Nvidia Shield Hits $199, Adds Remote GameStreaming in KitKat

[Marcus Yam]

Nvidia Shield Android 4.4.2 KitKat update will add a few new tricks to the Tegra 4 handheld.

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[kawininjazx]

So I could leave my PC on at work, and play Titanfall at home on the shield?

 

[Marcus Yam]

If your network is up to the task, then yes!

 

[ragenalien]

Other way around usually. You would leave your gaming computer on and be able to play on any decent wireless network.

 

[r1Master]

Only have 3MB Upload at home... oh well... Not for me...

 

[icemunk]

Only if it worked on all video-cards.. not Nvidia only. Proprietary tech annoys me.

 

[Exia00]

Only if it worked on all video-cards.. not Nvidia only. Proprietary tech annoys me.

it is made by Nvidia so of course it will be only on their cards if it was like a company like Asus or MSI then it would of worked for all cards

 

[Djentleman]

@icemunk Well you do have to admit it's controlled through their drivers. But yes, it is rather irritating.

 

[Djentleman]

I just bought the tegra note 7, and this happens!?!? Ugh....

 

[Exia00]

So I could leave my PC on at work, and play Titanfall at home on the shield?

yes you can do that

 

[kawininjazx]

Oh crap I just installed an AMD 260x so I guess nevermind.

 

[knowom]

Only if it worked on all video-cards.. not Nvidia only. Proprietary tech annoys me.

it is made by Nvidia so of course it will be only on their cards if it was like a company like Asus or MSI then it would of worked for all cards

Honestly I'm with them on this in this case it is annoying. I would think any Cuda based Nvidia card from like a 8800GT would be capable of streaming. I'd imagine the load is dominantly CPU and network dependent anyway and probably doesn't really tax the GPU any harder or a limited amount on the host PC. The shield handheld itself is probably taxed a fair bit in order to stream the data fluidly, but I doubt the host PC is bogged down much by it.

 

[sarinaide]

Mobile tariffs must be astronomical on this, mobile services providers must be loving this feeding off gaming addictions.

 

[gopher1369]

I would think any Cuda based Nvidia card from like a 8800GT would be capable of streaming. I'd imagine the load is dominantly CPU and network dependent anyway and probably doesn't really tax the GPU any harder or a limited amount on the host PC.

Nope, the Kepler cards have additional hardware built into them that handles the encoding of the game automatically so there is no impact on the rest of your system. Earlier cards lack this hardware so are not compatible.

 

[teh_chem]

Still won't buy it.

 

[Djentleman]

@gopher1369 Completely forgot about the H.264 encoder, good point.