BLOCK everyone that blocks our ads - a lot of sites are doing that now. We don't plan on doing it though. To me, its a simple thing to ask: we can continue to make high quality content if you allow us to use your eyes for a split second on that ad.
Slight misunderstanding here - we have the same ads that cycle so you are likely to see the same ad if you hit the page enough times. But advertisers know (and have proven) that if the content remains TOO static it is more easily overlooked.
This doesn't make any sense actually. 60% or more of our ads are hosted on-site at ads.pcper.com. The others are hosted at Google Ad Manager service - widely regarded as one of the fastest and least obtrusive. And we are simply using that as a manager for our own in-house sold advertising. We have no malware but yah there are some cookies that are used in order to show you DIFFERENT ads rather than the same ones over and over if possible.
I don't want to turn this into the eternal "free web content ain't free" debate - but it's not. I run the site and yes this article might have been condensed to 9-10 pages more reasonably, but the author laid out the pages before filling in the content and was in a rush. Sorry.
As for those that block ads, etc. I realize WHY you do it but I would hope that once in a while you think of people that run these types of sites: we employee 8 people on pcper.com and we charge you NOTHING to read the content, etc. These 8 people depend on the ad revenue to live, function and continue writing.
Sorry, thought a good comparison would be to see how this ION performs up against similarly priced uATX desktop configuration. People should know that in many ways the 9400M GPU is wasted on the Atom processor.
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Read the article at pcper.com - it talks about the current versions of switchable graphics and how the new Optimus differs.
It's not a cosmetic change.
Nope, not really. I have one of those and the video on the PCPer article shows the process on a MacBook Pro. You have to change a settings in the control panel and then logout of the system to change GPU modes.
Couple of other reviews worth noting:
Clarkdale (desktop): http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=849
Arrandale (mobile): http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=850
You can see the Intel IGP compared to a low cost NVIDIA solution here:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=849&type=expert&pid=12
I posted some of my thoughts on this topic here:
http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=8143
Why would NVIDIA want to dive into such a complex product line when the GPU is becoming more and more important in general purpose computing anyway and that is obviously where their expertise is.
It's a good thought - in my USB 3.0 article I mention that specifically. Can USB 3.0 survive without the FULL push of Intel? I tend to believe that other controller vendors will push the technology hard enough to make up for it and that the speed differences will push customers to really WANT the technology:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=809
That is the SATA 6G controller yes, but the USB 3.0 controller is an NEC 720200:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=809
Don't forget about the possibility that NVIDIA's Tesla is involved: http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=7876
It was posted on Slashdot last month.
Here is PCPer.com's post on this update:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=805
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=789
Just for a second glance.
We are doing a bigger article on it; it will not do different sizes and/or resolutions at this time.
There are some videos of Eyefinity at work in this article, here is a direct link as well:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=783&type=expert&pid=6
Sure, I don't have the right to determine if you watch ads or not. But do I have the right to make sure you see ads in order to see my content?
This is obviously coming from the view of someone who doesn't create content for a living. "I pay for my bandwidth and choose what to download. That is the model of the internet." is the grossest slight on the words net neutrality I have seen in a long, long time. You pay for bandwidth, but you didn't pay me, right? By your thought process then you should only be getting content from your bw provider and no one else.
Look, we provide our content to you, the reader, 100% free. Watching ads does not make it NOT free. If you want people to create good content, MOST OF THE TIME, they are going to want to get paid for it EVENTUALLY. For us, that is ads. The other option is subscription based. If you have a way better third option, you'll be a millionaire by the time you reply.
The alternative is for us to BLOCK everyone that blocks our ads - a lot of sites are doing that now. We don't plan on doing it though. To me, its a simple thing to ask: we can continue to make high quality content if you allow us to use your eyes for a split second on that ad.
Slight misunderstanding here - we have the same ads that cycle so you are likely to see the same ad if you hit the page enough times. But advertisers know (and have proven) that if the content remains TOO static it is more easily overlooked.
This doesn't make any sense actually. 60% or more of our ads are hosted on-site at ads.pcper.com. The others are hosted at Google Ad Manager service - widely regarded as one of the fastest and least obtrusive. And we are simply using that as a manager for our own in-house sold advertising. We have no malware but yah there are some cookies that are used in order to show you DIFFERENT ads rather than the same ones over and over if possible.
I don't want to turn this into the eternal "free web content ain't free" debate - but it's not. I run the site and yes this article might have been condensed to 9-10 pages more reasonably, but the author laid out the pages before filling in the content and was in a rush. Sorry.
As for those that block ads, etc. I realize WHY you do it but I would hope that once in a while you think of people that run these types of sites: we employee 8 people on pcper.com and we charge you NOTHING to read the content, etc. These 8 people depend on the ad revenue to live, function and continue writing.
Just a thought.
PCPer has another preview of the same content but includes video of the DX11 SDKs as well.
http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=7640
This older Slashdot post linked in the story links to a story that covers that topic very well: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=669
This piece has more commentary on the release as opposed to regurgitating specs: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=732
It looks like this new architecture is going to be quite different than the desktop counterpart.
Troll much?
Sorry, thought a good comparison would be to see how this ION performs up against similarly priced uATX desktop configuration. People should know that in many ways the 9400M GPU is wasted on the Atom processor.
This review compares the same motherboard to an AMD-based system that is micro-ATX not mini-ITX, but does have the same price: $189 or so.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=708&type=expert&pid=4
If power consumption doesn't matter to you, the AMD X2 7750 + 780G + 400w PSU is a much better performer.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=664
The benchmarks for the new Atom 330, dual-core HyperThreaded CPU seem to turn the tides though.
The Nano has ALWAYS been a better CPU than the Atom but that doesn't seem to matter when it comes to the push that Intel has...
Another review with some more data, including memory channel performance testing, good explanations of overclocking process, etc.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=634
This quick synopsis gives you some good info on why it helps AMD: http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=6262