Nvidia Shield Portable Review

This isn t captain america s shield and unfortunately not made of vibranium either but we d be damned if it isn t the best android.

Nvidia shield portable review. The nvidia shield houses a 1 9ghz nvidia tegra 4 system on a chip with a quad core cpu and a 72 core gpu. The shield portable is something of a calculated risk that nvidia s tried to do. Seven storage options to choose from. The essential review encased in a cylindrical black chassis the new nvidia shield doesn t look like any streaming video player you ve ever seen before and it doesn t perform like one either.

It combines the familiar gamepad controls with eight button dual analog sticks and a multi touch retinal screen. Running stock android 4 4 kitkat as of last year powered by the nvidia tegra 4 processor. 5 star 66 4 star 20 3 star 5 2 star 4 1 star 5 nvidia shield portable. The bottom line the nvidia shield brings console level quality to portable android gaming but it needs a higher quality list of compatible games before it can truly rival the vita or 3ds.

Works flawlessly with nvidia shield. Nvidia shield portable customer reviews. It s a usb 3 0 device. The nvidia shield portable.

Seagate s portable 5 terabyte tb external hard drive takes the editor s top pick. Review nvidia shield portable handheld a shield to marvel at. It includes 2gb of ram and support for 802 11 a b g n 2x2 mimo dual band 2 4ghz and 5ghz. 4 4 out of 5.

The nvidia shield tech specs are ambitious and it plays without lag. But the price and the inability to stream all games may limit the appeal of nvidia s pc portable. This review has been updated to reflect the renaming of the shield to the shield portable alongside the launch of the nvidia shield tablet. The 5 inch 720p ips touchscreen display is one of the best i ve seen on a portable.

It plugs into your nvidia shield pro and can be up and running within minutes.