Should I pour some love onto those dodgy Chinese Android handhelds [JXD]

[Neon Ignition]

Been using my 7800b for a few days now and I'm enjoying it. Emulators seem a bit hit and miss but once fine tuned they run well. I've spent most time on the N64 emulator and playing Mario 64 on work lunch is nice, the PSP emulator needs tinkering but I think I've figured how to get the framerates fixed when I get time. The Snes emu I have is sketchy but I likely just need to replace it. Dreamcast emu works but it's definitely the upper limit of the handheld and a format likely best left to running on PC. Video playback is good too so all in all as long as the build quality holds up there's plenty to be catching up with on it.

[Anpanman]

Thanks for the insight, will probably give the GPD XD a miss. Don't want any faffing around with settings so will probably hang on (even a few years) until I can get something bang on.

Ta.

[replicashooter]

May not have to wait that long as I just spotted this news:

http://m.pocketnow.com/2015/11/26/nvidia-shield-tablet-x1-benchmark

If the early 2016 date and that power stays where it should then this tablet should be able to emulate an og Xbox with ease as well as ps2. The benchmarks put it far in excess of anything on the market at the minute so let's se what happens.

[Anpanman]

Crikey, that's incredible, hand held Jet Set Radio might not be too far off!

Thanks.

[replicashooter]

It really does sound amazing. I started this thread around a year ago hoping for some on the go dreamcast japes and it appears that Nvidia are coming through.

I'm finicky with my emulation and like it to play perfect with no skips or glitches. The sheer power this has should be able to do something interesting.

[Colin]

No physical controls means GTFO as far as I'm concerned.

[replicashooter]

I'm more than happy with the fact that I can connect a dual shock or Xbox 360 pad up to it. That way it's at least got a decent controller (which is one area where these Chinese emulation stations often stumble) and you get a good sized screen.

Ideally it would be nice to have it all in one package for a truly portable experience but at the minute I'd be happy with this.

[Colin]

I don't really get that to be honest, why not just use a PC/laptop then? It's not like you're going to sit on the bus syncing a pad to a tablet to play a SFC game, are you? Or maybe you are!

[replicashooter]

Maybe I am... Maybe I am.

Or it could be that my laptop doesn't have enough grunt to emulate these things properly and I'm running a Mac so emulators are thin on the ground anyway. I know I could boot camp but I'm glad to be away from Windows.

[Anpanman]

Didn't realise at first glance it lacked physical buttons so for me I'd also leave it alone - but it certainly packs a punch and bodes well for another company to bring out something in the future with similar specs.

[replicashooter]

It makes sense they would use the same chipset in the portable version when that gets a refresh but for me the format does the job.

[QualityChimp]

Maybe they'll update the physical one too:

[replicashooter]

Hopefully. In the interim I found a great compatability chart here:

http://www.freeemulator.com/nvidia-shield-android-tv-emulator-compatibility-list-and-requests/

One of the things. I liked so much about the original Xbox was how well it emulated everything up to n64. Looks like this is what will do it up to wii.

[Neon Ignition]

If something like the 7800b came out with the power to pretty much run all emu's at the price the JXD cost now, I might upgrade then. Possibly a couple more years but we're likely to reach that glass ceiling finally

[QualityChimp]

This looks pretty cool: