Nvidia Shield Tablet And Shield Controller Review
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October 3, 2014 12:00:00 PM
The Shield Tablet, powered by Nvidia’s Tegra K1 SoC, deftly handles browsing and media playback duties. Combining it with the wireless Shield Controller transforms the 8-inch device into an exciting mobile gaming platform.
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blubbey
October 3, 2014 12:40:59 PM
Those GPGPU benchmarks are ridiculous in comparison. It looks like a great bit of kit from what I've seen so far. A die shrunk Maxwell should be fantastic. Maybe even a lower clocked version just for power consumption? It'll still perform as well, if not better than the K1 at 750MHz (assuming 2 SMMs) I'd assume.
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"Based on these results, Tegra K1 must be “a neural net processor; a learning computer” sent back through time to destroy all of the other SoCs that could lead a rebellion in the post-apocalyptic future."
Lol this is epic! xD
Anyway, great and unique review. Especially for the so many GPGPU benchmarks.
Nvidia tablet at $299 seems to be a great buy.
Lol this is epic! xD
Anyway, great and unique review. Especially for the so many GPGPU benchmarks.
Nvidia tablet at $299 seems to be a great buy.
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aberkae
October 3, 2014 12:52:20 PM
HardyHarHar
October 3, 2014 1:23:54 PM
deftonian
October 3, 2014 2:43:47 PM
Impressive, but I feel it's still missing that "umph" to get me to buy this and carry it around as an added device, next to my phone (Note 3). Maybe I just don't game enough on the android market or steam. Either way, I think it is impressive for a mobile gaming device and all the things it offers. I think they've started a great line and hope it grows into a successful tablet/gaming brand.
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aberkae
October 3, 2014 5:23:33 PM
gio2vanni86
October 4, 2014 12:41:40 AM
iknowhowtofixit
October 4, 2014 9:09:01 AM
Wow, nVidia will literally sell HUNDREDS of these tablets until the battery life can catch up to the performance. Why bother with a tablet when you are forced to be constantly tethered to a power source.
I know people are excited about the raw performance of this tablet. But, other than raw GPU power, EVERYTHING else is compromised.
I know people are excited about the raw performance of this tablet. But, other than raw GPU power, EVERYTHING else is compromised.
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eklipz330
October 4, 2014 11:11:34 AM
CRITICALThinker
October 4, 2014 5:50:10 PM
vithrell
October 6, 2014 4:24:10 AM
Just wait for Intel's Core M. It wont match the price (CPU alone will cost $300), but in fanless tablet form factor it wont have worthy competitor. Early GPU benchmarks give Core M 55k graphics score in Ice Storm, so more than 1.5x more power than Tegra K1. AND you can run full Windows on it. I wish Nvidia took x86 path with its cpu cores.
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Niva
October 6, 2014 8:02:33 AM
matt64
October 6, 2014 10:27:16 AM
matt64
October 6, 2014 10:30:52 AM
Roger Rogers
October 7, 2014 6:15:05 PM
Iriman
October 9, 2014 5:28:36 AM
Typing from my shield now. I love this decide. As a gaming tablet, its unmatched. As a media device, its extremely hard to beat. Its responsive and I find myself using it more then my moto x and my computer combined. It has plenty of oomph to handle anything I throw at it. WiFi isnt the best out of all the devices I've played with, but in no way is it nearly as bad as the transformer prime was back when it was released. Fantastic device. Gaming is unmatched!
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Roger Rogers
October 14, 2014 6:10:14 PM
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CRITICALThinker
October 14, 2014 7:15:56 PM
lookanlearn
October 15, 2014 8:54:57 AM
CRITICALThinker said:
it does have some heat to it, though throttling should be minimal, I am only having a few issues with the lock screen freezing and requiring a manual reboot.Heat can cause lock ups (as you will know); but maybe its a software thing that will be ironed out.
I was hoping it would be smoothe and excellent; but I knew it would get hot. Too slim you see. Look at the PS Vita as comparrison. Chunky and cool.
The heat was not an issue I was thinking about when I mentioned a design flaw for gaming (I have a neat solution for).
Although the heat issue did give me the idea for a slot on the back of the unit (maybe magnetic) to put 6mm thick (30mm diameter) frozen metal wafers in located on the back near the CPU/GPU housing, so that it can drop the heat off a bit during an hours play. You get a kit of two or three or somthing; keep one in the freezer and swop them.
Nobody plays them all day do they?
For general browsing, should not be required; but when you start pushing the graphics, they be pretty handy on a hot day.
My Terga 4 smartphone has automatically shut itself down due to overheating itself a hundred times in summers in the Far East..
10,000 ideas.
nice.
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Iriman
October 15, 2014 10:35:35 AM
Heat isnt too bad. No different then the tegra 4 while gaming imo. i have yet to have any issues with throttling really. Trine 2 runs very well, soulcraft is flawless, and I'll be tinkering around with HL2 and portal as soon as i get my controllers. I am so much happier that i got this instead of the nexus 9.
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lookanlearn
October 16, 2014 2:04:42 AM
Iriman said:
Heat isnt too bad. No different then the tegra 4 while gaming imo. i have yet to have any issues with throttling really. Trine 2 runs very well, soulcraft is flawless, and I'll be tinkering around with HL2 and portal as soon as i get my controllers. I am so much happier that i got this instead of the nexus 9. You can use a Bluetooth PS3 controller.
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Roger Rogers
October 16, 2014 8:06:32 PM
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