Marketing material for Nvidia's Shield Tablet hits the web ahead of unveiling

There's been a lot of discussion regarding Nvidia's upcoming Shield Tablet over the past few months. And now thanks to a cornucopia of leaked slides obtained by the crew over at VideoCardz.com, we know virtually everything there is to know about Nvidia's new gaming machine.

The slides, if legit, leave little to the imagination. The Shield will carry an 8-inch IPS LCD display operating at 1,920 x 1,200 with Nvidia's Tegra K1 SoC under the hood (192 core Kepler GPU, 2.2GHz quad-core A15 CPU) alongside 2GB of RAM.

Storage capacity checks in at either 16GB or 32GB depending on model although a microSD card slot will allow for additional space. Elsewhere, we find a 5-megapixel rear camera and a matching 5-megapixel front-facing shooter, 802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2 MIMO (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS and an included stylus.

Battery life is rated at 10 hours of HD video playback from the 19.75 watt hour lithium ion pack.

Pricing starts at $299 for a 16GB with Wi-Fi model. An extra $100 will double the onboard storage to 32GB and net you LTE connectivity. Nvidia will also offer up a controller as a separate accessory priced at $59 while a cover / stand will carry an MSRP of $39.

The publication claims the tablet will be announced on July 22 and hit stores a week later on July 29 in Canada and the US. Availability for Europe is slated for August 14 with additional regions getting the Shield Tablet this fall.

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Nvidia's Shield tablet is available now and promoting Twitch streaming

Nvidia is expanding its line of mobile gaming products with the Nvidia Shield Tablet today. Right now, you can pre-order the tablet for $299, with the option to add a wireless controller for $59.

The $299 covers the 16GB wifi version, but you can nab a 32GB LTE version for $399. The tablets sport a Tegra K1 192 core GPU, 2GB of RAM with a Cortex A15 CPU, front-facing speakers, and a multitouch display. 

The tablet will be the first mobile device to integrate Twitch streaming as well, with Twitch offering a mobile SDK for developers to use. There's also a 5MP camera, microphone, and accompanying chat overlay to make streaming your games as effortless as possible -- at least, that's the hope behind Nvidia's push to incorporate streaming sessions. 

This tablet will also be the first to stream PC games via Nvidia Grid, a cloud-based gaming service that early adopters in Northern California can utilize to stream a library of PC games, then save them in the cloud. 

If streaming online isn't your thing, there's the option to use Nvidia Console Mode, which allows you to stream your games at home in native 1080p HD. 

The Shield Tablet looks as though it's making great strides in closing the loop between mobile gamers and console gamers, making streaming easier and more accessible to everyone. It's releasing July 29, so if you're interested in pouncing on it early, you might want to consider pre-ordering soon.

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