NVIDIA Ion Blu-ray Investigation: Not a problem?
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 10, 2009 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Hey guys, late last night I published an article on Blu-ray performance with NVIDIA's Ion platform.
NVIDIA was quick to respond and they believe that the data isn't correct and want some time to re-create my environment and test the titles themselves.
In the interest of being completely accurate I've pulled the article for now until I know for sure if the Blu-ray performance results are what I found.
It's back to reviewing SSDs for me...
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iwod - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
I think it is probably due to USB taking too much CPU resources.someonesomewhere - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
...which is something that deserves to be known about.If the Ion platform can't handle Blu-Ray via a USB-2 drive, that's news-worthy.
pmonti80 - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Anand should have left the article online with an update indicating that Nvidia is studying the issue. Enough of always being so nice to the big four.Natfly - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Yeah, that would have been nice.VaultDweller - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
The original article also had some criticism in the comments from AT users regarding the test setup, so I think it's understandable.The0ne - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Still, unless the article itself is really really bad it should have remain active until proven otherwise. Pulling because someone or a company thinks it's inaccurate is not the right decision. Heck, I don't even erase what I write but instead place a strikethrough mark over it.mindless1 - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Agreed, it could've been edited to clarify that these results are only preliminary indicators of the performance using a USB2 connected drive (which is also useful to know), that addt'l testing will be needed to determine if Atom can handle the load with drives using other busses.DigitalFreak - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Definitely should not have been pulled just because Nvidia didn't like the results. Will be interesting to see what kind of spin they (Nvidia) try and put on it.pmonti80 - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Just to know, What was the criticism?VaultDweller - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - link
Anand's review utilized a USB BluRay drive (and possibly also a USB HDD, not sure). At least a few posters felt that the high CPU utilization associated with USB unfairly handicapped the Atom, which made the article's conclusion that Atom CPUs are inadequate for BluRay playback questionable.