Is my laptop VR ready?

[giorgi1997]

Basically i have a msi gt72 2qd dominator

which has a 16gb ram, i7 5700HQ and a GTX 970m 3gb which can be overclocked to a stable 15%.

[don_svetlio]

Nope

[giorgi1997]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Nope

how much power do i lack?

 

[Max Dyba]

Just now, giorgi1997 said:

how much power do i lack?

 

No. According to my research it's not and it's not listed on Newegg as a selling point either. You probably lack a 980M because those are usually VR ready. 

[Rune]

Just now, giorgi1997 said:

how much power do i lack?

 

Try running steam's VR tool for a slightly more accurate guestimation, though even that is sort of iffy.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/323910/

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, giorgi1997 said:

how much power do i lack?

 

980M is minimum so you need about 40% more power

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Rune said:

Try running steam's VR tool for a slightly more accurate guestimation, though even that is sort of iffy.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/323910/

It doesn't work with laptops atm

[Rune]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

It doesn't work with laptops atm

Well then. That's unfortunate...

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Rune said:

Well then. That's unfortunate...

It uses the Intel iGPU for some reason ._. (Nvidia Optimus FTW....)

[giorgi1997]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It uses the Intel iGPU for some reason ._. (Nvidia Optimus FTW....)

my laptop has g-sync so no nvidia optimus

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, giorgi1997 said:

my laptop has g-sync so no nvidia optimus

 

It has it. Every laptop has it. It's to improve battery life.

[giorgi1997]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It has it. Every laptop has it. It's to improve battery life.

nope it actually doesn't

g-sync can't operate when the main nvidia gpu turns on and off spontaneously so it's hard fixed on one at a time i can change it but if not it won't change by itself

[giorgi1997]

the steamvr tool is running thx guys let's see if he overclock can make it

[giorgi1997]

ok this is weird 

it says that my laptop is vr capable but not vr ready

what does that mean?

it also says that the average fidelity was at medium and there were no frames lower than 90 fps

[don_svetlio]

Just now, giorgi1997 said:

ok this is weird 

it says that my laptop is vr capable but not vr ready

what does that mean?

it also says that the average fidelity was at medium and there were no frames lower than 90 fps

Means low settings and only some games are playable in VR - low-demanding ones.

[Badger906]

capable means that it will run VR games, but not at max settings or resolution. 

VR ready means maxed out. basically a desktop 970 is recommended or a 980m in laptop form. 

[Sky Daddy]

Not sure about the Vive, but the Rift does not support mobile gpus that use Nvidia Optimus because it introduces too much latency.

[MoonSpot]

21 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

It doesn't work with laptops atm

I'll take that as the reason it didn't even start on my laptop(and not consider the gt130m as at fault).  Wanted to try the test for a laugh.

[don_svetlio]

15 hours ago, Badger906 said:

capable means that it will run VR games, but not at max settings or resolution. 

VR ready means maxed out. basically a desktop 970 is recommended or a 980m in laptop form. 

Not exactly. 970 is the minimum as well as the 980M to be able to run all games on low settings and low res
970M is going to run a small amount of low-demanding games in low res
980 Ti or Fury is needed for max settings

[Badger906]

9 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Not exactly. 970 is the minimum as well as the 980M to be able to run all games on low settings and low res
970M is going to run a small amount of low-demanding games in low res
980 Ti or Fury is needed for max settings

yeah sorryi meant to add that the 970/980m were recommended as a minimum for the best experience.

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, Badger906 said:

yeah sorryi meant to add that the 970/980m were recommended as a minimum for the best experience.

980M yes
970M no