Friday, May 8th 2009
Point of View Releases its First NVIDIA ION Mainboards
POINT OF VIEW, well known for its range of NVIDIA based Graphics cards, is presenting today the first in a series of NVIDIA ION based mainboards: the mini-ITX POV/ION230 and POV/ION330.
Multiplying the performance level of Intel Atom based systems, the NVIDIA ION technology has been received with massive success in the market. A strong performance combined with the small form factor and extremely low power consumption; make this platform perfectly suitable for media center and family computer applications.
The Point of View POV/ION mainboards are built on a mini-ITX form factor and is equipped with either an Intel Atom 230 or 330 CPU. Up to 2048 Megabytes of 800 MHz DDR2 memory can be placed in the double SO-DIMM slots. Furthermore the board has four SATA connections and one PCI-Express 16x slot.
Defined by all-roundness, the boards are equipped with numerous in and output connections. The graphical output connections are DVI, VGA and HDMI whilst the audio is taken care of through the SPDIF output connection. For more common functionalities the system also has regular analogue stereo in and outputs. Last but not least: no less than four USB 2.0 ports (and two internal USB channels) will be available to connect your peripherals such as USB sticks, external hard drives, DVB-T USB adapters and more.
Media Center possibilities are made easy through the HDMI output and digital audio output. Whether you want to play back High Definition 1080P video directly through a BluRay optical drive, play them from an internal SATA HDD or stream them through the 1000Mbps LAN connection the NVIDIA ION GPU is guaranteed to offer fluid and sharp imaging on your LCD monitor or TV.
The strong element in these NVIDIA ION based main boards lie in the GeForce based integrated graphics chipset. The graphics chipset offers excellent hardware acceleration for multimedia applications through its internal shader processors. This allows the user to easily decode High definition video streams and even play DirectX 10 / Shader Model 4.0 games. Even newer 3d FPS games are very well playable on medium texture and effects details (such as shadows and lighting).
The POV/ION230 and POV/ION330 will be available this month. Contact your POV retailer for more information and availability.
Product Codes
Multiplying the performance level of Intel Atom based systems, the NVIDIA ION technology has been received with massive success in the market. A strong performance combined with the small form factor and extremely low power consumption; make this platform perfectly suitable for media center and family computer applications.
Defined by all-roundness, the boards are equipped with numerous in and output connections. The graphical output connections are DVI, VGA and HDMI whilst the audio is taken care of through the SPDIF output connection. For more common functionalities the system also has regular analogue stereo in and outputs. Last but not least: no less than four USB 2.0 ports (and two internal USB channels) will be available to connect your peripherals such as USB sticks, external hard drives, DVB-T USB adapters and more.
Media Center possibilities are made easy through the HDMI output and digital audio output. Whether you want to play back High Definition 1080P video directly through a BluRay optical drive, play them from an internal SATA HDD or stream them through the 1000Mbps LAN connection the NVIDIA ION GPU is guaranteed to offer fluid and sharp imaging on your LCD monitor or TV.
The strong element in these NVIDIA ION based main boards lie in the GeForce based integrated graphics chipset. The graphics chipset offers excellent hardware acceleration for multimedia applications through its internal shader processors. This allows the user to easily decode High definition video streams and even play DirectX 10 / Shader Model 4.0 games. Even newer 3d FPS games are very well playable on medium texture and effects details (such as shadows and lighting).
The POV/ION230 and POV/ION330 will be available this month. Contact your POV retailer for more information and availability.
Product Codes
- POV/ION230 NVIDIA ION Mainboard retail with Intel Atom 230 CPU
- POV/ION330 NVIDIA ION Mainboard retail with Intel Atom 330 CPU
32 Comments on Point of View Releases its First NVIDIA ION Mainboards
Much more ideal than Intel's stuff :). I want one.
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more that 200$ or what?
Can the HDMI do audio, or does it have to b through the optical?
All we need now is a 1 slot PCIe16 GPU solution for people that REALLY want to do 3D stuff. No way a passive cooled onboard is going to do justice to a modern FPS. I'm sure it will handle older games though.
Looking forward to a review... ;)
I really dont know why they bothered with the 230 version. If you are in a desktop, and are plugged in at the wall, then for $5 extra, the 330 seems obvious. The 230 has not place in a desktop. The power saved is marginal compared to the whole system draw, but the performance is halved.
I would love to know if this thing can OC the Atom. At 1.6Ghz it is begging for an OC to 2Ghz... even if a bigger passive, or small active, cooling is needed
Also you have to give nvidia some credit here they came up with a pretty damn good idea in this.
But do you know of a decent single-slot silent PCI-Express 16x that would suit this mainboard in an ITX box? That's what PoV need to release next.
Though I hope the ION platform supports Hybrid SLi, and I don't see why it wouldn't, then you could pair it with a passive 8400/8500/9400.
Now, when a real manufacturer start making those too ?
Geforce 9200M ?
They also talk about "modern games on medium" which is most likely a load of crap, but could signify a more powerful laptop GPU (9400? 9600M?)
cheers
DS
The specs look pretty good. I'm surprised that it is delivering all this and still be passive. But maybe... in which case, GREAT
But the specs are also confusing 2560x1600? Really? But then it says single link DVI. Which is inconsistent.
A tad expensive maybe, but still not terrible.
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