In 2009, more Netbooks transform into gaming devices

While Netbooks are very attractive due to their portability, these mini-laptops are not necessarily considered by even more hardcore gamer hardcore gaming devices. Probably the only NetBook a game is worthy of the ASUS N10J, but also with this NetBook, players have to keep their expectations in check and their NetBook settings on bare minimums model.

All of this is to change, but as more and more chip manufacturers cursor movement in the NetBook market, production of graphics processing units (GPUs designed specifically for Netbooks).

NVIDIA, which plans to introduce a chip technology, is to that the low-cost Netbooks at the forefront of this development lead HD games and media, and provide full support for Windows Vista graphics.

NVIDIA calls it the ion platform and connects with Intel's Atom chipset NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GPU. NVIDIA promises that this platform used with Atom in small, of the other GPU will provide low-cost Netbooks "Up to ten times the graphics performance". The GeForce 9400 has 16 processor cores and is suitable for graphics-intensive applications such as Adobe Photoshop CS4. It was recently with Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. It is a high performance chip highly integrated design, which is ideal for notebooks and small computer devices.

Good news for hardcore gamers

Hardcore gamers can expect, that your options about the ASUS N10J (with standard Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1 GB of RAM and Windows XP) to expand. The ASUS N10J has a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 9300. users can play a fairly decent number of games on it. Hardcore gamers, but better keep their expectations in check with this NetBook model. Players of the multi-player Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) need to set the resolution to 800 x 600 and keep the detail level over the medium. This NetBook in the EEE analogue line is higher than its relatives, price for the add on gaming experience.

Before the ASUS N10J is gamer with the ASUS 1000H, which used a scaled-down version of the GMA 950, 3 d games enable the content. The GMA 950 was previously used for full-size notebooks and desktops, but it in itself was rather weak in 3-d games run.

The GeForce 9300 GPU

While the GeForce 9300 GPU inside the ASUS N10J a slow GPU, it is actually a power plant compared to other Netbooks on the market. It plays better than the GMA 950 high definition media files and can be many 3 d games running on low of medium settings. Other games that you can play on the ASUS N10J include UT3 call of duty, BioShock and Halflife2, among others.

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