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Motherboard | MSI B450 Gaming Plus |
Memory | GSkill 8GB Dual Channel DDR4-2800 |
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Software | Win10 64bit |
Since mobile gaming has become so prevalent, the idea of game systems, handhelds, and mobile devices as separate product categories has blurred. There are dedicated systems like the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Vita, but there are also smartphones, tablets, and phablets that run Android or iOS and can access tons of games. They're not often very good games compared with the dedicated devices, but they're there, and they're readily available.
The Nvidia Shield tries to combine a dedicated gaming handheld and an Android tablet into a single, gamepad-equipped, feature-filled device. However, it's still an Android device. While this handheld is the best gaming-oriented Android system I've ever seen and a truly impressive piece of technology, it's limited by its library – for now, at least. The Shield has the added and unique benefit that you can stream PC games to it, but only on a local network and only with a specific type of Nvidia video card, and once you leave your house it becomes just a powerful Android device with Android games on it.
The Shield is out now in the US, priced at $299, which works out at £197 of our hard-earned money via a direct currency conversion. Of course, the UK price will be more than that – although when the Shield will be coming to this country, and how much it will cost, is still unclear, with nothing confirmed by Nvidia at this stage. Hopefully we shall see the device soon enough.
This is the first I've heard of this.
http://www.itproportal.com/reviews/video-games/nvidia-shield-review/
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