Is Nexus 9 better in Gamecube emulation better than Nvidia Shield Tablet?

muniek34 · 03-09-2018, 06:05 AM #1

As in topic. Can anyone confirm or deny that Nexus is beter in Gamecube emulation than Nvidia Shield Tablet? I do not think that the Nexus 9 can handle emulation with the latest versions of Dolphin but maybe with old versions, e.g. 4.0 Mullin version 0.13 or 0.14. Emulation on Nvidia tablet with version 4.0 is almost unplayable, for example in Super Mario Sunshine are still lags in sound and graphics (eg square around the mario which grows every time you use a water pump and frame drops in delfina plaza) regardless of changes made in enchancements or in hacks. MKDD is almost playable only at start it chopp a bit but later is not so bad.
Nexus 9 has 64bit cpu so it should perform better than Nvidia Tablet.

**Helios** · (This post was last modified: 03-09-2018, 06:20 AM by Helios.)

Well, one of them can actually run Dolphin, the shield tablet cannot. We dropped 32 bit support.

The nexus 9 will not run Dolphin well.

Grey1213 · 03-09-2018, 06:18 AM #3

They're both bad and neither is worth getting for Dolphin. The older versions of Dolphin are worse.

Also the main benefit of the Shield Tablet is desktop OpenGL, but I don't think the Nexus 9 has that. Either way the best android devices for Dolphin have flagship Snapdragon SoCs or the Nvidia shield TV X1, android tablets are basically useless for Dolphin.

Nintonito · 03-09-2018, 06:39 AM #4

(03-09-2018, 06:18 AM)Grey1213 Wrote: They're both bad and neither is worth getting for Dolphin. The older versions of Dolphin are worse.

Also the main benefit of the Shield Tablet is desktop OpenGL, but I don't think the Nexus 9 has that. Either way the best android devices for Dolphin have flagship Snapdragon SoCs or the Nvidia shield TV X1, android tablets are basically useless for Dolphin.

This has been discussed long before, but the difference between desktop opengl and Nvidia opengl ES is actually fairly mild for what dolphin needs. CPU speed wise the Nexus 9 is actually a lot faster per core than you might think and comes closer to the X1.

muniek34 · 03-10-2018, 12:21 AM #5

(03-09-2018, 06:39 AM)Nintonito Wrote: This has been discussed long before, but the difference between desktop opengl and Nvidia opengl ES is actually fairly mild for what dolphin needs. CPU speed wise the Nexus 9 is actually a lot faster per core than you might think and comes closer to the X1.

Do you think Nexus 9 will get better performance than Shield Tablet using old dolphin version ex. 4.0 Mullin version 0.13?

**mstreurman** · (This post was last modified: 03-10-2018, 12:28 AM by mstreurman.)

(03-10-2018, 12:21 AM)muniek34 Wrote: Do you think Nexus 9 will get better performance than Shield Tablet using old dolphin version ex. 4.0 Mullin version 0.13?

Yes... because the Shield Tablet can NOT run Dolphin AT ALL as you are NOT able to install it... Any older version that is still 32bit will absolutely suck on both devices since those versions are just not fast enough, so you might get like 1 or 2 FPS at maximum.

Also any version older than 5.0 Stable will get NO support on the forums, and if you are using 5.0 Stable the first advice you will receive when asking questions is: Install the latest development version and try again.
Also the version you are stating is not a version that I have ever heard of, so it sounds like it is a fork of the "real" dolphin and thus you would need to ask in their forums or e-mail the developer of that version directly.

muniek34 · 03-10-2018, 12:28 AM #7

(03-09-2018, 06:18 AM)Grey1213 Wrote: They're both bad and neither is worth getting for Dolphin. The older versions of Dolphin are worse.

Also the main benefit of the Shield Tablet is desktop OpenGL, but I don't think the Nexus 9 has that. Either way the best android devices for Dolphin have flagship Snapdragon SoCs or the Nvidia shield TV X1, android tablets are basically useless for Dolphin.

I found Xperia Z4 tablet it has Snapdragon 810 and Adreno 430. In specs it has 64-bit CPU but i don't know if it will run Dolphin Emulator? If it would meet the minimum requirements, it would be interesting what performance would have.

LG Fanatic · (This post was last modified: 03-11-2018, 12:16 PM by LG Fanatic.)

(03-10-2018, 12:28 AM)muniek34 Wrote: I found Xperia Z4 tablet it has Snapdragon 810 and Adreno 430. In specs it has 64-bit CPU but i don't know if it will run Dolphin Emulator? If it would meet the minimum requirements, it would be interesting what performance would have.

It will run the newest dolphin builds as the android os is 64-bit. Whether it run games well or not is a whole different story. The 810 was notorious for its overheating issues and its aggressive cpu throttling to compensate for it. You'll probably see pretty decent performance in lighter games. Since the android tablet market is kinda dead, there's not many good options. If you want a good tablet for dolphin then, I suggest going with a windows tablet. Something like a Surface Pro would be great.

**DJBarry004** · 03-10-2018, 02:24 AM #9

(03-10-2018, 12:28 AM)muniek34 Wrote: I found Xperia Z4 tablet it has Snapdragon 810 and Adreno 430. In specs it has 64-bit CPU but i don't know if it will run Dolphin Emulator? If it would meet the minimum requirements, it would be interesting what performance would have.

64-bit CPUs are not enough when talking about Android devices. 64-bit Android is also required if you ever want to try the latest builds of Dolphin.

Nintonito · 03-10-2018, 02:58 AM **#10**

(03-10-2018, 02:24 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: 64-bit CPUs are not enough when talking about Android devices. 64-bit Android is also required if you ever want to try the latest builds of Dolphin.

It has 64bit android but the throttling on that one is bad. Very bad.