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The real killer (or at least differentiating) feature is that you can stream PC games from your desktop to the shield. Apparently it works pretty well[1]. [1]
by dnissley 13y ago
The real killer (or at least differentiating) feature is that you can stream PC games from your desktop to the shield. Apparently it works pretty well[1].
[1] - http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4573596/nvidia-shield-review http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4573596/nvidia-shield-revi...
- swax 13y agoThat's cool and all, but so extremely niche I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
- est 13y agoIs that Tegra 4 only that requires some kind of special hardware? Or any android device with some kind of software could do this?
- joenathan 13y agoOnlive does this on pretty much any device, here is their Android app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onlive.client&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onlive.cli...
- CrazedGeek 13y agoWell, except that it only plays games on the OnLive service, not any PC game with controller support.
- joenathan 13y agoThe point is nothing magical is happening in the Tegra 4 to enable this use case, this feature can be replicated with pretty much any device.
- mtgx 13y agoNeither of you understands what's going on here. It has nothing to do with Tegra 4 in regards to streaming. It has to do with Nvidia's PC GPU's and their streaming software. That's why it wouldn't work with AMD's chips - because you need Nvidia's software that's only available for Nvidia's GPU's.
- joenathan 13y agoI don't buy it, just look into Nvidia and Physx, AMD chips are just as capable is not more so.
- chaostheory 13y agoI think it only works if you have an Nvidia video card. I don't have one =/ I'd also rather spend $300 on a video card.