Zotac IONITX-P-E: Can Intel's CULV Processors Reinvigorate Interest in NVIDIA's ION?

jmke · 26th August 2010, 16:57

Had the IONITX-P-E been released a year ago, we’d have been singing its praises at this point. Trouble is, it’s being released today at an $170 MSRP, which puts it within a stone’s throw of an entry-level Clarkdale based mini-ITX build (and around $20 more expensive than "high-end" Atom based IONs). While Zotac’s MSRP fits at a mid-point between the two, the gulf in performance between the ION based systems and Clarkdale in certain benchmarks that fall outside the realms of video playback and web browsing is such that we think the ION systems should be cheaper, period.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3869/z...in-nvidias-ion

26th August 2010, 16:57	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	Zotac IONITX-P-E: Can Intel's CULV Processors Reinvigorate Interest in NVIDIA's ION? Had the IONITX-P-E been released a year ago, we’d have been singing its praises at this point. Trouble is, it’s being released today at an $170 MSRP, which puts it within a stone’s throw of an entry-level Clarkdale based mini-ITX build (and around $20 more expensive than "high-end" Atom based IONs). While Zotac’s MSRP fits at a mid-point between the two, the gulf in performance between the ION based systems and Clarkdale in certain benchmarks that fall outside the realms of video playback and web browsing is such that we think the ION systems should be cheaper, period. http://www.anandtech.com/show/3869/z...in-nvidias-ion __________________

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ASUS Eee Pad official: Intel CULV processors, Windows 7, and a 10-hour battery life	jmke	WebNews	0	2nd June 2010 17:54
Intel's Core i7-875K and i5-655K processors review	jmke	WebNews	0	28th May 2010 15:11
NVIDIAs Next-Gen ION Platform	jmke	WebNews	0	2nd March 2010 09:02
NVIDIA's Ion 2 to work with Intel Pineview processors	jmke	WebNews	0	7th December 2009 14:45
Zotac ION ITX-A Mainboard Review	jmke	WebNews	0	17th November 2009 09:07
Zotac MAG ION Nettop	jmke	WebNews	0	9th October 2009 10:10
Zotac ION A-Series ITX Motherboard Review	jmke	WebNews	0	23rd July 2009 13:10
MSI and ASUS turned their backs on NVIDIA's ION	jmke	WebNews	0	30th April 2009 14:40
NVIDIA's ION Platform: Hands-On Impressions	jmke	WebNews	0	26th January 2009 15:42
Intel's 65nm Processors Overclocking Preview: 4.5Ghz no problem	jmke	WebNews	2	25th October 2005 21:50