The NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Review
by Joshua Ho on July 29, 2014 9:00 AM ESTNAND Performance
While NAND performance used to receive relatively little attention, it's now clear that some devices can ship with internal storage poor enough to severely degrade the user experience. Even if storage performance is acceptable, improvements in this area can significantly improve user experience. In the case of this device, it seems that we're looking at a SanDisk iNAND eMMC 4.3 solution.
In NAND performance, the Shield Tablet does well against its peers, although random write speed is a bit on the low side. While no particular slight against NVIDIA, it’s a bit disappointing how NAND performance in tablets seems to be lagging behind the smartphone space, although not entirely surprising due to stronger cost constraints.
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NZtechfreak - Monday, August 18, 2014 - link
Got my Controller today, thought some people might like to know it works fine with other Android devices via USB OTG. Makes it that bit more worthwhile. Couldn't get it to work with my PC though. Hopefully Nvidia will make a small receiver dongle with micro USB OTG and full sized PC connectors.mrreload - Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - link
"While I academically understand why people like tablets, I’ve never really found a use for them."Why in the world would AnandTech pick you for a tablet review? That's like reviewing a car but you don't own a car. Utter rubbish!
SnakeAndShotie - Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - link
I'm a pretty big fan of my NVidia shield - I know it doesn't have the best battery life ever but is totally manageable.If you want to see Portal on the tablet, check out this video: http://tinyurl.com/mxj7osm
While there are some frame rate issues, it runs well for the most part!
Fat Cat Ritz - Thursday, December 11, 2014 - link
I'm sure if you do not like the color or brightness of the screen on the tablet you can thankfully plug it into a TV via mini HDMI right? That should possibly improve the picture. I haven't gotten mine yet.