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NovaeRogX
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Hi,

 

Got an Oculus Rift a few weeks back but haven't been able to play because there isn't any room for me to move, so I'm building a VR/HTPC/NAS/possible PfSense router for the living room. What graphics card would be great for it but on a budget? I was think 1070 but they are nearly the same price as 1080s, and it will only be used for media and VR so I don't need a 1080ti. I know the mining craze has inflated most prices but would even consider a 900 series GPU if it would give me a great VR experience

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

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23 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

gtx 1070 or 980ti 

Yup.

19 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

1070 980 ti or 1080

Yup.

 

My 980 Ti passes the Unigine Superposition VR test just fine, and it's only got an i5 2400 to feed it. 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

that doesn't mean it will be a good experience, your CPU is underpowered. 

Yeah. I'm just saying the card is totally capable of running VR no sweat. I tried to phrase the sentence so peeps would know my weak-sauce CPU is holding it back. 

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As others said, get a used 980 Ti or a 1070

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980 Ti seems like a winner, I'm running it with a Ryzen 1600 so I shouldn't have a CPU bottleneck. I had a 580 I never used last month that I sold just before I started this build. I'll compare prices with 1070s incase where I am is looking too much for 980Tis

 

Thanks everyone!

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1 hour ago, NovaeRogX said:

Hi,

 

Got an Oculus Rift a few weeks back but haven't been able to play because there isn't any room for me to move, so I'm building a VR/HTPC/NAS/possible PfSense router for the living room. What graphics card would be great for it but on a budget? I was think 1070 but they are nearly the same price as 1080s, and it will only be used for media and VR so I don't need a 1080ti. I know the mining craze has inflated most prices but would even consider a 900 series GPU if it would give me a great VR experience

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

980ti or 1080. 

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