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VR GPU mid range?

Jammer P
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Hello all,  I currently have an MSI RX 470 and i5-6500 running an Oculus Rift and have had it a year now and am happy with performance but curious about upgrades.  I have some money saved and looking at spending around $350-$400CDN a local shop has a Gigabyte Radeon Vega 56 gaming for $369 and a EVGA 1660ti XC Black gaming for $364.  I have been doing reading but there is not tonnes of specific VR data for these cards that I have found and was wondering if anyone had any real world experience that may help with the decision making process?

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No real world experience with these cards, but on paper with results from other games, in VR they should easily play all but the most demanding of games.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, Jammer P said:

Hello all,  I currently have an MSI RX 470 and i5-6500 running an Oculus Rift and have had it a year now and am happy with performance but curious about upgrades.  I have some money saved and looking at spending around $350-$400CDN a local shop has a Gigabyte Radeon Vega 56 gaming for $369 and a EVGA 1660ti XC Black gaming for $364.  I have been doing reading but there is not tonnes of specific VR data for these cards that I have found and was wondering if anyone had any real world experience that may help with the decision making process?

I have a RX570 and although it seems to run VR acceptably, I'm looking to upgrade in a year or so. Have you considered a RX5700? It looks to be in your price range ($349 US) and I believe performs a bit better than a Vega 56. 

 

Although not as powerful as a Vega 56, a RX590 could also be a viable mid range option for you without breaking the bank.

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