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System Requirements for Rift to run smoothly.
I would like to first introduce myself. I am currently a mathematics graduate student that has worked as a programmer in the video game industry in the past. Now days game design and programming are h...
I think ist fairly safe to say if anyone plans to get into development and content creation for VR/the Rift, he/she'd need at least a somewhat decent graphics card for that. Especially since by all reports a smooth and consistent framerate is essential for a good VR experience. And honestly I don't see an Intel HD getting a consistent 60fps at pretty much anything.
So unless you're going for some sort of abstracted, untextured gameworld style with very simple geometry and a limited amount of objects, or only intend to play Rift-modded Versions of 10 year old games, a 3 year old integrated Intel HD GPU is just not gonna cut it.
So unless you're going for some sort of abstracted, untextured gameworld style with very simple geometry and a limited amount of objects, or only intend to play Rift-modded Versions of 10 year old games, a 3 year old integrated Intel HD GPU is just not gonna cut it.