NVIDIA ION PLATFORM COMING SUMMER?

So far we've all been stuck with the lousy processors of the Atom with our netbooks. But come summer NVIDIA hopes to change that with the introduction of their new Ion platform which they claim will be able to do justice to World of Warcraft and L4D, although we hear Crysis fans will have to look elsewhere. NVIDIA also boasts that it can handle full HD video playback without a hitch which means that Hulu HD should no longer be a wish on your future netbooks.

According to NVIDIA the platform consumes 12% more power than the comparative than Intel's 945GM/E-based solutions.

The platforms should cost between $50-$100 and will hit us this summer in two flavors of a desktop version and netbook version.