Can I run the valve index off a steam deck and a powered c dock?

[LOWSPECLOWLYFE]

I'd like to know as it would make or break me immediately getting one, Thanks.

[TJ_4874]

I don't own an index or steam deck but I think the valve hardware wouldn't be able to do this for many reasons.

[ReBoot]

Not really. VR takes quite a lot of rendering power which the Dock doesn't have. Even Valve themselves don't recommend the Dock for VR.
You may get low-demand VR games to run on the Deck, but if Beat Saber is all you're after, the Quest may in fact be a better choice (if you don't mind that amoral Facebook account requirement).

[Satoru]

No the steam deck is underpowered for VR

[Supafly]

Considering it's running games at 720p shows it as not capable of VR.

[Chryseus]

100% no, it just doesn't have the performance to deal with VR in any capacity, last time I checked the FPS is capped at 60 which is no good for VR.

[SLAYER187]

Check out the aya neo and forget the deck! i have both and my deck just sits mostly always on my aya neo.

[Cathulhu]

I doubt the Aya Neo has even remotely the necessary power for VR.

[Chryseus]

Originally posted by JR APOCALYPSE aka MR E.:

Check out the aya neo and forget the deck! i have both and my deck just sits mostly always on my aya neo.

Why on earth would you buy a device that costs 2x-3x the price and performs significantly worse than the deck.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Chryseus:

100% no, it just doesn't have the performance to deal with VR in any capacity, last time I checked the FPS is capped at 60 which is no good for VR.

Note you can uncap things like the FPS or vsync on the SteamDeck. However these features are enabled by default to preserve battery life on the SteamDeck which is obviously more of a priority than 'more frames'.

Even with the uncapped framerate you'd be very hard pressed to get the required CONSISTENT 90fps unless the game was extremely basic especially when trying to get it to display on 2 1080p displays (1 for each eye)