Thinking about buying VR, will my hardware be enough?

[Apolepth]

Hi, recently I started thinking about getting VR, Oculus Rift CV1 because it's in my budget and I've heard that most games work good with Rift, so that's a good start for me. But my main stress is about my PC, if it's capable of running VR and VR games.


I've run SteamVR Performence Test multiple times and this is how the results look: https://i.imgur.com/b6Mzo0I.png

Results will for sure depend on a played VR game, so I don't really know if Capable means that "It will work fine but not perfect" or "It will barely work"

Games I'm looking for to play are H3VR, Assetto Corsa and Boneworks

My PC specs are:

CPU: i5-7400 Intel Boost to 3.30GHz
GPU: GTX 1050 Ti
OS: Windows 10
RAM: 16GB 2133MHz
Dual 1080p Monitors (The SteamVR Performence Test was done with both monitors plugged in)
GeForce Drivers: 451.67 (Newest)
1 SSD, 2 HDD

[Ogami]

Your GPU is definitely the weak point for VR.
Games need to render at 90 FPS per eye and that needs a potent GPU.
I honestly would not recommend VR under a 1060 (6GB).
Because, FPS drops in VR literally lead to massive motion sickness.

You would be able to do some things in VR for sure, especially movies and simpler games, but VR games that need a lot of power like "Half Life Alyx", "Skyrim VR" and such would not run very well with that setup.
Those games have some drops even on my RTX 2080.

Also i do NOT recommend a CV1 Occulus Rift.
Get at least a Rift S.

The picture quality of the original Rift is pretty poor with a lot of blur and Screen Door effects.

I would even go so far to recommend a Occulus Quest.
For the simple reason that the hardware is build in and so games made for the Quest will definitely run well.
And you still can connect the Quest to your PC on top to try out VR games on Steam.

Best of both worlds. Also, VR without cables feels so much better.

[Apolepth]

Hmm... I thought about Oculus Quest but most games I would play on VR are not there, so I think I will wait with thinking about buying any VR for now, and when I upgrade my PC or if Quest gets more games I will think about it again. Thank you for your answer!

[Ogami]

Well, the good thing about the Quest is that you are not locked to just the games available on it.
You have the option to stream Steam games from your pc with a app and there is also a extra cable you can buy to connect the Quest directly to the PC, basically turning it into a Rift S.
That way you can play your Steam VR games like on any VR headset.

[Apolepth]

But I would still need to upgrade my GPU if I want to stream or connect it to PC and play VR games (assuming they would not run well). Nonetheless you're right, it would be better if I got Quest, because if some games would not run good on my PC then I can still play games on Quest, and I can always upgrade my GPU and then play on PC.

I need to think about that, and I need to see if Quest is available to get in my country

[Edifier]

Ogami eredeti hozzászólása:

You would be able to do some things in VR for sure, especially movies and simpler games, but VR games that need a lot of power like "Half Life Alyx", "Skyrim VR" and such would not run very well with that setup.
Those games have some drops even on my RTX 2080.

Half-Life Alyx can be run on a GTX 1060 without much of a problem. If it has frame dips it's because of a bug. Skyrim VR though is probably far more demanding but Half-Life Alyx is not.

Also Linus Tech Tips ran it on a 1060 and tried to find a difference in lowest setting vs highest setting. It was hard to tell a difference.

So Valve have done some pretty good things for that game to make it run much better than most VR titles.

I think you could even go down to the GTX 970 on Half-Life Alyx without much of a problem.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Not even close no.

You would want a 7700K and GTX 1070 / GTX 1660 Super...

Due to the fact that many VR games do not have graphics level options you can change.

At the very least I would have to suggest nothing lower then 7600K + GTX 1060 6gb

And what's required for how many USB you will need as well as HDMI vs DisplayPort, that will differ depending on the actual VR config (headset, sensors, controllers)