Comments on: ASUS Transformer Prime vs iPad 2, side by side gaming

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:09:00 +0000

“…the single benchmark in which the iPad 2 did better graphically than this quad-core powerhouse,…”*looks at performance between two*
“There needs to be more benchmarks.”

By: a Martin

a Martin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:37:00 +0000

It beats it in what?
Please define.

It’s also funny that you think the pixel density won’t matter that much ”on a 9 or 10 inch screen”.
It will.

By: a Martin

a Martin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:18:00 +0000

Playing catch up with what?

By: Ls

Ls — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:45:00 +0000

OK ipad 3 is out. Guess what? Transformer Prime (tf201) still beats it hands donw on every respect except overall resolution which I need to remind you is not going to be that noticable on a 9 or 10 inch screen anyhoo. Oh you have a differing opinion? Hang on a sec while I PUT A MICRO SD CARD IN MY PRIME TO SAVE YOUR COMMENT. lmao Apple losers

By: Gywo

Gywo — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:42:00 +0000

Yeah it says you don’t know wtf you are talking about. Internet truth maybe? A dual core vs quad core is meaningless on the face of it. The speeds are also irrelevant if the software isn’t developed to use it. I’m just fking sick and tired of Apple paid shills coming on every single board to discredit anything that isnt Apple by spouting complete BS that is suedo science but sounds believable.

By: Themonst

Themonst — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:23:00 +0000

open your eyes asus prime better than ipad2

By: Gdman

Gdman — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:28:00 +0000

Powervr know mobile chipsets so they will always be a step ahead. The tegra3+ will be lucky to be able to compete with the sgx543mp4+ 4 core gpu.

By: Gdman

Gdman — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Too bad when the ipad 3 comes out it will cream all over the old tegra 3. Specially when a dual core can still compete with a quad core says something.

By: Jonathan Godinez

Jonathan Godinez — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000

im sorry but slashgear what video were you watching? shadow gun skips on the prime at 1:45

By: Someone Who Reads

Someone Who Reads — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:47:00 +0000

More like Apple has been playing catch up for the past two years. After the first Android 2.1 phones started releasing the iPhone 4 was outdated. Then the iPhone 4S had to play catch up to be able to make it to the level of phones like the Galaxy S II and the Droid Bionic. Now Apple needs to play catch up again as they are being left in the dust with their subpar displays and their aging processors. Apple’s tablets have been playing catch up since the Tegra 2 Android tablets released. Not to mention after reading some of your comments you clearly have no knowledge about graphics cards as you said ATI was beating Nvidia. That’s funny because it’s AMD now not ATI and ATI has been playing catch up for years just like how AMD and Apple have been trying to keep up with Intel and and all the Android device makers. Maybe it’s time for you to start playing catch up just like your precious Apple.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:34:00 +0000

Next time I’ll post a /S on it for the mentally challenged such as yourself.

-give ‘em books, send ‘em to school and they still are mentally overwhelmed….

By: Coldwash

Coldwash — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Actually I was referring more to the scheduler which is in the OS. We are moving from an OS only moderately designed to handle multithreaded scheduling, to one that is focused on it. I think you will see a huge performance difference.

By: Jon Garrett

Jon Garrett — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:59:00 +0000

why don’t you blow me or STFU., I don’t need to check benchmarks when I’m holding 2 phones in my hands running the same apps.

WTF does my hands-on of 2 phones have to do with you anyway?

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:59:00 +0000

Yes, I agree Crapple sucks. Cranberries and Apples should never be mixed. nVIDIA knows GPUs, but ATI kicks their ass good.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:57:00 +0000

4th Generation dumbass.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:54:00 +0000

I think you need to check benchmarks before you make stupid comments like this.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:52:00 +0000

?? Apple release the best and then other play catch up. Asus Transformer Prime caught up. Now in March, Apple iPad 3 will lead again. It been this was since iPhone. Where have you been? This is an obvious pattern.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:50:00 +0000

You need drivers to make the OS fast. Google does not write drivers.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:49:00 +0000

No, its smaller.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:49:00 +0000

Yes, I’l buy you iPad 2. How Much?

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:47:00 +0000

Thanks to WebOS, ICM has cool task switching (Law Suit Pending). Of course, if Apple added Mission Control to IOS then, well, I’d have to say IOS Rules once again.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:45:00 +0000

Google does not write drivers. So, ICM is not going to make any difference in what you see now.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:43:00 +0000

Yeah, years later. Wait for iPad 3 and you will eat those words.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:41:00 +0000

My favorite thing about my Android device, it that I have to pay more for the same App on the iPad. Lucky for me, I’ve hacked it and now I download everything free, thank to hackers. Long like hacking and free programs. Thanks Google for openSource Android, though I’m still waiting for HoneyComb source so I can hack my other tablet. My favorite hack so far is removing all advertising. Nothing but content!

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:34:00 +0000

Yes it is. Even the Thumb on the Right (iPad) is Blurry. Seems like this was biased to begin with.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:32:00 +0000

That’s really sad that you can only ridicule yourself. Where did you go to school? Look closely, all mobile hardware is in the same dollar ball park. It desktop and laptops that are the cheaper.

By: Dill

Dill — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:26:00 +0000

Funny how idiots compare new technology to old technology and then dis old technology fans. Wait for the comparison to A6 vs Tegra 3. Also, why not show this game on Tegra 2 and A5 fanboy. Something stuck in you throat? Don’t get me wrong, I love technology, but Windows will smoke all when Mobile 8 is released and you will be installing it on you Android tablet.

By: theapplefallsfarfromthetree

theapplefallsfarfromthetree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:55:00 +0000

You truly are a one trick pony with the single copy and pasted comment.. Really shows your intellegence.

By: Tom Brewster

Tom Brewster — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Wrong ay round, in the UK, the 32gb iPad 2 costs £480, while the 32gb Prime costs £499. Hmm.

By: Drew Nusser

Drew Nusser — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:57:00 +0000

I was pointing out that this guy was saying that the iPad 2 and the Transformer Prime played these games about the same, but if you actually compared the iPad 2′s experience with any Android with a Tegra 2, they would be much more comparable. You’ve got to either be blind or really naive to say that the games are playing the same for both devices. The load-time is close, but the Tegra 3′s version is much more graphically intensive. I guess you’re right, though, this is like comparing an older Xbox version to the newer Xbox 360 version (which is the original comparison I made).

By: Coldwash

Coldwash — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:05:00 +0000

One of the major focuses for apple is “write to hardware” in the sence they have a “platform” that doesn’t change so that devs can write specifically to their hardware and make the best use of its capabilities. That said an apple version of specific software should be optimized much more for its hardware and would be more efficient. Here that is not the case for one of two reasons, either the shaders on the tegra are much more capable of newer effects (similar to the difference between dx9 and 11 per se) or the game devs in BOTH games tested above, decided to focus on providing newer effects and much better normal mapped textures. Considering the money is usually in the IPAD version, I would err to say the IPAD 2 simply wasn’t capable of these effects as it should be more efficient than the version written for a multi platform OS. That said NVIDIA could very well have added some additional effects that their hardware is capable of and apples isn’t, and a test between non NVIDIA sanctioned games would be good to see, but I really doubt apples gpu has the mature shader model that an nvidia or ati gpu could muster. Android is the one with the disadvantage here, as we are not seeing this on ice cream sandwich, and it is not likely utilizing the hardware efficiently yet, but it still outshines the apple.

By: Cornelius Moss-Jordan

Cornelius Moss-Jordan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:53:00 +0000