Ekskluzivno:Nvidia Shield

[matej1990]

Nvidia je predstavila svojo "prenosno konzolo", ki je trenutno znana pod imenom Nvidia Shield. Izjemno presenečenje, brez predhodnih govoric.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]

 

Zakaj sem zapisal "prenosno konzolo"? Gre namreč za nekakšen hibrid Xbox360 kontrolerja, ki so mu dodali ekran.

Zaslon se zapira in odpirala enako kot pri Nintendovih prenosnih konzolah: clamshell design.
Ekran je 5 colski in občutljiv na dotik (kapacitivni) s 720p resolucijo (294dpi!). Ob zaprtju lepo prekrije celoten kontroler.

 

Zakaj se pričakuje toliko od te konzolice? Pod gumbi se skriva popolnoma novo predstavljena Tegra 4 kreacija.

6× več (72!) GPU jeder napram Tegra 3! Število CPU jeder ostaja enako (4 core), vendar je pomembna nova arhitektura teh jeder (ARM Cortex-A15, enako kot Nexus 10 tablica). Gre za prvi 4 jedrni CPU s to arhitekturo!
Obljubljajo 5-10 urno avtonomijo, kar ni majo za takšno zverco.
Kot OS so vzeli Android Jelly Bean brez dodatne navlake (pure Android).

Dodana je podpora MicroSD karticam, za povezljivost pa skrbita micro USB in HDMI (do 4K/UHD resolucije!).

Nvidia say the Shield has "console-grade controls", which sounds like they're actually using the same kind of thumbsticks and buttons you get on proper controllers, not the smaller/lesser kind you get on portable platforms.

Končno nekdo ki je pogruntal:

In addition to running its own Android games, the Shield can also stream games from your PC to the controller, where you can either play them direct on the small screen or, more practically, output to your TV.
A demonstration showing Need For Speed Most Wanted and Assassin's Creed III being beamed from a PC to the controller was impressive, to say the least.

To work, users need an Nvidia Kepler-based graphics card (GTX 650 or GTX 660M or higher)
Games streamed to the device must also support controller input, though Nvidia says some games without controller support can be played by mapping control buttons to the Shield's inputs. The move will allow PC gamers to extend their game sessions to the handheld or through Shield to their TVs without having to lug their computer towers or gaming laptops over to the living room.

 

Other requirements for streaming PC gaming include a rig with an Intel Core i5 or better, 4GB of system memory, the latest GeForce drivers, Windows 7 or 8, and an 802.11/a/g/n router. The company says that the system uses an H.264 video encoder built into Kepler devices to stream games over home Wi-Fi networks with "ultra-low latency."

Because Steam now has its Big Picture mode, the Shield can be used to navigate the store without having to move back to your PC.

 

Cena in točen izid sta trenutno neznana. Okvirni izid je druga polovica leta 2013.

 

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[Anduril]

Huh. Zanimivo, čeprav precej odvisno od cene.

[japanboy]

Streamanje s PCja na konzolo me ravno ne zanima, ker je moj PC že davno outdated za najnovejše igre. Mogoče za kak UT 2004. Edino kar me zanima tu je, ali je možno inštalirati gor steam in preko njega povleči dol zaželjene igre. Če bo to omogočala potem moj interes ima. Všeč mi je tudi avtonomija baterije, ampak to je najbrž spet treba vzet z rezervo, ker dvomim, da bo več kot 5 ur zdržala zadeva, sploh ob konfiguraciji kakršna je opisana. Zdi se mi pa da so gumbi enostavno preveliki oz. da je ekran premajhen.

[Bessie]

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qPJcZmbz8&feature=player_embedded

[DrMiha]

Tole je Nvidiin odgovor na totalni polom, kar se tiče konkuriranja AMDju za grafična čipovja v konzolah naslednje generacije...

[matej1990]

Pa res, Nvidia je bila samo v PS3. V čem je fora da se jih večina odloči za AMD? Nižja cena, boljša prilagodljivost?

Sicer pa Nvidia ogromno stavi na Tegro in njeno "napredno" grafiko. Do sedaj so imeli dober uspeh, tako da bo tudi Tegra 4 zagotovo uspešna. Tegra 2 in 3 sta totalno prevladali kar se tiče grafike v igrah na Google Play, čeprav imata slabšo grafično moč kot naprimer procesor v Samsung Galaxy S2 in S3. Tegra je edina, ki doda nekaj bonbončkov zraven in se razvijalci dejansko odločijo dodati izboljšano grafiko/fiziko.

Škoda zakaj Nvidia še ni pokazala demota za Tegro 4, enako kot je to storila pri Tegra 3:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvaDtshLY8&list=PLB1B7D5FDB0BD9664&index=45

Prenos demota je na voljo samo za uporabnike Androidnih Tegra 3 naprav: Google Play: Glowball

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C30ShWQm5pI

Aja, pa še 2 live odzadji za Androidne Tegra naprave: Mass Effect 3, Skyrim

Pa še primerjava zmogljivostih dveh procesorjev, ki temeljita na enaki osnovi, vendar ima Nexus 10 2 jedrni procesor, Tegra 4 pa je seveda 4 jedrna. Seveda je potrebno tale test vzeti zelo za rezervo:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIL-RjLUMw

[matej1990]

Popravek: Nvidia je predstavila kar nekaj predstavitev, ki prikazujejo moč Tegre 4. Med najbolj pričakovanimi sta Dead Trigger 2 in Hawken.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ct-QuwOz-s4

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEAEARD-Fo

36 minut predstavitve Nvidia Shield naprave:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HOHNmzz1gYo#!

[T.M.R.]

Pa res, Nvidia je bila samo v PS3. V čem je fora da se jih večina odloči za AMD? Nižja cena, boljša prilagodljivost?

Baje da sta tako Sony s PS3 kot MS s prvim xboxom imela slabe izkušnje z Nvidio.

Sicer pa zanimiva ročna konzolca, samo sumim da bo cena visoka.

[matej1990]

Tako, cena je znana: $349

The Verge je objavil tudi preview konzole, ki so jo lahko preizkusili, vendar pa ni vse tako rožnato, kot so si sprva predstavljali na predstavitvi.

Between CES and today, the Shield's on-board storage shrunk from 32GB to 16GB, and the 33 watt-hour battery made way for a slightly smaller 28.8Wh unit, even though the Shield still feels rather hefty for its size at over 1.2 pounds.

There's no camera, not even a front-facing one for video chats ("It fell off the list for the first design," says Nvidia) and the touchscreen's position, behind the controller grips, can make it hard to use.

We played bits and pieces of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II and Expendable: Rearmed on the Shield — full Android games that will come bundled with every device — as well as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Max Payne, and finally some Borderlands 2 and Batman: Arkham City streaming from a beefy gaming PC on the same Wi-Fi network. Across the spectrum of current Android and former console titles, the Shield performed quite well. Though there was a little noticeable stutter in Sonic, the other mobile games were butter-smooth on the Tegra 4 processor and extremely crisp on the 5-inch 720p screen. Audio was also impressive: though we could definitely hear distortion in some extremely bass-heavy songs, the Shield's speakers sounded better than many a laptop we've used.

If you're dreaming of all the PC games you'll be playing on the Shield, though, you might be disappointed to hear that there are still some kinks to be worked out, and Nvidia will be labeling the feature "beta" to manage expectations for at least a couple of months. Borderlands 2 in particular worked great in our brief test, but neither game's animations felt quite as fluid as on PC, and several times Nvidia had difficulty getting the Shield and PC to stay connected. The setup also requires an approved simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi router to function well, and doesn't yet work with all games: only a limited selection of Steam Big Picture mode and GeForce Experience titles are good to go as of today, though engineers told us that the buttons and sticks should theoretically just work with any PC game that supports an Xbox controller.

[matej1990]

Ob izidu so ceno znižali na 299$, tukaj pa je review:

>http://youtu.be/2EyllthRXbg

Še en res obsežni review: KLIK!

Urejano Julij 31, 2013 od matej1990
dodan še ene review

[matej1990]

Nvidia pridno podpira svojo prenosno androidno konzolico. Nedolgo nazaj je dobila posodobitev na najnovejšo verzijo droidnega OS-a, GameStream (stremanje PC iger na Shield) se je končno znebil beta ožigosanja s podporo več kot 100 igram.

Kot priboljšek pa je bil pred kratkim najavljen prihod iger Half-Life 2 in Portal, ki sta že na voljo za preigranje:

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5R5oGHINI