Nvidia shows what is coming for mobile

[SAWYER]

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/nvidia-shows-off-stunning-graphics-with-kepler-mobile-chip/

 

[Red Storm]

What's the use when 99% of mobile games are time wasters no different than flash games on the PC?

 

[ChronoReverse]

Having it is nice if there's no penalty in power.

But this is Nvidia we're talking about here. I'll believe it when it's in a phone I can walk out the door and buy. Even the lowly Tegras that have been released so far had a lot of "we've announced it today!" where you end up only able to buy it (unless you're lucky) a few months later.

 

[lothar]

*yawn*
Wake me up when they ship it in a phone.

I swear, all this hype is making Jen-Hsun Huang look like the Kim Jong Un of nVidia.
All show for nothing...

 

[JAG87]

Great, now we can play BF3 on a phone and have 45 minutes of battery life!

 

[wirednuts]

can it play flash videos?

 

[swanysto]

What's the use when 99% of mobile games are time wasters no different than flash games on the PC?

Agreed.

Also, they haven't even made a laptop chip that doesn't drain battery. How are they going to get this thing to be efficient in a cell phone?

 

[Mopetar]

What's the use when 99% of mobile games are time wasters no different than flash games on the PC?

I think that as time goes on, there are going to be more games for mobile phones and tablets that are the the same level of quality (and hardware requirements) as those found in the gaming handhelds made by Sony and Nintendo.

We're slowly headed in that direction, and it's probably smart for NV to start building products that can handle those needs. Hell, even if we don't make it there for another 10 years, NV could sell the chips to Sony or Nintendo to use in their next handhelds.

 

[Red Storm]

I think that as time goes on, there are going to be more games for mobile phones and tablets that are the the same level of quality (and hardware requirements) as those found in the gaming handhelds made by Sony and Nintendo.

We're slowly headed in that direction, and it's probably smart for NV to start building products that can handle those needs. Hell, even if we don't make it there for another 10 years, NV could sell the chips to Sony or Nintendo to use in their next handhelds.

But again, the problem isn't the graphics, it's the game play.

 

[poofyhairguy]

What's the use when 99% of mobile games are time wasters no different than flash games on the PC?

I have played some serious-ish TegraZone games via a Dual Shock. Also I would love more power for emulators.

 

[Nintendesert]

But again, the problem isn't the graphics, it's the game play.

You mean tap tap tap tap swipe tap tap swipe... wait a day, isn't good gameplay?

 

[wirednuts]

Agreed.

Also, they haven't even made a laptop chip that doesn't drain battery. How are they going to get this thing to be efficient in a cell phone?

I wouldn't worry about this sort of thing. processors get leaner every year, and batteries stay the same. batteries haven't changed much in, well ever. even lithiums are decades old, its just the ic chips to protect them have become small and cheap enough to make lithiums feasible in the market.

where we can make HUGE gains is in the batteries. within just a few years we should be seeing battery capacity at least double if not triple... so that 2hr gaming time will turn into 6 and you wont even have to buy a new laptop.

 

[Midwayman]

Graphics aren't the issue. Its that a touch screen and tilt are terrible control mechanisms for anything approaching a serious games.

 

[wirednuts]

Graphics aren't the issue. Its that a touch screen and tilt are terrible control mechanisms for anything approaching a serious games.

im surprised google hasn't released a wifi gamepad. that would sell like hotcakes I would imagine..

 

[ChronoReverse]

AFAIK, the other gamegrippers and similar gamepads for phones have not sold quite like hotcakes.

 

[Bateluer]

I must say, I really don't care. In late 2014, or early 2015, then Kepler Mobile actually ships, I won't care in the slightest about a mediocre EA game from 2012.

Edit - Now, say they're going to stick it in an Ouya device, and you'll have my attention.