GPU Help? (G-sync/FreeSync/VR)

[Simon-p]

First off, money shouldn't be too much of an issue for me, but I wouldn't want to waste money buying components that I have no use for.

 

I'm probably getting an HTC Vive VR headset once it comes out, but also want a 144Hz G-sync or FreeSync monitor to play FPS games on.

As of right now I'm running a MSI 780 (that wont ever be overclocked), and want to know what graphics card I should get. Does anyone know whether the Vive runs crap on AMD or Nvidia for example? Any idea how demanding it is, do I need a 980 or a 980Ti at full 90fps? Also, for the people with experience, is there a noticeable difference between G-Sync and FreeSync? If they run the same I wouldn't care at all whether im on the red or green team, but if I hear late November that the Vive isn't supporting AMD, g-sync' d be my choice.

[Florb]

90 FPS? I'd go for a 980Ti, 980 SLI or Fury X Crossfire (Probably out of your budget)

[REX.exe]

Why won't you overclock your 780?

Linus even said in his review "And if you don't overclock your 780, shame on you".

[Simon-p]

Why won't you overclock your 780?

Linus even said in his review "And if you don't overclock your 780, shame on you".

 

Lol stock cooler, running hot, dusty, cant be bothered buying and applying a new cooler to go from 9000000000 to 9000000001 fps on counterstrike

[Atmos]

980ti, fury x, or titan x. No cheap options here unfortunately. that's a high-res screen at a high refresh rate, pretty tough to run with about 90 fps at a constant rate. With VR you need to keep the screen at a constant fps, drops in it, and sudden changes of fps can make you really, really motion sick. Take it from my experiences, playing a game that suddenly drops from 60 fps to 15 fps when you look down off a bridge isn't fun with a vr headset. It makes you horribly sick, disorientated, and scared to wear the damn thing again,

[BarisERY]

Stick with the 780 the next GPU's to come out will have a shrink which will probably be awsome and make this gen look stupid, but if you really want it now i would say fury/furyx with asus mg279q as monitor

[Simon-p]

980ti, fury x, or titan x. No cheap options here unfortunately. that's a high-res screen at a high refresh rate, pretty tough to run with about 90 fps at a constant rate. With VR you need to keep the screen at a constant fps, drops in it, and sudden changes of fps can make you really, really motion sick. Take it from my experiences, playing a game that suddenly drops from 60 fps to 15 fps when you look down off a bridge isn't fun with a vr headset. It makes you horribly sick, disorientated, and scared to wear the damn thing again,

 

I wouldn't call it a ''high-res'' screen.. It' s only 2160x1200, 70% of Quad-HD, which the monitor would have, which also runs at a higher framerate. (Also its valve behind this headset, theyre very good at optimising content and hardware, it shouldn't be too much of a problem).

This still doesn't answer the red vs green question though.