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In early January, the head of the NVIDIA promised that the gaming device Shield will be the first platform based on core Tegra 4. Yesterday's NVIDIA reported an official information about the timing of availability of the highly anticipated new items and its value.
As planned, NVIDIA will sell Shield directly. Shield can be ordered from NVIDIA's next Monday, 20 May. Finally, in June, the first devices will appear in retail chains U.S. and Canada. NVIDIA Shield will cost $ 349 - quite in line with expectations. Recall that NVIDIA is going to receive income from the sale of the device, and therefore will not sell it below cost. NVIDIA itself is not selling games for this platform.
Do not forget that the device is running Google Android 4.2, but promised the ability to broadcast game to a desktop computer or a laptop while is offered as an informal function, working in a test mode. Recall that PC platform can broadcast games on Shield in the presence of video card not below the GeForce GTX 650 and the processor not below Intel Core i5, as well as 4 GB of RAM and Windows 7 or Windows 8. You will also need a wireless network adapter WiFi 802.11 a / g / n. Selection of game applications for Shield determined by accessible gaming Google Play, NVIDIA TegraZone and Steam.
Furthermore, even Android-games are not always compatible 100% with Shield. The display itself has a diagonal 5 "and resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The NVIDIA device is based on Tegra 4 processor with a frequency of 1.9 GHz, it has 2GB of RAM and a solid state drive capacity of 16 GB which can be supplemented with a memory card type microSD. auxiliary functions are available from the Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS.
NVIDIA promises that a software update for the Shield will be released every month, and every year in the market will be a new version of this device The device also allows to listen to music (a connector for headphones), and watch movies . Related Products :
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