NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf

jmke · 9th February 2010, 14:34

As far as laptops go, the UL50Vf is a decent design but it's definitely not our favorite product ever. ASUS deserves some praise for being first, and the best part of the laptop is the Optimus technology we just finished praising. However, Optimus is set to launch in numerous other laptops in the near future and we expect some of the upcoming models will surpass the UL50Vf in several areas. Arrandale models will offer improved performance, and we should see 13.3" laptops with the same components as the UL50Vf. We should also see 15.6" laptops with a faster GPU, and Alienware's M11x has a GT335M in an 11.6" chassis—though we haven't been able to confirm whether the M11x uses Optimus or if it uses the older gen2 switchable graphics.

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3737&p=1

jmke · 9th February 2010, 14:44

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NVIDIA says that the GeForce driver base now has more lines of code than Windows NT

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9th February 2010, 14:34	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf As far as laptops go, the UL50Vf is a decent design but it's definitely not our favorite product ever. ASUS deserves some praise for being first, and the best part of the laptop is the Optimus technology we just finished praising. However, Optimus is set to launch in numerous other laptops in the near future and we expect some of the upcoming models will surpass the UL50Vf in several areas. Arrandale models will offer improved performance, and we should see 13.3" laptops with the same components as the UL50Vf. We should also see 15.6" laptops with a faster GPU, and Alienware's M11x has a GT335M in an 11.6" chassis—though we haven't been able to confirm whether the M11x uses Optimus or if it uses the older gen2 switchable graphics. http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3737&p=1 __________________

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