VR gaming

[Starlord34]

Would love to see a full reviews on the VR gears an the pros/cons,and the kind of computer build is best, without breaking the bank

[Poofu]

No matter what you do it's gonna break the bank right now the headsets are $700.

[dyent10]

why would u post this in tech news?

[Guest]

You're going to break the bank no matter what, because the headset cost $600+ and your probably going to be paying (at least) $900 on the pc itself 

[W-L]

-Moved to PC Gaming- 

[Starlord34]

I got a VR headset for my birthday already ( should have said that in topic) but not the hardware to use it and also iam new to pc gaming but i do play simulator game  an wanted to use it playing my games 

[Sakkura]

7 hours ago, Endrivia said:

You're going to break the bank no matter what, because the headset cost $600+ and your probably going to be paying (at least) $900 on the pc itself 

You can get a VR capable PC for about $500. There was a bundle with a Rift and PC for $999 at one point. Still not cheap of course. 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, Sakkura said:

You can get a VR capable PC for about $500. There was a bundle with a Rift and PC for $999 at one point. Still not cheap of course. 

It might be a capable pc but not a very good one

[Sakkura]

30 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

It might be a capable pc but not a very good one

Doesn't have to be very good, just has to be good enough.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Doesn't have to be very good, just has to be good enough.

So what kind of pc?

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Starlord34 said:

I got a VR headset for my birthday already ( should have said that in topic) but not the hardware to use it and also iam new to pc gaming but i do play simulator game  an wanted to use it playing my games 

Do you need a monitor, keyboard, and mouse or do you just need the pc?

[Sakkura]

44 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

So what kind of pc?

One that at least meets the minimum specs for the Rift.

 

Of course, that does require using a Rift, at least for the time being. Hopefully Valve will eventually implement their version of ASW for the Vive.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Sakkura said:

One that at least meets the minimum specs for the Rift.

 

Of course, that does require using a Rift, at least for the time being. Hopefully Valve will eventually implement their version of ASW for the Vive.

No, I want you to list the parts and i want it to add up to $500

[Sakkura]

4 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

No, I want you to list the parts and i want it to add up to $500

It was actually about a prebuilt, but whatever.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.82 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($90.72 @ B&H)
Total: $500.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-19 15:50 EST-0500

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

It was actually about a prebuilt, but whatever.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.82 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($90.72 @ B&H)
Total: $500.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-19 15:50 EST-0500

And this is for htc vive i would assume?

[Sakkura]

2 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

And this is for htc vive i would assume?

No, Oculus Rift. That has lower system requirements due to ASW. That's why you can run a Rift off a $500 system (though obviously spending a little more would be well worth it), while a Vive would require at least around $750-800

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

No, Oculus Rift. That has lower system requirements due to ASW. That's why you can run a Rift off a $500 system (though obviously spending a little more would be well worth it), while a Vive would require at least around $750-800

Actually its the other way around

[Sakkura]

2 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

Actually its the other way around

No. The Oculus Rift has ASW, the HTC Vive does not. Here's an article from when ASW was introduced.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

No. The Oculus Rift has ASW, the HTC Vive does not. Here's an article from when ASW was introduced.

Oculus rift requiredments:

Video Card NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater

CPU Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

Memory 8GB+ RAM

Video Output Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output

USB Ports 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port

OS Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer

 

Htc vive requirements:

Processor: Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent or better

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480, equivalent or better

Memory: 4 GB RAM or more

Video output: 1x HDMI 1.4 port, or DisplayPort 1.2 or newer

USB: 1x USB 2.0 port or newer

Operating system: Windows™ 7 SP1, Windows™ 8.1 or later or Windows™ 10

[Sakkura]

33 minutes ago, Endrivia said:

Oculus rift requiredments:

Video Card NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater

CPU Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

Memory 8GB+ RAM

Video Output Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output

USB Ports 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port

OS Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer

 

Htc vive requirements:

Processor: Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent or better

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480, equivalent or better

Memory: 4 GB RAM or more

Video output: 1x HDMI 1.4 port, or DisplayPort 1.2 or newer

USB: 1x USB 2.0 port or newer

Operating system: Windows™ 7 SP1, Windows™ 8.1 or later or Windows™ 10

Those are not the minimum requirements for the Oculus Rift. They are listed here:

 

Video Card	NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
CPU	Intel i3-6100 / AMD FX4350 or greater
Memory	8GB+ RAM
Video Output	Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
USB Ports	1x USB 3.0 port, plus 2x USB 2.0 ports
OS	Windows 8 or newer

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Sakkura said:

Those are not the minimum requirements for the Oculus Rift. They are listed here:

 

Video Card	NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
CPU	Intel i3-6100 / AMD FX4350 or greater
Memory	8GB+ RAM
Video Output	Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
USB Ports	1x USB 3.0 port, plus 2x USB 2.0 ports
OS	Windows 8 or newer

Well you should tell them that yourself, because i got those from their website and i never said it was the minimum