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Should i do VR or Upgrade my pc

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Hi guys,

 

I want to buy an Oculus Rift but i want to ask some questions.
My current setup is:

Processor: I5 7400

Graphic card: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4

 

Can this setup run every VR game in 90+ FPS?
Should i upgrade my pc instead of buying a VR headset?

 

Thats all.
 

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https://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/vr/supported-gpus

 

The GTX 1060 might be able to get 90 FPS in VR at medium to high settings for demanding games.

 

If you upgrade your PC, are you buying a new monitor as well?

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better PC. I have used a rift on a low end system and it isn't worth it.

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You don't want to VR at lower settings, looks like ass. 

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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I already have 2 monitors,

my budget is 550 euro,

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5 minutes ago, Pandabweer said:

I already have 2 monitors,

my budget is 550 euro,

What resolution?

Yea I would upgrade, depending on your monitor(s) a 1070 would do good.

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The resolution is 1920x1080
And why should i upgrade my graphic card over my processor?

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VR sits on the graphics card, not the CPU. Well, it's highly single core instensive so a modern CPU helps, but your's is fine. 

 

For VR you need a 1070 minimum to have an enjoyable experience, a 1080 and 1080ti really help. 

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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3 minutes ago, Pandabweer said:

The resolution is 1920x1080
And why should i upgrade my graphic card over my processor?

Generally speaking for gaming purposes, a better processor only gets you so far. I have a friend who's still running a 2nd gen i5 with his 1070, and he still gets frame rates approximately equivalent to the framerates I've read about for a 1070 with modern CPUs. Stick with your processor, it'll be just fine for most things, and VR is more GPU dependent anyway. 

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I would wait.

Couple reasons

 

If u get the rift, ur current system isnt powerfull enough to take full advantage of VR, so games will have to be on lower settings and will look bad.

The rift, well its lke a 1.0 version of VR in its current form. I would wait for a better version, better than that of the Vive Pro. The resolution still isnt high enough, the letterbox effect is still present, and the field of view is also still to narrow.

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I'd vote neither. An i5-7400 plus GTX 1060 is a pretty respectable rig that I wouldn't be looking to upgrade until absolute bare minimum when Turing/Volta/whatever comes out. At that point maybe go 1170 or pick up a used 1080 Ti plus a decent 1440p/144 or 1080p/144 monitor if you're absolutely desperate to upgrade.

 

I still wouldn't want to be an early adopter into VR. VR is going to be an amazing thing eventually but until it's cheap enough for the average gamer to own what's in it but crushing losses and bankruptcy for studios who would spend the money necessary to develop a first rate AAA VR game?

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GPU prices are falling. I’d wait a little. As crypto becomes less valuable, less miners will continue mining. A lot of the low vram gpu have made it to the market in the UK. 

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8 hours ago, Pandabweer said:

Hi guys,

 

I want to buy an Oculus Rift but i want to ask some questions.
My current setup is:

Processor: I5 7400

Graphic card: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4

 

Can this setup run every VR game in 90+ FPS?
Should i upgrade my pc instead of buying a VR headset?

 

Thats all.
 

first you should try out VR somewhere because not everyone can do that.

BUT:
With that setup, it doesn't seem like you have the money for a PC Setup anyway because that shit needs the best of the best right now...

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On 30/4/2018 at 5:55 AM, SteveGrabowski0 said:

 

I still wouldn't want to be an early adopter into VR. VR is going to be an amazing thing eventually but until it's cheap enough for the average gamer to own what's in it but crushing losses and bankruptcy for studios who would spend the money necessary to develop a first rate AAA VR game?

It is cheap enough for the average gamer to own. Half of the GPUs in the Steam hardware survey are VR-capable. Headsets can regularly be had for less than $250.

On 30/4/2018 at 7:01 AM, Stefan Payne said:

first you should try out VR somewhere because not everyone can do that.

BUT:
With that setup, it doesn't seem like you have the money for a PC Setup anyway because that shit needs the best of the best right now...

It does not need the best of the best. You can get by on an FX-4350 and a GTX 1050 Ti. That doesn't seem like "the best of the best" to me...

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On 4/29/2018 at 10:49 PM, Pandabweer said:

Hi guys,

 

I want to buy an Oculus Rift but i want to ask some questions.
My current setup is:

Processor: I5 7400

Graphic card: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4

 

Can this setup run every VR game in 90+ FPS?
Should i upgrade my pc instead of buying a VR headset?

 

Thats all.
 

Upgrade your PC, I basically have 400$ picking up dust in my closet rn (my VR headset)

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