2014 Top Tablets: #4 NVIDIA Shield

NVIDIA has been on a role in the past few years to make portable gaming more accessible to those who want a multi-functional portable device that has great performance while also running more than games alone.

Their newest release, the Shield Tablet, is able to do just that. A tablet with all of the functionality that users have come to expect from a tablet, while combining serious gaming capabilities. This tablet is the first to use the NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU chip, making it the most powerful device on the market. It is easy to see the smooth performance for yourself, but the statistics also tell the tale. The shield outperforms other bestselling tablets three times over when it comes to processing frames per second.

It’s not just the processor that makes this device useful to gamers. It also works with a wi-fi Shield gaming controller, Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, and gamepad, and it also connects through HDMI cable and displays on HDTVs. While connected to televisions the unit enters “console mode” which turns off the screen and displays everything on the TV, while operating the wi-fi controller though the tablet.

This device is available for $299 on Amazon, and comes in black with grey accents. It has a 8 inch screen size, and measures at 8.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches in dimensions. It weighs 13.7 ounces and has a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080, 2.2 GHz processing speed, 16 GB flash memory, 2 GB RAM memory, and runs the Android 4.4 operating system. It has slots for micro USB, HDMI, and MicroSD cards and comes with a stylus included. 



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