Nvidia Shield Thread
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My router is in the basement, and all my neigboughs have the same ISP with the same router. I am getting a message that I cannot stream because of interfernce, I will have to either buy a dual band router or set up mine at a different frequency, I will post my results later.
The odds that an attachable controller has a better dpad than this are extremely low.
So I called my ISP and we changed some router settings, but I am still getting interference because all their routers are 2.4, and there is 4 more around my house.
So I will go out and buy a new router that has 5.0 frequency. It sucks that I have to pour more money into this just to stream games, but I am already 300$ deep so I can't quit now.
On the plus side, the Android side is working out better than I expected. I only had iOS devices, so this is new.
The device is really awesome, dispite my network issues.
So I will go out and buy a new router that has 5.0 frequency. It sucks that I have to pour more money into this just to stream games, but I am already 300$ deep so I can't quit now.
On the plus side, the Android side is working out better than I expected. I only had iOS devices, so this is new.
The device is really awesome, dispite my network issues.
That's a real bummer. =/
Hope it gets sorted out. Is this thing only sold online? (Through Nvidia/Newegg). I see it listed on Gamestop, but it's showing nothing in stock at any of the stores. I even plugged in different zip codes just for shit and giggles. I guess maybe they are sold out?
That was probably me.
After some time with the device the D-pad has become much better, but not great IMO. I consider the SNES, and Dualshocks to have some of the best D-pads, and this one functions pretty good, just not as perfect as those.
Dammit GAF, you are making very hard for me to not buy this device.
Hahahaha me too, want to impulse buy lol XD
Also any info on Dolphin?
Dolphin is on Android as off August 4...but by the developer's admission, it's alpha and will run like crap. I haven't tried on my Shield yet. All the other emulators run great (epsxe, Mupen64, DraStic, etc). I haven't tried NullDC yet.
ambientmystic
Member
That's a nice way of saying never lol.
Android devices performing to Intel i7 levels? ahahahaha.
Once the controller mapping is figured out you would be able to stream it from your PC.
Found two games that aren't working with Steam streaming.
1. Guacamelee
2. Super house of dead ninjas
They won't recognize the controller at all :/. Not sure why as they have full controller support.
Other games I've tried work flawlessly.
1. Spelunky
2. Fist puncher
3. Mercenary kings
4. Dead pixels
5. Gunslinger
6. Giana sisters
1. Guacamelee
2. Super house of dead ninjas
They won't recognize the controller at all :/. Not sure why as they have full controller support.
Other games I've tried work flawlessly.
1. Spelunky
2. Fist puncher
3. Mercenary kings
4. Dead pixels
5. Gunslinger
6. Giana sisters
So, yeah..I joined this club.
+ Amazing gamepad, this is full controller on a handheld. pretty awesome.
+ Very good screen.
+ Good speakers.
- Kinda big and heavy.
What I can say It's really neat device and do streaming very well, Rogue Legacy work flawlessly on it, playing that game on bed is really something else, I didn't play with it's android side (emulators) but from what I read it might be the perfect device for PSP and NDS emulators.
for me it's worth the money just for just streaming PC games and playing them everywhere (but for people who don't have GTX 6xx/7xx it might be a hard sell).
+ Amazing gamepad, this is full controller on a handheld. pretty awesome.
+ Very good screen.
+ Good speakers.
- Kinda big and heavy.
What I can say It's really neat device and do streaming very well, Rogue Legacy work flawlessly on it, playing that game on bed is really something else, I didn't play with it's android side (emulators) but from what I read it might be the perfect device for PSP and NDS emulators.
for me it's worth the money just for just streaming PC games and playing them everywhere (but for people who don't have GTX 6xx/7xx it might be a hard sell).
Welcome to the club! Glad you're enjoying it as much as the rest of us. Happy to hear Rogue Legacy works great, hadn't tried it out on the device yet.
I will be trying this tonight, thanks for the app suggestion!
For those other few Shield owners here, are you hearing a clicking when you use the d-pad? Whenever I hit any direction except down I get a click. If it was uniform across all directions I would not be worried. I searched for any similar issues and the only thing I found was a thread on the nvidia forums with some people complaining and sending their devices back. Just wanted to hear some input from you guys before I think about that.
The click is not super loud or really that annoying, but the fact that the down direction does not make it and others have devices that dont click at all has be worried.
The click is not super loud or really that annoying, but the fact that the down direction does not make it and others have devices that dont click at all has be worried.
if you've only got 4 other routers around you, you should be able to find a channel that is less congested.
5GHz might help but you'll lose a *ton* of range, so hopefully you don't have walls between you and the router.
any way to move the router? eg run a longer cable to it so you can move the wireless part closer to where you'll use it.
Not impressed with the streaming on this thing. Probably router based, I don't have a souped up router but the basic kind. Still I constantly get dropped out of games, and now I can't launch steam anymore using the shield. When it worked in bursts it was great but this has become more and more unreliable for me. Any advice?
I did install wifi analyzer and found out that my PS3 was on the same channel so unplugged it. That didn't matter at all. I live in a house but its picking up other wifi signals but they aren't on the same channel. I did just install a new antivirus software program but that couldn't really be it, is it? The streaming was working last night when I had the program running. But I havent been able to have the shield and PC communicate at all today.
I did install wifi analyzer and found out that my PS3 was on the same channel so unplugged it. That didn't matter at all. I live in a house but its picking up other wifi signals but they aren't on the same channel. I did just install a new antivirus software program but that couldn't really be it, is it? The streaming was working last night when I had the program running. But I havent been able to have the shield and PC communicate at all today.
Thanks, one last questions to ease my mind. Seems like when I rotate the left thumb stick around there is a couple of spots that just feel a little rougher than others. I don't notice it with the other stick. Is this normal, and does yours have the same issue.
I know it seems like I am nitpicking here, but otherwise this thing is built like a brick shit house and I don't want it failing years down the line because of couple of small control input problems I should have had looked into.
Just tried out both sticks and they feel the same to me, no rough spots.
If you're worried there's something wrong or something that will end up being a problem down the road, I'd recommend sending it back until you get one that feels perfect to you, or at least contacting Nvidia to see what they say.
Well I got PC streaming to work again, my advice is to simply reboot your computer and reconnect it to the shield again. Thing worked great although Just Cause 2 video seemed to mess up at a certain point and I had to reboot the shield. Games I've got to play that played well on the shield include: Alan Wake, The Darkness 2, Warhammer, Duke Nukem, Zeno Clash 2, Rise of the Triad. I'd say about 75% of the titles I tried that have controller support work. Not a bad track record for a beta. Its still a bit on the wonky side though.
Has anyone ordered one from Nvidia? I was considering doing so, but wasn't sure how fast they would ship it. The only reason I ask is, I have only 2 weeks left of summer before I go back. Don't want to tie up my money, and have to wait 10 days to get this (I was going to select over night shipping).
Newegg is sold out, and I don't know where else to buy this from. None of my local gamestops are carrying it. Amazon also isn't selling it.
Newegg is sold out, and I don't know where else to buy this from. None of my local gamestops are carrying it. Amazon also isn't selling it.
I wish I could help, but I actually ordered from Newegg and I dont think I would again because their replacement policy seems like a huge pain in the ass and that is why I think I will just live with my clicky grinding buttons. I was looking at the clicky d-pad thread on the nvidia forums and several people were happy with the customer service and quick turn around they received, buy didnt mention the delivery time. I dont want to mention where I work, but it is a pretty large seller that you may or may not have mentioned and I was disappointed that we didn't sale them because I think they have the best shipping and return policy.
edit: I hope you do get one though, I cant stress enough how much in love with this piece of hardware I am and I dont want it to go the way of the N-Gage
Thanks for the reply. I'm excited to get one. Just wish more places carried it. I have no clue what the turn around has been for those that went through Nvidia. I'll probably wait till Tuesday and keep checking to see if any other retailers carry it again.
Edit: screw it. Just placed my order through Nvidia. I'll keep you guys updated.
Ok, make sure when you do get one you come back and tell us how much you love it. I just walked through my center today carrying mine.. cause lets be honest, it really is much to large to stick in any normal pocket.. and had several people comment on it so I opened it up and showed them the ropes on it. I am not sure why I have such a personal interest in this device, I think I have a condition and buy every handheld, I had to have someone spend days talking me out of buying an ngage and gizmodo.. and I sometimes still regret not buying them, but this one I fully stand behind.
BRUTALBOWN
Banned
Hey guys, I'm just about to go for it and import a shield to the UK, but I need to know what is the situation with the power requirements? Would I need a stepdown power converter or does it have a 110v-240 switching power supply? Cheers in advance.
They are selling these at Gamestop?
Imported one myself, it's a USB to Micro-USB cable that you can plug into any USB charger (iphone, kindle, etc.). The charger that comes with the shield works with 110v/240v, but it will only fit into US sockets.
bee
Member
You must have a slow computer because I get full speed on my rig.
A week with Shield, I really like this damn handheld so much, my "comfy bed" PC gaming experience is about smaller games, like Rogue legacy and first person shooters and it's amazing how long this thing last while steaming PC games it's like forever, I'm used to Vita and 3DS sad 3 to 4 hours but this thing just keep going like the Duracell bunny.
that for streaming I still need to test native android games (any recommended ones from Google Play?) and emulators on Shield.
that for streaming I still need to test native android games (any recommended ones from Google Play?) and emulators on Shield.
I love this handheld: emulation, android gaming, PC streaming. Solid build and yes the battery life is pretty decent too. Android gaming is hit and miss, for full gameplay experiences Max Payne, GTA, and Bards Tale are good. I also have The Conduit and Shadow gun and like both of those. Seems like the Shield store hasn't added any new games since launch. Hoping for more.
Android games:
Dead Trigger
GTA: Vice City
Riptide GP 2
Real Boxing
Emulators:
Drastic
RetroArch
SuperN64
PPSSPP(performance is a work in progress, but it's getting there)
Then you have Apps like Pandora, Netflix, Plex, TuneIn Radio, and others.
So much stuff in the play store.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
So you cannot use the PC stream feature if you have an AMD card, correct?
I think it's funny how everyone was trashing this device early in the thread and now everyone is singing it's praises.
I think it's funny how everyone was trashing this device early in the thread and now everyone is singing it's praises.
Well, most of the people that trashed it never intended on buying it. So now that they have said their peace, the only people left in this thread are those that are interested, or those that are actually buying it.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Makes sense. I find it funny how people harshly trashed it without even having any experience using it.
I think the device is rather cool and the PC streaming interests me, but without an nVidia graphics card (I'm an AMD guy) then this thing is kind of useless to me.
gigantor21
Member
Maybe not next year, but I do expect to see multiple versions of this.
I'm waiting to see the model with Tegra 4's successor.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I really wish one of the Gamestops around me had one of these I could check out. I've got a nice 5ghz router and SLI 660s and this seems really awesome for PC streaming.
They mentioned they were one of only 20 stores (gamestop or not) with demo units in store.
Had a whole kiosk with game demos, and LCD TV hooked up.
Edit: found this. You can find where to play a demo unit.
http://shield.nvidia.com/demo-shield/
Would be nice and I'd be there day one.
The Digital Foundry review has kinda killed the hype for me:
"With a 100ms input latency and a 720p30 update, PC game streaming on Shield is remarkably similar to the current-gen console gaming experience."
Is not bad, but not great either. Fairly behind Wii U's streaming solution, if it weren't for the range and host device/library options. Is still a compelling device, but I this made the wait for a v2.0 easier.
"With a 100ms input latency and a 720p30 update, PC game streaming on Shield is remarkably similar to the current-gen console gaming experience."
Is not bad, but not great either. Fairly behind Wii U's streaming solution, if it weren't for the range and host device/library options. Is still a compelling device, but I this made the wait for a v2.0 easier.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Rumor has it that there will be a Tegra 5 tablet out next year. So, I'd say there is at least a small chance there will be a new Shield next year, but probably more likely for 2015 if I were to randomly guess.
Link.
ss_lemonade
Member
Does that mean only 30fps when streaming to the Shield?