NVidia Shield Gaming Console Coming Soon
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The NVidia Shield coming late this spring is not a handheld device, like its previous incarnation but is, instead, a television-attached gaming console with 4K output and a remote controller. The platform runs Google's Android TV and features the powerful ARM-based Tegra X1 CPU.
Unlike its expensive predecessor, the new Shield is launching at just $199 and includes the game pad. The Tegra X1 is an octa-core processor with claimed gaming performance "twice that of the XBOX 360."
The Shield has an included GigE port for low latency, high speed, stable streaming performance where available. Wireless 802.11ac WiFi is also included. And at released time is expected to come with an available catalog of fifty games optimized for it. The Shield will also have an available game streaming service.
Beyond the CPU functions, the GPU in the Shield is a Maxwell with 256 cores and supports CUDA.
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I'm really tempted to get one of these. Not expensive at all and more powerful than any console that I own currently.
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Yeah, I don't think this'll take off. Nice concept though.
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It's the second one in the Shield series, so it has a little traction already.
