Nvidia Shield Tablet and Controller Review - GameTech

For the money, Nvidia's Tegra K1-powered Shield Tablet is a great device, but despite some neat innovations, it isn't the gaming powerhouse its maker envisaged.

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[Duckers_McQuack]

I have ordered the 16GB model and a 128GB sdxc card for it for 3 main reasons:

1: gaming
2: Emulation
3: video/movie playback.

[cwehden]

Not being able to run a 10 year old game Half Life 2 at 60 / 1080p is not a great advert for the 'power' of this new chip.

[youwhatsuptube]

hows the battery life for daily use in lollipop? I am not a gaming user but for that price and that smoothness, I think it's very good deal. But is the battery life good like Nexus 9? I am planning to sell my nexus 9 and buy the cheap Nividia shield, and still have money left.

I like Nexus 9 for reading and stuff, but it is little bit heavy when held in bed + it is slow sometimes and build quality is crap....

[youssefghareb]

so i can stream any game from my pc or is it just steam?

[NileshKumar-jncw]

Please tell the name of the game he is playing at 1:15

[HOB]

Can you install any application downloaded from the net just like the Android OS?

[firemacaw]

my big question is that they talk about games like half life 2 and trine 2. do you need a pc to run them by streaming them or do they run just of the tablet itself.(get back asap if you can)

[PrimetimeCOD]

I have a few  questions wich is vital for me that decides if its worth buying or not for me.
1. if i have some games on steam can i stream them and do i need to buy them again?
2. If im at school etc can i sream games even though im around 7 Km away from my pc home aslong as the internet in school is good?
thanks for the answers in advance

[vespaman]

The way I see games in 10-20 years is that everyone will have a computer in some shape or form that will use a wireless streaming service that lets anyone on th enetwork access the computer. The computer will be able to run multiple profiles so that you dont interfere with someone else in the home who is using it. the processor should be powerful enough to manage 5 or 6 different users simultaneously and have enough graphical capability in 20 years to produce photo realistic graphics. The televisions or whatever displays that we use will receive the signal and very quickly stream the content that u can use with whatever input device you want. We won't sit in front of the computer anymore but rather our input and display devices. The computer itself might be a box that is kept in a closet hooked up to the network. This way consoles are not purchased anymore likely in 20 years and game sjust come out for the operating system with differing levels of requirements to play. I could imagine a box costing 2000 dollars or so but for what that would provide would be very reasonable.  A kid in one room playing games, the father streaming tv, the mother browsing websites, and a daughter doing a school project online. All could be done under one computer with the streaming technology of the future and graphical capabilities of computers. I believe this can happen in 20 years. Just compare computers in 1994 to now. 20 years is a big difference. 

[alexandretravassos]

The 32 gb version is already avaible? Where can i find

[CamiloMorrice]

My only question is where does it buy the games from. Steam, origin, or its own thing. Anyone know?

[CoGamerZ]

Im looking into buying a portable gaming device which i Can stream pc games from. And i look into playing Them a lot, so should i then get a Shield or Shield tablet?

[ANTICHRISTJC]

Got mine + the shield tablet case for $49 new! On ebay was a great deal!

[darkrufio]

With the arrival of Steam OS, which is based on Linux. This could be the ultimate console/tablet

[thehalfgamers]

dose the controller come with the tablet???

[JERZEELOON]

I bought one. I have the original shield aswell and I feel nvidia did a great job supporting it and adding features. I think this is a device for a niche market but I feel its priced right at $300. The tegra k1 blows the doors off any other mobile GPU. Once the competition catches up they'll likely drop the price like they did with the original shield

[boypula]

Can it really run the game or is it just streaming it? If not then i might as well use my pc, streaming for me is bs run the game itself like the razer tablet and you've got a winner for sure.

[Noneofyouknows]

Might sound dumb but does this work with amd graphics cards?

[smashbrawls]

Do you need the same internet as the pc to stream games

[YDNAofficial]

can i play it without any internet connection?