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780 for vr? SLI?

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The 780 apparently has slightly worse performance than the 970. I have a gt 730 and i5 6400t and I want to upgrade my graphics card to perhaps get vr ready. Would a used 780 be a good route for vr or should I pursue a 1060 3gb. Alternatively, for the same price would two sli 780s be a better idea?

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780 is gonna be pushing it for VR. Nvidia won't classify it as "VR ready" but my overclocked 780 gets 1060 3G performance, so in terms of pure performance it's enough.

 

I don't know that any VR games scale with SLI, so that might not be worth it. 780Ti will definitely be a better choice than the 780 though.

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970 is bare minimum for good VR experience. If your budget allows, get one from eBay.

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GTX 780 Ti = GTX 970 = GTX 1060 3GB

 

For a good VR experience, I wouldn't buy anything worse than a GTX 1070. 

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Just now, Brick1026 said:

I saw one video on YouTube of a guy SLI'ing (how do you even say that?) two 780's I think and he was getting a consistent 90 in a few games.

A few games is basically all the support VR SLI has, nothing else will benefit from it. You are definitely better off with a single more powerful card.

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Just now, Brick1026 said:

I saw one video on YouTube of a guy SLI'ing (how do you even say that?) two 780's I think and he was getting a consistent 90 in a few games.

Those games likely supported SLI. As mentioned above, SLI is pretty much impossible with VR.

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11 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

780 is gonna be pushing it for VR. Nvidia won't classify it as "VR ready" but my overclocked 780 gets 1060 3G performance, so in terms of pure performance it's enough.

 

I don't know that any VR games scale with SLI, so that might not be worth it. 780Ti will definitely be a better choice than the 780 though.

My 780 was classified as VR ready

 

but im looking to upgrade anyway since the card starts to get trouble with current games. I couldnt imagine using it for VR

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