As the title suggests, from the specs the device is given. This should be possible. Since the tablet is just now coming out, there are few forums for it. Even the Nvidia forums don't have a section for it, let alone XDA's forum. Which is why this is under modding.
The Nvidia Shield Tablet meets the Windows 8.1 requirements and uses intel chipsets. It's not a matter of if as much as when. Which is my request to the devs. Make the tablet either dual boot windows 8.1 and android or a full install of windows 8.1
Best of luck to you all.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSWe6Ane5A
At 2:39, you get the kernal build number that comes in the stock tablet. I know very little about kernals so I leave that to your discretion.
If anyone has any comments or relevant information to help developers with pushing a windows build into the tablet please feel free speak.
Are there any forums on xda for the Shield Tablet? Its running android, and its most likely rootable.
Sincereless said:
[Update]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSWe6Ane5A
At 2:39, you get the kernal build number that comes in the stock tablet. I know very little about kernals so I leave that to your discretion.
If anyone has any comments or relevant information to help developers with pushing a windows build into the tablet please feel free speak.
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Anybody try to root this with towelroot?
joshuabg said:
Anybody try to root this with towelroot?
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Yes i just got mine and rooted it with towelroot. works great, got xposed framwork up and running.
Wait wait wait. The Shield Tablet has Intel chipsets? So I can run Desktop mode and say install Steam and play lower end games if this became feasible? I'm almost positive already that Nvidia said that the Tegra K1 has DirectX capabilities, I would LOVE to play games like Halo PC and other lower end titles on this tablet! Especially if someone made drivers that recognized the Shield Controller as an XInput device!
Which is why I started this thread. To see what the devs have to say about this. If there is any chance XDA devs can do this, it will almost certainly change the scope of gaming at home and on the go.
On a side note, there are already videos of the tegra K1 running the dolphin emulator. While previous K1 devices could only run games to a certain extent, over at the Dolphin forums the devs there are already discussing full speed emulation with almost all Gamecube games and some Wii games. For Dolphin it comes down to CPU strength since both consoles only run on 1 core. While the tablet is quad core, the software can't connect to the other 2 cores due to information process paths which leaves 1 core(They managed 2 cores as an option, not sure how) The Dolphin emu needs to atleast 2 times that to run gamecube(485mhz) games and 4 times for the Wii(800 mhz). The Nvidia Tablet is a 2ghz. Which just isn't strong enough to run wii games. So getting Windows ported over is important for overclocking the cpu efficiently to a level Wii games can handle, and pc games a bonus.
Nope, nope, nope.
Hey, guys. I just randomly ran across this thread, and I wanted to let you know that the reason why nobody has ported Windows 8 to the nVidia shield tablet is that it uses an ARM processor. Yes, this processor is made by Intel, but it is an Intel MOBILE processor, not a full x86 architecture processor.
So, although it may take some reading for you to understand the basic incompatibilities here, I will tell you that running Windows 8 on this thing is not possible in any universe. The only Windows OS which will run on an ARM processor is Windows RT. But everyone hates Windows RT, and not a single Windows RT device has been made since 2013.
However, on a happier note, Android 5.0 Lollipop does add support for x86 and 64bit processors. So, a future in which we have dual booting Windows 8 / Android tablets is not unfeasible.
I did some more checking and I'm wondering if most Android apps are compatible with both Intel Atom and Arm processors. My concern is giving an Atom-based tablet to a relative and having her favorite games and apps not run on an x86 architecture.
Here's the tablet: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231269
Any information would be appreciated.
Thank you.
PS: Love XDA for the great help and knowledge I have gained over the years
audit13 said:
I did some more checking and I'm wondering if most Android apps are compatible with both Intel Atom and Arm processors. My concern is giving an Atom-based tablet to a relative and having her favorite games and apps not run on an x86 architecture.
Here's the tablet: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231269
Any information would be appreciated.
Thank you.
PS: Love XDA for the great help and knowledge I have gained over the years
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When compared to ARM , x86 has less number of Apps support . But now a days with increase in Intel products its gaining more support . I had seen fifa and some other games had no support for x86 in past . I would suggest ARM instead of x86 if I had to ...
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I purchased the tablet from Staples for $170 CAD, new and sealed in a box. I was interested in a 10" tablet with an HD screen. I see that most 10" tablets have a 1200x800 screen while the Asus has a 1980 x 1200 screen. Any tablets I could find with a HD screen were over $300 CAD.
I will try out the tablet and, if it doesn't support the apps my relative needs, I can return if for a refund.
I'm wondering if this would be possible since they're both running K1 chips (albeit Quad/Dual core).
I imagine Limelight works though: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight&hl=en
Hey everyone! Just wondering if any one has successfully gotten half life 2 or portal to work on their nexus 9. I think it should work using gltools but everytime I try it always crashes. Shouldnt it work with the tegra k1 processor?
I tried Portal but it crashes after the Valve logo.
The N9 has a different CPU architecture (ARM64) that the NVidia SHIELD which is 32bit.
K1 Trine 2 crashes also. Oh well.
So I'm looking really hard a Nvidia Shield K1 tablet.
Problem is I can't find one in stock anywhere, like anywhere.
How comparable is an Asus Zenpad S, with the Intel Atom Z3580 processor and 4G of RAM? ( 64G storage/$259 on amazon)
I think the Shield is what I want but if the Zenpad is a pretty close comparable I might be persuaded that way.
Is there any tablet that compares well to the Nvidia in that price range of $200 ?
thanks