Half-Life: Alyx

Half-Life: Alyx

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Can i run it with GTX 960 4Gb?
As the title says, can i run it with my GTX 960 4Gb at a playable for vr fps (at least on minimum settings)? And how much fps would i get? And also i would like to know how well is the performance in other vr games with that gpu :)

My other specs are pretty good, planning to upgrade my gpu later

EDIT: Just bought a GTX 1660 Super, so i guess i will be ok now :D
Last edited by Cabbage soup with identity issue; Apr 1, 2020 @ 12:11pm
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Simulation_Farmer Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:05am 
Probably not, the minimum specs are in the description. I'm on the lowest settings with my 1060 and it runs as smooth as butter. Anything lower and You'd have stuttering. VR in general at minimum needs a 1050 ti. I would just wait until your GPU is upgraded. I know it will be painful waiting but at least it's less painful than starting the game and having a bad taste in your mouth once you play again whenever you get your new hardware.
Last edited by Simulation_Farmer; Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:06am
-Rabid67- Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:06am 
Different results for people the only real way to tell is to try it
If it doesn’t work you can refund the game as long as you don’t use it for more than 2 hrs
Aëtius Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:13am 
no obviously not
its not powerful enough and it doesnt even have the minimum vram
severely doubt your other specs are good if you are using such a low grade gpu

you will not have a good time in other vr games either but some minigames might be playable
Well i have Ryzen 5 3600 and 16Gb DDR4 2666Mhz RAM, maybe at least they can make my gpu handle it at the minimum settings
Last edited by Cabbage soup with identity issue; Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:21am
TimmyP Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:20am 
Its completely smooth with no repro on an Ryzen 3600, 16gb 3200, and GTX 970. If I turn it to medium tho its immediate microstutters.

I would guess the 960 would be just below playable, but you never know. A 1050ti is okay, you can return it...
If it will run terribly unplayable, then i will buy GTX 1660ti the same day, but the question is still actual :D
Definitely no. I still enjoyed the game, but my experience suffered a bit playing on a GTX 970. A few moments that should have been really fun/awesome were ruined because of low framerate/stuttering. A 960 would do that to the whole game basically.
Going to buy a new GPU first then. Thank you for the answers guys! ;)
Viper Mar 30, 2020 @ 12:08pm 
I am thinking it would not run very well with a 960. Maybe with a 970. But 960 is pretty far below minimum.
dillzilla11 Mar 30, 2020 @ 12:09pm 
Originally posted by «DabS» Aëtius:
no obviously not
its not powerful enough and it doesnt even have the minimum vram
severely doubt your other specs are good if you are using such a low grade gpu

you will not have a good time in other vr games either but some minigames might be playable
if it's a 4gb card there is a good chance the game will play.
I played thru the game with 60fps on gtx 970, it was runing perfect on ocolus rift c1
MacGoose Mar 30, 2020 @ 12:28pm 
I'm running this on a laptop with an old 980M and it's smooth as butter - of course it's running on low settings (automatic).
a_donis Mar 31, 2020 @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by MacGoose:
I'm running this on a laptop with an old 980M and it's smooth as butter - of course it's running on low settings (automatic).

Alleluia, this is the feedback i expected !! I also have a MSI GT70 laptop with i7 4800mq + 16GB RAM and a 980m with 8GB VRAM : what are your specs ? I will definitely buy a cheap headset and the game !
Vincent294 Mar 31, 2020 @ 1:48pm 
Watch the LowSpecGamer video, I don't think you could do low but there is lower if you use an autoexec.cfg. This game pushed my 1650 to its limits, a 960 would not be enough.
Nick Mar 31, 2020 @ 1:50pm 
I had a GTX 960 1 GB, and it ran almost no VR games. I don't know if the extra 3 GBs would help you, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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Date Posted: Mar 30, 2020 @ 8:48am
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