I'm planning on getting an NSTV, but I want to know if it's worth it. Does it handle Dolphin well? Are there better devices besides PC? Which games can it run? Should I wait longer?
Is the Nvidia Shield TV worth getting for Dolphin?
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12-25-2017, 03:00 AM
It's the best Android device you can buy for Dolphin, GPU bugs and CPU speed considered. However it's still not a very great buy considering the android version of Dolphin is unmaintained and the CPU isn't really fast enough to play a lot of games at full speed.
12-25-2017, 03:15 AM
It's only useful if you *really* want arm64 or android for some reason. Any recent intel NUC would blow it away with a similar form factor.
12-25-2017, 02:47 PM
There's probably many computers that could run Dolphin better than a Shield TV does on Android that either cost less or about the same price if you go for a desktop. (laptops are so overpriced)
Also,the OTAs have been nightmarish as of late and I would recommend that you do not get one unless they end up fixing those issues with a proper update primarily to fix everything that is currently going wrong from the last few upgrades. I can only hope that the Oreo upgrade ends up being a polished reboot update that fixes most or all of those issues,bringing it down to only minor ones caused by differences that could be fixed in due time and app incompatibility for apps that haven't been updated to fix it yet. Otherwise I will still remain on 5.0.2 as I have for many months due to the horror stories. I am still butt-hurt that I lost access to flash player use as of 5.0.2 because it triggers crashing and I have no way to fix it without heavy risks of bricking or one or several malfunctions. I feel so bad about anyone who had their SATVs bricked after taking in an upgrade and even worse for anybody who freshly bought one and already had it become soft-bricked because of the updates not downloading/installing in the initial setup process with no way of just running the device as-is or the upgrade causing it to brick right away upon managing to successfully download and install it. :'(
Shield TV Pro (stock/non-rooted OTA 6.3)
Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-59EE CPU: i5-6200U 2.3-2.8Ghz _ GPU: Nvidia GeForce 940MX 2GB (GDDR5) VRAM Hyundai 8GB DDR4 Dual-channel SDRAM _ 1000GB HDD New; CPU: Intel i9 9900KF_ GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 Super | ◕‿◕ 12-25-2017, 09:54 PM
(12-25-2017, 02:47 PM)retroben Wrote: There's probably many computers that could run Dolphin better than a Shield TV does on Android that either cost less or about the same price if you go for a desktop. (laptops are so overpriced) So, what I'm hearing is don't get one until these issues are fixed? 12-26-2017, 07:06 AM
(12-25-2017, 02:47 PM)retroben Wrote: There's probably many computers that could run Dolphin better than a Shield TV does on Android that either cost less or about the same price if you go for a desktop. (laptops are so overpriced) Idk what sub $200 USD computer you’re buying that runs dolphin at full speed, but i’m to bet a shield TV on an older OTA is probably a better experience for the price than whatever arbitrary computer build you’ve come up with. 12-26-2017, 12:13 PM
Sorry,this was assuming the choice of the Pro version and its higher price unless its also cheaper by now despite being a re-release. (non-pro was rebuilt to sell it cheaper)
The basic ShieldTV on 2017 is severely lacking on hardware bits that got removed while the Pro is identical between years aside from the different controller and also the initial firmware version which doesn't even matter when freshly booted for the first time because you are forced to update it.
Shield TV Pro (stock/non-rooted OTA 6.3)
Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-59EE CPU: i5-6200U 2.3-2.8Ghz _ GPU: Nvidia GeForce 940MX 2GB (GDDR5) VRAM Hyundai 8GB DDR4 Dual-channel SDRAM _ 1000GB HDD New; CPU: Intel i9 9900KF_ GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 Super | ◕‿◕ 01-02-2018, 12:45 AM
(12-25-2017, 02:47 PM)retroben Wrote: There's probably many computers that could run Dolphin better than a Shield TV does on Android that either cost less or about the same price if you go for a desktop. (laptops are so overpriced) |
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