Fudzilla reports that Nvidia has a cheaper version of the ION-chipset, the brand as ION LE. Just like the original Ion, the LE is to the graphics performance of the Atom CPU with a faster alternative to the Intel graphics sluggish.

However, unlike the original Ion, ION LE is the only Direct X 9, which means that it is not all play the latest games that take advantage of Direct X 10, by default with Windows Vista and Windows 7 by (which has Direct X 11).

Given the fact that most users Netbook happy to be able to play 1080p video, including this new chip, it is difficult to see a big disadvantage for ION LE, even when compared to the original ION. Nvidia spokesperson Ken Brown has assured us that the new chip is also compatible with Windows 7, where “ION LE is fully compatible with Windows 7 and offers the same graphics performance, such as Ion, but it is not supported DirectShow or DirectX 10 compute APIs. “