Nvidia doesn't just make graphic chipsets anymore; it also creates its own devices now.
In a report by GSM Arena, Nvidia recently flexed its muscle with regards to graphics capability in its Tegra X1 SoC chipset with the Nvidia Shield Tablet X1.
Essentially, the Shield Tablet X1 is the same as the original Shield Tablet with regards to general hardware specs, but it ditches the stylus feature and the $100 pricing.
Specifically, the upcoming tablet by Nvidia will have 32 GB of internal storage, 3GB of RAM, 1.9 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A57 CPU.
Ubergizmo stated that with regards to the software, the Nvidia Shield Tablet X1 will run in the Android 6.0 Marshmallow but the details of its custom implementation are yet to be announced.
According to Phone Arena, the first Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 may offer great value for consumer's cash, but it's not exactly the tablet Nvidia fans have been waiting for.
But with the upcoming device from the company, equipped with the latest graphics chipset, the Shield X1 performed well according to a recent GFX Benchmark result.
In the listing, it is stated that the new device will have an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1920 by 1200 pixels.
However, there are still confusing details about it such as the cameras being listed as "not supported." Moreover, the Tegra X1 is listed as solely relying on the 1.9GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A57 CPU, while the standard version of the chip also integrated an additional four ARM Cortex-A53 cores.
The graphics company announced the new Tegra X1 SoC this January at the CES 2015, claiming that it brings substantial improvements like twice the GPU performance compared to the Tegra K1.
And given that the Tegra K1 that powered the first Shield Tablet and the Xiaomi Mi Pad were already giving amazing performances, the announcement regarding the capabilities of the X1 made mobile gamers excited.
Unfortunately right now, the company limited the availability of its chip to the Shield Android TV console for the latter part of 2015. Back in October, the Google Pixel C became the first Tegra X1 powered tablet ever unveiled, but Google's laptop/tablet hybrid his not yet available.
As for the leaked GFXBench performance, the result shows how the Nvidia Shield Tablet X1 prototype functions in different 3D graphics tests. Simply put, the results are nothing short of outstanding and, compared to the original Shield Tablet, the Tegra X1 variant really does give twice the performance, thereby supporting the company's claim.
The Nvidia Shield Tablet X1 is slated for an early 2016 release.
