Nvidia Shield Tablet: Nvidia's Tegra K1 debut will release July 29th.

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This thing looks amazing, it will support shadowplay and game stream, has mini HDMI out, microSD card slot. I found what I am getting for my birthday, this shall replace my Nexus 7.

http://videocardz.com/51059/nvidia-extends-shield-family-shield-tablet-wireless-controller

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What OS is it ? I can not see anything about an OS. It sounds nice though.
 
Android. It shows it in the first picture lol.
 
Is it affiliated to the show of the same name?
 
Wouldn't it make more sense with a Windows OS? For gaming. At least I can play most games on steam library
 
I almost want to get one of these instead of a PS4...


...almost.

If not for Bloodborne and the inevitable Sony 1st party exclusives I would get this instead of a PS4. Perhaps xmas 2015 I'll gift one to myself so I can play some games before I nod off for the night.
 
The moment I saw this I thought this is not a good idea at all. Shield is supposed to be an on-the-go streaming device that is right in your hands, but now you should put it on a table or lap, for which you would just buy a laptop or something. It seems like a typical Nvidia for me; coming up with a good idea, spoiling it by making it a closed project with expensive price tag, eventually losing grounds with the advent of more open and widely used technology.
 
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team56th said:
The moment I saw this I thought this is not a good idea at all. Shield is supposed to be an on-the-go streaming device that is right in your hands, but now you should put it on a table or lap, for which you would just buy a laptop or something. It seems like a typical Nvidia for me; coming up with a good idea, spoiling it by making it a closed project with expensive price tag, eventually losing grounds with the advent of more open and widely used technology.
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300 bucks isn't all that expensive IMO honestly...

And I am sure Nvidia will come out with Shield handheld successor with the same SoC. I need a replacement for my aging Nexus 7 2012 tablet that I love so much and this is def what I was looking for.
 
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the k-1 is the mobile processor that surpasses last gen consoles in terms of performance right?
 
How does this Nvidia shield compare to high end tablets Apple or Android tablets in terms of pricing and specs? It says it will go for $300-400.

I'm assuming since Nividia is promoting it as a gaming tablet, it will be better than Apple/Android tablets???
 
team56th said:
It seems like a typical Nvidia for me; coming up with a good idea, spoiling it by making it a closed project with expensive price tag, eventually losing grounds with the advent of more open and widely used technology.
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PC hardware makers always have to jack up the price. That's how they make their money. And stores want to make money on top of that too. So it's a double hit of profit making which most products in the world get used to.

Unlike console makers who can take their lumps selling hardware for breakeven or a loss (to make it up on software sales and royalties). And stores will often sell at breakeven, where they make money on games and accessories. Companies like Intel, AMD, Nvidia etc.... have little reason to sell products for low prices hoping to make it up elsewhere..... unless Nvidia has a way of selling Shield for low margins and make the profits up elsewhere.
 
Intellivision said:
How does this Nvidia shield compare to high end tablets Apple or Android tablets in terms of pricing and specs? It says it will go for $300-400.

I'm assuming since Nividia is promoting it as a gaming tablet, it will be better than Apple/Android tablets???
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Tegra K1 has nearly twice the GPU power of the highest end ARM SoC in any tablet whether it be android or Apple. The Xiaomi Mipad has the Tegra K1 SoC and benchmarks and gameplay are showing twice the performance of Apple's iPad Air and Tegra 4 powered Android devices.

"We've benched the Tegra K1 against its predecessor, its Apple competition, the most popular x86 tablet on the market and the insanely wonderful Razer Edge. The aim here is simple - we're comparing Nvidia's new SoC with the best of the last generation, and the two best x86 performance monsters. The results are tantalising - Tegra K1 offers up a more-than-2x GPU boost over current-gen mobile technology, though CPU power is relatively more restrained with a 25 per cent boost - pretty much equivalent to the increase in clock-speed from Tegra 4 to K1" - Eurogamer.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-xiaomi-mipad-review
 
eVo7 said:
300 bucks isn't all that expensive IMO honestly...

And I am sure Nvidia will come out with Shield handheld successor with the same SoC. I need a replacement for my aging Nexus 7 2012 tablet that I love so much and this is def what I was looking for.
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Intellivision said:
PC hardware makers always have to jack up the price. That's how they make their money. And stores want to make money on top of that too. So it's a double hit of profit making which most products in the world get used to.

Unlike console makers who can take their lumps selling hardware for breakeven or a loss (to make it up on software sales and royalties). And stores will often sell at breakeven, where they make money on games and accessories. Companies like Intel, AMD, Nvidia etc.... have little reason to sell products for low prices hoping to make it up elsewhere..... unless Nvidia has a way of selling Shield for low margins and make the profits up elsewhere.
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Here the problem is that they are making it exclusive to their own device. Why not on Nexus 7 or iPad Air that is already sitting on desk? It's not even like it's impossible. The technology worked with Tegra 4 which had completely outdated G70 (GeForce 7000) cores for GPU. Why don't they make things open-sourced like Intel did with Havok or AMD did with OpenCL and Mantle and many other things they went open-sourced? Heck, why don't they just sell the streaming app on Google Play or Appstore for a charge? $300 for streaming games mean Nvidia's technology will once again be a minority solution that will be forgotten. When was the last time we saw PhysX enabled game?
 
team56th said:
Here the problem is that they are making it exclusive to their own device. Why not on Nexus 7 or iPad Air that is already sitting on desk? It's not even like it's impossible. The technology worked with Tegra 4 which had completely outdated G70 (GeForce 7000) cores for GPU. Why don't they make things open-sourced like Intel did with Havok or AMD did with OpenCL and Mantle and many other things they went open-sourced? Heck, why don't they just sell the streaming app on Google Play or Appstore for a charge? $300 for streaming games mean Nvidia's technology will once again be a minority solution that will be forgotten. When was the last time we saw PhysX enabled game?
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Batman Arkham Origins had full PhysX support, Metro Last Light full PhysX support, CoD Ghosts has Nvidia hairworks, those all game out last year. Mantle is not open sourced yet.

I agree about the open sourced thing, you should be able to DL the Gamestream App from the store and use it on and tablet or smartphone instead of the Shield based devices.
 
July 29th? Shucks.. i would get one of these and do some PC gaming but that's the day The Last of Us remaster comes out and my PS4 needs some loving. Damn consoles. So many games, so little time. I'd definitely get one of these if i was more of a casual gamer. :D
 
TDbank24 said:
July 29th? Shucks.. i would get one of these and do some PC gaming but that's the day The Last of Us remaster comes out and my PS4 needs some loving. Damn consoles. So many games, so little time. I'd definitely get one of these if i was more of a casual gamer. :D
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Its Android based
 
This looks good for an android tablet, this can also stream pc games from your home computer correct? I wonder if nvidia will ever plan to release a windows os tablet similar to the surface pros that would allow you to play full pc games saved on the HDD instead of streaming them.
 
Seems cool, but I don't think I'd really have a use for it. Would rather use a PC than this.
 
No reviews for this thing yet?

TDbank24 said:
Oh really? Okay, i was getting vibes that this blew everything away except for a high end PC. Guess i was way off. My bad.
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lol...what happened to the cloud unlocking the power of universe and making X1 the most powerful thing since the big bang ?
 
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