Nvidia announces "Shield", an Android TV box with a Tegra X1

[Dr. Ocsid]

[quote]NVIDIA has just taken the stage at GDC for its big "Made to Game" announcement, and guess what... it's another SHIELD. This one is just called SHIELD, though, and it's an Android TV box. NVIDIA has added its own twist on Android TV, just like it does with regular Android. The new NVIDIA SHIELD has support for native 4K 60Hz video signals and NVIDIA GRID game streaming technology.

At the heart of the SHIELD set-top box is a Tegra X1 ARM system-on-a-chip with a 256-core Maxwell GPU. With a constant supply of power from the wall that chip will probably scream, but not audibly. NVIDIA promises the device will be whisper quiet. It will do all the standard Android TV things like streaming video and running simple games, but the X1 can do a lot more.

On the gaming control side, the SHIELD will work with the existing SHIELD controller. NVIDIA plans to curate top Android games in the SHIELD Store, and there are going to be versions of the new Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Crysis 3, and Doom 3 BFG Edition for SHIELD. These are just the local games, though. There are also games in the cloud.[/quote]

[URL]http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/03/nvidia-announces-shield-a-tegra-x1-powered-set-top-box-running-android-tv/[/URL]

Crysis 3 running natively on Android? Chryst almighty.

[Durrsly]

[QUOTE]The new NVIDIA SHIELD has support for native 4K 60Hz video signals [/QUOTE]
4K Angry Birds aww yeah.
Seriously though this is a pretty cool system.

[ZombieDawgs]

If Nvidia made laptops as precisely as they make these things they could make some pretty fucking cool stuff that's relatively cheap. $200 for this AND a shield controller? That's pretty damn good

[CottonTM]

So I'm a bit confused.

Do you have to start an entirely new game library with this? Is it compatible with Steam or...?

What OS?

[ihatecompvir]

[QUOTE=CottonTM;47260169]So I'm a bit confused.

Do you have to start an entirely new game library with this? Is it compatible with Steam or...?

What OS?[/QUOTE]
It's an Android box. So Android games only.

[Stiffy360]

[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;47260188]It's an Android box. So Android games only.[/QUOTE]

So it's basically a better Ouya?

[Adlertag1940]

Nothing really to get excited about specs wise to be honest.

[CrimsonChin]

Should make a really good emulator & media center box. The only thing it won't be able to emulate would be the PS2, so you'd buy or build a small PC if you would want that.

[343N]

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