haleksander Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) I just now learned that nvidia shield apparently works pretty good for an emulation-box!. I do have bigbox on my desktop PC in my gaming room, but apparently i play retro games elsewhere rather than in my gaming den where Steam games get prioritized. since Nvidia shield seems portable enough so that i can bring it along when visiting friends, and with hopes of getting Bigbox on it eventually, it seems like an obvious purchase. BUT, after researching online, i've come a cross several rumours for the next nvidia shield model which might not be too far away. I will mainly be using this shield for retrogaming (gamecube, being the highest tier) and streaming games off my PC. Should i wait? Will the recent model get a price deduction? Will the nbext device do emulation and game streaming even better? Some rumours mention Google Stadia, but since i do have capable gaming PC's at my house, it isn't that interesting Sorry for writing an unnecessary long post just to ask that one simple question. Edited October 11, 2019 by haleksander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I don't really feel equipped to answer that question, but things do run well on the current Shield. Sadly I haven't tested a whole lot of game performance, so I don't really have an answer for you there. But the new Shield is pretty much guaranteed to be faster, so I'm sure things will be better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Most rumors i have seen have points to it being a USB Dongle type device with Stadia as the main seller. if true it probaby wont be better for emulation Edited October 13, 2019 by ALIE 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haleksander Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 You're right. I too have read that. I went and bought it. 50 days to decide whether to keep it or return it to store. Now begins testing with Launchbox (which will decide its faith) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cleverest Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Any answers on this yet? Anyone using LaunchBox with Nvidia Shield from an external hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, cleverest said: Any answers on this yet? Anyone using LaunchBox with Nvidia Shield from an external hard drive? We do most of our testing this way, so I can confirm that it works great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Jason Carr said: We do most of our testing this way, so I can confirm that it works great. I appreciate the confirmation! Up to what platform? Does it handle PS2/ Gamecube? Ps3? Wii-U? all arcade stuff like Killer Instinct, etc.? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 minute ago, cleverest said: I appreciate the confirmation! Up to what platform? Does it handle PS2/ Gamecube? Ps3? Wii-U? all arcade stuff like Killer Instinct, etc.? Thanks. Check out ETA Prime's channel on YouTube; I'm guessing he'll address all that stuff if he hasn't already. I haven't done significant performance testing with the later platforms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronvonhaggis Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) Edited November 19, 2019 by baronvonhaggis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCalls Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 9:20 PM, cleverest said: I appreciate the confirmation! Up to what platform? Does it handle PS2/ Gamecube? Ps3? Wii-U? all arcade stuff like Killer Instinct, etc.? Thanks. Yea ETA Prime goes into great detail showing what platforms/games work on the STV so that's a good resource. PS1, Gamecube, Saturn, PSP, Dreamcast and even Wii run very well on the STV. Wii of course has that funky controller so getting a regular controller to work with your games can be fun. PS2, PS3 not there yet..not sure if that's a hardware or (more likely) an emulator issue at this point. Not familiar with Wii-U so can't comment on that. The new (2019) STV is just a speed bump. Google discussed a new "hero" device coming out in 2020, my guess is STV is involved in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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