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Nvidia shield Tablet - how to show off it's graphics capabilities?

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11 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

wait for the update. 

Looks like it is already updated: https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-android

 

I downloaded their Vulkan showcase app (the one with a bunch of fish)

And it works! Compared to OpenGL it runs a lot smoother.

So I bought an Nvidia shield Tablet. I downloaded games like Badland 1 and 2, Dead Effect, Asphalt 8, but I saw that games like Trine and Half-Life 2 look a LOT better! However... they are paid.

 

I am asking you guys, how would you show off the potential of the capabilities of the beastly GPU that lies inside of that great tablet? What games would you recommend? 

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45 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

look at vainglory with vulcan support. 

My god that game looks AWESOME!

The Menu looks like it was rendered on a potato, but the actual game looks damn good!

 

Vainglory with Vulcan support, how do I know it runs on Vulkan or not?

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1 minute ago, Laggger164 said:

My god that game looks AWESOME!

The Menu looks like it was rendered on a potato, but the actual game looks damn good!

 

Vainglory with Vulcan support, how do I know it runs on Vulkan or not?

 

i got this game to test the capability of my 6p.

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17 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i got this game to test the capability of my 6p.

Hey, I've just noticed... I am not running Vainglory Vulkan Beta. I found it through the browser and it says it's not compatible with my device.

 

What do I need to run Vulkan then? Android 7?

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OK, so I saw that I should be able to run Vulkan games, Vainglory vulkan beta is not supported yet on the Shield tablet.

 

I downloaded Olympus rising, but it doesn't look very good. Maybe even no Vulkan.

 

So... Any other games that run Vulkan?

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4 hours ago, Laggger164 said:

OK, so I saw that I should be able to run Vulkan games, Vainglory vulkan beta is not supported yet on the Shield tablet.

 

I downloaded Olympus rising, but it doesn't look very good. Maybe even no Vulkan.

 

So... Any other games that run Vulkan?

 

yes you need android 7.0 

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1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

fyi 

 

Well, guess I gotta wait until 7 comes out for the shield.

 

Are there any other games that support it? I installed HIT but I don't know if it is running Vulkan.

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1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

fyi 

 

Also uh... I don't really see a difference in graphics... Is it supposed to show the lower power usage or something like that?

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8 minutes ago, Laggger164 said:

Also uh... I don't really see a difference in graphics... Is it supposed to show the lower power usage or something like that?

bad eyesight then, its stable 60fps and better gfx. 

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25 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

bad eyesight then, its stable 60fps and better gfx. 

Well, can you highlight some points that are better in Vulkan?

I didn't see a difference in FPS or anything really... Maybe video compression?

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1 minute ago, Laggger164 said:

Well, can you highlight some points that are better in Vulkan?

I didn't see a difference in FPS or anything really... Maybe video compression?

 

most likely side by side its noticeable 

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

most likely side by side its noticeable 

The video is 30FPS tho...

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i am talking about real life 

Well how do I know? Is there a setting for it in the game?

 

I found this video, it shows it off nicely: 

 

 

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32 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i am talking about real life 

Sooo... is there any way of me knowing if games run Vulkan or not?

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3 minutes ago, Laggger164 said:

Sooo... is there any way of me knowing if games run Vulkan or not?

look at official dev support 

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

look at official dev support 

Uhm, I mean if it is possible to see whether I am running on Vulkan on my device right now or not.

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1 minute ago, Laggger164 said:

Uhm, I mean if it is possible to see whether I am running on Vulkan on my device right now or not.

if you are not on 7.0 you don't have vulcan support. 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

if you are not on 7.0 you don't have vulcan support. 

Well I know that the Nvidia Shield has Vulkan support right now on Anroid Marshmallow from the software version 1.3

And I have the 1.5 software version...

 

I found that the VainGlory game has Vulkan support only on Android Nougat.

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1 minute ago, Laggger164 said:

Well I know that the Nvidia Shield has Vulkan support right now on Anroid Marshmallow from the software version 1.3

And I have the 1.5 software version...

 

I found that the VainGlory game has Vulkan support only on Android Nougat.

 

yup android officially supports vulcan in android 7.0, unless Nvidia is going to push there stuff your not getting support. 

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13 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

yup android officially supports vulcan in android 7.0, unless Nvidia is going to push there stuff your not getting support. 

Weird... I am pretty sure Vulkan is supported on Nvidia Shield Tablet already.

 

Nvidia has confirmed they are working on updating the Tablet to android Nougat tho!

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22 minutes ago, Laggger164 said:

Weird... I am pretty sure Vulkan is supported on Nvidia Shield Tablet already.

 

Nvidia has confirmed they are working on updating the Tablet to android Nougat tho!

 

wait for the update. 

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