It's worth noting that these GPU specs are for theorical performance and the tablet will be limited by TDP and refrigeration about how much it uses. And we can add that comparing Gigaflops is just a pretty horrible way to determine graphics performance. Just look at some high-end AMD R9 GPUs that almost double the NVidia Titan floating point performance but when we look at games they are equal or the Titan wins. Memory bandwidth (in this case it favours the Shield) and other things are more relevant.
About people claiming doom for consoles and saying that mobiles will surpass their performance, I'm sorry, but you need to study computing way more. Basic Moore's Law: doubling the performance takes two years. Add TDP concerns and you will be as slow as possible doing it. Consoles are at 250w. High-end PCs outperform them in brute force because they use way more than that. A Titan uses that. And a 5-10w device? This guy has a lot of terrain to cover. Shield tablet is here to give PS360 visuals because it uses a more advanced and efficient tech compared to the 2006 tech used by last gen. PS4, X1 and PCs use modern tech. Wii U uses a 3, maybe 4 year old tech and still is ahead of the mobile devices, but we can be pretty sure they will catch it mid gen. PS4 and X1 will probably be reached some time after PS5/X"whatever they call it".
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eva01beserk said: the wii us processor is is 3GHz, and the tablets resolution is 720p, so still ahead at least in the procesor. Like mentioned before you still need a remore to be able to play thats another ~$50, then theres game, assuming a quality game thas at least ~$30 dependin on the age, so the shield is up to $380 so far. |
The Wii U processor is 1.2GHz. This processor is way more efficient in clock/performance ration than an ARM, so comparing it without benchmarks would be pointless. The Wii U controller is 480p, not 720p. The Shield isn't just streaming since it play all Android games (of course, most are crap).
