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There's no doubt the Shield Portable is better as has been said. if the XD was priced at $99, then I can see it being worth it. I'm hoping that maybe someone who's also in the same position I was in before making the decision to buy can have a bit more input from others who own both. for the longest time I wondered how real world performance would be between the two before I made the purchase, but all the info out there were limited. I mainly wanted to voice my opinion and experience because there really aren't that many comparisons out there between the two. no replacement could fix those.Īnd please don't get me wrong.
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the uncomfortable ergonomics was also another big deal for me. also the buttons are really tiny, that they do also lessen the enjoyment. little things like that add up to the user experience. I found a workaround, but you'd have to press a combination of buttons instead of one. for example, I managed to set it up for retroarch, but once you press the back button (which should bring up the menu), it recognizes it as another different input, so it would stop working. I'm not sure if it's because GPD underclocks this thing heavily? also the gamepad mapper conflicted with emulator inputs often also, since I believe that's because it's not as supported or recognized as Nvidia's. Well since I planned to use it mostly as an emulator machine (and I believe emulators rely more on cpu than gpu), I was hoping the newer cpu would perform better, since I've read that it should be around 15% better than the tegra 4, but in reality, it wasn't. if anyone from the NYC area also wants to buy this from me, let me know asap, and i'll let it go for less than face value.
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does anyone know if the return process back to Willgoo is painless? i really hope it is, as i've had enough frustration for the week.
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I really tried to like this thing, as i was so excited for it, but that excitement quickly turned into frustration. so to me - i'm not really seeing any reason to hold onto the XD if it can't even beat a 2yr old device that has a much better build quality. i found most games ran the same as they did on the Nvidia with only one game, Chrono Cross, using retroarch/PCSXR, being slightly better with lesser sound stutters. this is why i'm mainly disappointed with the XD - i would've tried to ignore/forget the issues i've already experienced with the XD if it had performed better than the Nvidia SP. Nvidia's gamepad mapper auto configures most emulators and games without issues as well without further tinkering like i had to do with GPD's mapper. never had wifi problems with the same network i had used with the XD also. this thing is also still running smoothly after 2 years of almost daily use with the big battery still providing about 8 hrs use. Some people make fun of the Nvidia Shield Portable's bulkiness, but the form factor is much more comfortable with big satisfying to press buttons that are nicely positioned, and bigger fuller sounding speakers that are the best i've heard in any handheld. it's not all the time, but it's happened a bunch of times already, and that is unacceptable for a new device on day 1. but the icing on the cake was the looooooong boot up times. sometimes files i've already deleted would show up again when i plug into my computer. files would disappear on me when plugging the XD into my computer, then randomly reappear out of nowhere. and worst of all, the internal storage seems to fail from time to time. the gamepad mapper isn't that good either with retroarch, but i'll blame this on the app (though my Nvidia Shield Portable's mapper auto configs retroarch like a champ). uncomfortable ergonomics due to the tiny buttons and placement of the R2 L2, R3 元 on some games much smaller than expected face buttons that have no satisfying feel to the press (same with the tiny mushy directionals - seriously, it's not fun playing fighting games with that tiny thing) terrible wifi (seriously had to wait 5-10 mins a few times just for the Google Play store and some websites to load) (while the above 3 issues are not really that big of a deal, with everyone hyping up the improved quality - i still find it to be just a bit better than JXD quality) - so yea. slight light bleed on the top left corner my 32gb came with a slightly loose left trigger button that gives a bit of rattle when moving the device. this thing has been a headache right from the start:
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Pretty disappointed with the XD after a full day and a half's use. Just my honest opinions after using the XD and also owning the Nvidia Shield Portable.