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Tegra 3 - Your thoughts?
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jhawkkw
Chinchillin'
I would have no problem buying one as long as it's at least on par or better than the competition. The Tegra chips are really meant for gaming devices because of their gpu power rather than general processing and multitasking that the Snapdragon chips have been used for. So as a result, I don't think I would want a Tegra in a phone, but in a 10inch tablet would be fine.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
ARM is one of the few remaining places in computing where there's an actual level playing field and plenty of active competitors. I call that a Good Thing.
Joelgp83
Android Enthusiast
While I will admit my Transformer Infinity is Tegra 3 powered, my personal opinion is that NVidia is absolutely a horrible company and their products are mainly powered by hype.
As for why I think the company itself is horrible, well....lets just say the majority of my rigs growing up were 3dfx powered.
Anyway, from what I've heard, the famous "Tegra 3" power is mainly hype, its (perceived?) performance gains mainly the result of projection from their success in the PC 3d accelerator industry. Their competitors, the PowerVR and Adreno GPUs, have apparently been able to consistently go toe-to-toe with Tegra performance-wise, and even surpass it in some cases.
If this were not the case, we would be seeing a repeat of the PC industry, where we have an NVidia GPU getting 10x the speed of any other GPU from the get-go, with the exception of ATi, and everyone else consistently being 3-10 years behind in performance or features.
As for why I think the company itself is horrible, well....lets just say the majority of my rigs growing up were 3dfx powered.
Anyway, from what I've heard, the famous "Tegra 3" power is mainly hype, its (perceived?) performance gains mainly the result of projection from their success in the PC 3d accelerator industry. Their competitors, the PowerVR and Adreno GPUs, have apparently been able to consistently go toe-to-toe with Tegra performance-wise, and even surpass it in some cases.
If this were not the case, we would be seeing a repeat of the PC industry, where we have an NVidia GPU getting 10x the speed of any other GPU from the get-go, with the exception of ATi, and everyone else consistently being 3-10 years behind in performance or features.
breadnatty08
pain rustique
FWIW, which probably isn't much, my ARM based Chrome book smokes my TF Prime in browser load times.
Not much of a gamer though so can't speak about that.
Not much of a gamer though so can't speak about that.
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
If Nvidia can fix the poor I/O performance that the 3-series had, I wouldn't have an issue with getting another Tegra tablet. As of right now, I couldn't be more happy with my E5 Duo 