nVidia shield

[GeTecknics]

I am getting a shield for christmas and i want to know what i need to make sure its works good. 

i have a 650ti boost in my lan rig that im going to shoehorn in between my 560tis and somehow find a way to keep my wireless card in there as well so i have game stream set for now. Also do you think is will deliver a playable frame rate on game stream. the only thing im really worried about is my router. i have a cheap router that doesnt have dual band its the e1200. i know i can do wired game stream, i found a 100ft ethernet cord at walmart, but do i need to upgrade it. i ran the ghetto shield (yes i made one) and it worked with little input lag. i do plan on getting wireless ac soon when i upgrade my rig when 800 series hits but might do i sooner if wireless ac routers drop a little in price.

so any suggestions if you think i need to upgrade anything.

 

[ShadyHost]

Open up the geforce experience app on your desktop and it will tell you what you need. 

 

as long as you meet those requirements it should work just fine. 

[Matsy]

Lol woops misread!

[GeTecknics]

i thought it was just a 650ti or higher and 660 was just for console mode 

[Matsy]

i thought it was just a 650ti or higher and 660 was just for console mode 

 

Yeh misread ;p its late....

[LogicDeifying]

Lol woops misread!

LOL!I was going to correct you before you edited!

[Matsy]

LOL!I was going to correct you before you edited!

 

[LogicDeifying]

[CAKEwasTRUE]

 

 

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[bob345]

just make sure you have a dual band router and you should be fine

[silencerbob]

The only other option is buying a micro USB to Ethernet adaptor and hooking it up with an Ethernet cable to the shield and your router if it can do WiFi to the shield.

[Barnacules]

I've never had good luck with the nVidia Sheild streaming feature. It's the main reason I have not done a video of it yet on Barnacules Nerdgasm since I'm hopeful they might improve the compression at some point and make it work a little better without a flawless signal. I basically have to sit 2 feet from the router to get a good experience.

[LinusTech]

Barnacules, what router are you using? I had an EA4200 (by all accounts a pretty solid dual band router) and it was absolutely GARBAGE for Shield streaming. Similar to your experience. I moved to an N66U and now it's AWESOME.

 

As for the graphics card requirements, the cool thing about it is that you're only running the game at 720p so it's not very demanding for the most part.

[TheProfosist]

I recommend the asus ac66 and ac68 ive not used them with shield but theyve handled everything else ive thrown at the amazingly well.

[GeTecknics]

Barnacules, what router are you using? I had an EA4200 (by all accounts a pretty solid dual band router) and it was absolutely GARBAGE for Shield streaming. Similar to your experience. I moved to an N66U and now it's AWESOME.

 

As for the graphics card requirements, the cool thing about it is that you're only running the game at 720p so it's not very demanding for the most part.

looking into the n66u since its on sale and since you say its good i might just have to get it. and omg im trying not to fanboy too much here, but YEAH your awesome Linus 

[TheProfosist]

looking into the n66u since its on sale and since you say its good i might just have to get it. and omg im trying not to fanboy too much here, but YEAH your awesome Linus

if you have or plan to have any ac devices you may want to look into the ac66 or ac68

[GeTecknics]

if you have or plan to have any ac devices you may want to look into the ac66 or ac68

will do i do have an htc one and might might get and ac wireless reciever for my pc since i need to remove my wireless card to make room for the 650ti boost to go in there

[TheProfosist]

will do i do have an htc one and might might get and ac wireless reciever for my pc since i need to remove my wireless card to make room for the 650ti boost to go in there

asus also has the best ac desktop adapter http://goo.gl/QUuMie