NVIDIA Shield Review: At the Crossroads of PC and Mobile Gaming
by Brian Klug on July 31, 2013 12:14 AM ESTNAND Performance
Like most Android devices, there's nothing special when it comes to Shield's internal NAND performance. We see reasonable sequential read speeds, although sequential write performance on our model was a bit slower than we'd like to see from a modern device. Random read performance is quite competitive, but as always it's random write performance that's in serious need of improvement. As we pointed out in our earlier piece on Android 4.3 and TRIM, that update will be necessary to maintain reasonable storage performance over the long haul. It's imperative that NVIDIA gets Android 4.3 running on Shield asap.
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Revdarian - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
I am sorry but you really felt comfortable with a "mobile" gaming device that weight over half a kilo for how long?How comfortable/uncomfortable was it reported by anyone else who actually tried it for prolonged time?
Brian Klug - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
Because it spreads a lot of its area out, it really isn't that bad. I definitely spent at least two hours playing nonstop Borderlands 2 without thinking about it. And lots of time outdoors with the AR Drone 2.0.-Brian
zebrax2 - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
For a gaming device review i find it a little disappointing that it seems like not a lot of time was spent playing with the devicejasonelmore - Friday, August 2, 2013 - link
He's been playing With shield for over three months including all of these expos him and anand have went to. I think it's safe to say he's had more playtime than any other reviewer.blanarahul - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
I too want a Nvidia designed phone.chizow - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
Who knows, after Tegra 4i launches, if Shield does well enough, that may be the next step for Nvidia.Samus - Thursday, August 1, 2013 - link
If anything, this great review proves Shield is a technology showcase for Tegra 4, and how excellent it will be in a phone. Obviously active cooling will be nixed so the clocks will drop, but the battery life is substantial.Spunjji - Thursday, August 1, 2013 - link
I don't understand the logic here. The clocks will have to drop so performance will as well. Power will drop as well probably - depends on leakage) but then you'll be dealing with a much, much smaller battery. To be honest it's a massive unknown at best.PC Perv - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
You can't be serious. So now weight is relative to shape, in your hands? And talk about the shape.Unbelievable how far reviews would go to put gloss on stuff that reviewers themselves will never pay for. The ranting at Google in the last page is pure gold. Talk about "entitlement mentality."
chizow - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - link
Why isn't it serious? How weight is balanced and distributed across a surface plays a HUGE impact in how it feels in the hand. This isn't a foreign concept to just mobile devices, look at how knives, daggers, even guns are critiqued in this respect.