Remember portable gaming console Nvidia Shield running Android, giving the ability to run not only android games, but also PC-game broadcast via Wi-Fi from your computer? The company Nvidia released its successor, but this time in the form of a game of 8-inch tablet with a classical design. The device supports multiple game controllers, is able to connect to a TV and claims to be the new generation of hybrid gaming devices: tablets consoles.
The tablet is equipped with Nvidia Tegra chipset fifth generation, dubbed K1. The display of the tablet can be your eyes appreciate the stunning effects of the desktop version of the graphics engine Unreal Engine 4. Supports DirectX12 and OpenGL 4.4! Thus, the company Nvidia allows gamers to enjoy graphics-level Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 … 8-inch tablet.
Design and Features
Their appearance Nvidia Shield Tablet resembles resounded in size the famous smartphone HTC One. According to its size it is somewhere between the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 – not big and not small. On the weight is lighter than expected, and hands almost never tire during a game on the touch screen.
In the tablet with high quality 8-inch IPS-matrix resolution of 1900 × 1200 pixels. Built-in speakers have good volume and quality transmission of low frequencies.
Of ports and connectors are: Micro-USB, Mini HDMI 1.4, a slot for MicroSD (supports cards up to 128 GB). In the tablet installed modules Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, accelerometer, electronic compass, and gyroscope and motion sensor in space.
Nvidia Shield Tablet tablet features front and rear 5-megapixel camera. There is also a stylus that is stored in a convenient holder on the back side.
Installed in the tablet version of the chip Tegra K1, contains a 4-core CPU Cortex-A15 (2,2 GHz) and 192-core graphics accelerator, made by micro-Kepler. RAM – 2 GB.
Impressive battery life: up to 10 hours of video playback and up to 6 hours while passing resursёmkih games.
The cost of the device: $ 299 for a model with 16 GB of memory and WiFi, or $ 399 for a model with support for LTE, and 32 GB of memory.
Game controller
Gamepad for Nvidia Shield Tablet will cost $ 60 and you will need at least one. In general, the tablet supports simultaneous game up to 4 players! Gamepad reminds a person that was built into the console Nvidia Shield, but with some innovations.
There are dedicated buttons for Android, rocker sound, volume, headphone jack, audio headset. There is the possibility of direct connection with the tablet on Wi-Fi, which are more reliable than the connection via Bluetooth.
Gaming Performance
As the console Nvidia Shield, on this device can be installed applications from Google Play and Android-games, as well as about 180 optimized games (11 of them are specifically optimized for the chip Tegra K1), which can be run through the Shield Hub – a new application from Nvidia , formerly known as Tegra Zone.
Shield Hub app also gives you the opportunity to enter the console mode: Transmits the image on the screen of the tablet on the TV screen. To do this, the tablet is connected to the TV via HDMI.
The tablet gives you the opportunity to play in the broadcast from a computer game. This technology is called Nvidia Gamestream and has already been implemented in the console Nvidia Shield. Currently available in more than 120 games, this, moreover, can be run in FullHD resolution. For example, the running game Grid 2 looked great and very rarely a drag. Native to the operating system of the tablet Android-Game Trine 2 looked as if descended from the PlayStation 3.
Everything else, the company Nvidia offers its cloud gaming platform Grid, with which you can play for free in 16 projects, including Borderlands 2.
The tablet also supports Nvidia ShadowPlay – new application video games.
Pros:
+ Excellent technical characteristics;
+ Fair price;
+ Possible alternative console Steam Machines.
Cons:
- Less portability than the first version;
- Bulky gamepad.
Overview of the game tablet Nvidia Shield Tablet
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