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Shadowgun gets optimized for the quad-core Tegra 3, shows off amazing graphics

Shadowgun gets optimized for the quad-core Tegra 3, shows off amazing graphics

Posted: 09 Dec 2011, 08:22, by Victor H.

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Shadowgun gets optimized for the quad-core Tegra 3, shows off amazing graphics

Shadowgun is one of the most immersive graphical visual experiences on a tablet and even though the action in the game happens in 2350, you’ll be able to enjoy the jaw-dropping graphics pretty soon. The game has been enhanced for the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip and if you’re not yet convinced that it’s the right hardware for you, why don’t you just quickly skip to the trailer below.

The rest of you might want to know a little more about the quad-core chip itselft. The Tegra 3 is built using 40nm manufacturing technology and has four cores not counting the additional fifth “companion core” which takes care of the not so intensive tasks and allows for better power consumption.

“The Tegra 3-optimized version of Shadowgun features console-quality water, enhanced rag-doll physics, particle effects, enhanced shaders and dynamic textures,” NVIDIA explains.

But is more cores necessarily better? What is the good and is there a drawback to having a quad-core chip? We’ve answered those questions in our deep look at the NVIDIA Tegra 3. Put shortly, gaming is one of the areas which will get the greatest boost from the new chip, along with browsing, while other more common functions like just navigating into a handset’s menu probably won’t look that drastically changed.

The Shadowgun video showcases the graphical powers of the Tegra 3 brilliantly. The game is available now on the Android Market for $4.99, but before you go on and download it check out this trailer first.

source: NVIDIA blog via AndroidAndMe

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1. remixfa posted on 09 Dec 2011, 09:25 6 0

there is pretty much no downside to quadcores and almost all upsides. everyone run out n get one!! yaaay!! :) :) :)

2. kshell1 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 09:46 0 0

i have no money :O i sad

10. remixfa posted on 09 Dec 2011, 15:51 0 0

niether do i. I was hoping that iKing was going to come through on that high end cell phone he promised me for christmas. :)

3. bloodline posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:01 4 1

this is why android is better, the best specs the best os and now the best gaming and apps

Android is the future.

Android rise, iphone falls

4. kshell1 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:05 4 0

amen to that! the current king is the sgs2, in a few months the new king will rise in the sgs3 :D

5. Raizen posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:21 3 1

Actually Galaxy Note is the new king

6. kshell1 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:31 1 0

gigantic sgs2 with a better screen and faster processor :D thank you for correcting me raizen

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8. clevername posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:59 2 1

I'm probably gonna be bombed with red thumbs for this but one extremely awesome gears of war clone doesn't make Android king of mobile games. True this is better than anything I've seen on iPhone gameplay wise (if you're a core gamer) but infinity blade 2 still looks a little better and iPhone still outnumbers Android on good games. But this is a step in the right direction.

And before I get slammed as an sheep, I posted this from my brand new galaxy S II, which I LOVE!! I'm just disappointed chrono trigger is ios only right now :-(

9. rwrife posted on 09 Dec 2011, 11:53 0 0

Looks just like Shadowgun on my iPhone.

11. thebikerboi2 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 22:16 0 0

seriosly, dude, galaxy on fire 2 HD, infinity blade 1 and 2, modern combat 3, GPA, EPOCH......... all are HD consol game graphics optimised for the A5 chip which even after TEN MONTHS has a more powerfull gpu than that found in the tegra 3. oh and whilst im at it, ios also has shadowgun, and i run it at the same graphical quality on my iphone 4.

12. atomasx1 posted on 17 Mar 2012, 15:29 0 0

and then 'the new ipad' camed out. somehow future android is gone.

7. JDCohen722 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:51 2 0

:O Thats amazing! But Bladeslinger on Tegra 3 and Lost Planet 2 on Tegra 3 still look a lot better!!

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3. bloodline posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:01 4 1

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5. Raizen posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:21 3 1

6. kshell1 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:31 1 0

8. clevername posted on 09 Dec 2011, 10:59 2 1

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