Nvidia shield, the company's first desktop console
In addition to the new GeForce GTX Titan X graphics card, Nvidia has taken advantage of the GDC to present another device for gaming, it is the first desktop video game console of the company, the Nvidia SHIELD.
The new Nvidia SHIELD has dimensions of 210 x 130 x 25 mm and a weight of 654 grams. It claims to be the most powerful Android game console thanks to its Nvidia Tegra X1 processor that includes 2 SMMs for a total of 256 CUDA Cores with its efficient Maxwell architecture. Accompanying the GPU we find 4 Cortex A57 cores and another four Cortex A53 in big.LITTLE configuration to provide enormous performance and excellent energy efficiency.
Its specifications are completed with 3 GB of RAM, 16 GB of expandable internal storage through the use of microSD cards or a pendrive, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, HDMI 2.0, two USB 3.0 ports and a microUSB 2.0.
In addition to the video game catalog of the Android operating system, it has the Nvidia GRID service that will allow the execution through streaming of the most advanced video games such as Crysis 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro: Last Light Redux and many others at 1080p resolution and 60 fps, it is expected to have 50 titles at launch.
Along with its potential in reference to video games, the Nvidia SHIELD will be the most advanced Android TV device on the market allowing the playback of multimedia content at 4K resolution and a speed of 60 fps thanks to the inclusion of the HHDMI 2.0 interface and its powerful Tegra X1 processor.
It will arrive in May for a price of $ 199 including the console and a controller.
Source: anandtech
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