Compare that to our previous review high of 13773 with the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 12.2 and you should be able to see just how powerful this Nvidia Shield tablet is.īenchmark scores are all well and good, but it's the real world performance that counts and here that performance is sublime and easily matches our high expectations following the benchmark results. With 3D Mark using the Ice Storm Unlimited test we were equally as impressed, more so here actually with a mighty score of 30817. This comfortably puts it top of Passmark's (admittedly slow to update) System score chart. Using Passmark's Performance Test Mobile we received an excellent average System Score of 6412 which smashes every tablet we have so far benched including 5841 from the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. In the case of this Nvidia Shield Tablet and the high specification already mentioned, we were particularly looking forward to the results and we weren't disappointed at all. The $329 16GB WiFi version of the tablet is available for pre-order now through Canada Computers, while the $429 32GB LTE version will be available in the coming months.As with our other tablet reviews, benchmarks are now available on Android to see how well a tablet performs against the competition. The Shield Hub, nee Tegra Zone, houses all the games optimized for the new hardware, and at launch there will be 11, including well-known titles like Half-life 2, Portal, Trine 2 and Anomaly 2. It connects to its station with WiFi Direct rather than Bluetooth, so games should feel considerably more responsive, and the built-in headphone jack reroutes audio from the tablet to a pair of headphones, wirelessly. The Wireless Controller resembles that of the original Shield, but appears to be more well-spaced, with a capacitive area for navigating the tablet when it is not within reach. There is the option to connect the Shield Tablet to a television using an HDMI cable, but most customers will want the ability to play anywhere. Of course, while the Shield Tablet is a simple Android tablet, its gaming aspirations lead Nvidia to create a number of ways to use it: a $65 wireless controller and $43 tablet cover, which protects the device and functions as a stand, add $100 to the entry price but allow the device to be used as a standalone console. ![]() Like the last time, the Shield promises high-quality audio from its stereo front-facing speakers and dual bass reflex port, which purportedly offers the equivalent of a subwoofer in a smaller space. The 32GB version also includes unlocked LTE connectivity with supported bands 2,4,5,7,17, so Canadian compatibility is assured. The Shield Tablet doesn’t do away with any of those things, but merely separates the screen from the controller, lowering the price and offering casual users a more approachable product.Īs detailed in the leak, the Shield Tablet sports an 8-inch 1920×1200 pixel IPS display, 2GB of RAM, either 16 or 32GB of internal storage, dual-band MIMO WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, along with a 5MP rear camera, a DirectStylus 2 pen for precise input, Android 4.4.2 with minimal customization, and a number of included software and games. Over the course of the Shield’s brief life, Nvidia added a number of features, including game streaming from a local Kepler GPU-adorned PC and a limited subset of cloud-based games that enabled a whole new type of experience. While the first Shield began its life as a small clamshell screen-gamepad hybrid, the company has learned a hard truth about such a form factor: most people just don’t want bulk. ![]() The GPU is based on the company’s extensible Kepler architecture, with 192 CUDA cores and support for the latest standards like OpenGL 4.4 and DirectX 12. The Cortex-A15 based CPU runs four cores at 2.3Ghz each, with a fifth companion core running at a lower speed for less intensive activities. Unveiled today, the Nvidia Shield Tablet is a C$329 device with a 1200p screen and the first consumer-ready Tegra K1 SoC, the ultra-fast gaming CPU/GPU combo revealed in January at CES. ![]() Nvidia is ready to put its money where its heart is, assuming that people want a gaming tablet with an optional gamepad.
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