Rift Compatibility Tool

Hello, i have doubts with my USB 3.0 setup. According to the Oculus Compact Check tool it says that i have trouble with my USB 3.0 (ASMedia USB 3.0 eXtensible-Hostcc).

Problem one is that i only have two USB 3.0 slots in my motherboard. (Asus P8P67 LE)

Is the problem the USB Chip and/or the amount of slots?


Number two:
If i am going to buy a PCI-E USB 3.0 card, i got some questions.

My motherboard has 2x PCIex1, 1xPCIe x16, 1xPCIe x4. I already use one PCIe x1 for my soundcard. My other PCIe x1 is covered by my graphics card. So i am only able to use my PCIe x4 slot running at x2 because that is what my motherboard allowes me when i use at least one of the PCIe x1 slots (sound card).

The mainboard is using PCIe 2.0 standard. That is according to wikipedia 1000 Megabyte per second for x2.

USB 3.0 according to wikipedia is 500 Megabyte per second. So i could only use a USB 3.0 PCIe x2 extender capable of 2xUSB3.0.


Is the USB3.0 requirement only that 500 Megabyte per second or do you need additional the "UASP" specification?

Can i buy a USB3.0 (with or without UASP) extender for PCIe only using PCIe 2.0 at x2 but with 3 or even 4 USB slots? Or is the 1000 Megabyte per second already limiting it to two? (Oculus needs 3 slots, if you buy a touch controller later at least)



Thanks for reading :)

Hey guys i can't seem to start a new topic so I'm asking in this thread.

Will my i5 3570k overclocked to 4.2 with a z77 mobo running 16gb ram and GTX 970 SC with 800watt PSU and SSD storage
be ok to run the CV1? I didn't seem to have any problem with Elite Dangerous on DK2. The compat tool says blah blah CPU and USB ports ...but the Z77 has enough 3.0 ports and 2.0 port so idk wtf. Any advice would be great... I mean i just dont really see much of a performance boost "10-15%) from the 6th generation i5/i7 blah blah skylake donkeykong.

Let me know what u think

@Trion93: Not all USB 3.0 controllers are compatible. You should get an add-on card. This one is confirmed to work:

http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Superspee ... 00FPIMICA/

After running the Compatibility Took, I have a bit of a concern. Everything was green for me except my CPU. They recommend an Intel i5-4590 CPU or greater. Thing is my i7-970 although a few years old, actually beats the i5-4590 in most benchmarks (probably due to it being a hexacore CPU and OC'd to 4.2GHz). I'm hoping that it will still run everything ok, but worry about some sort of software limitation by Oculus that won't allow me to run the VR hardware because it doesn't meet their recommended spec.

Anyone have any ideas if the "requirements" are actual requirements of just recommendations?

Even if you don't pass the test, you won't be blocked from playing games. The only cases it wouldn't work at all is if your USB 3.0 controller is incompatible, or your video card was especially old and didn't have the needed features. If you have a somewhat recent PC, it may still work, though there will be no guarantees that all the games run at full speed.

"cybereality" wrote:
Even if you don't pass the test, you won't be blocked from playing games. The only cases it wouldn't work at all is if your USB 3.0 controller is incompatible, or your video card was especially old and didn't have the needed features. If you have a somewhat recent PC, it may still work, though there will be no guarantees that all the games run at full speed.

That is what I was hoping for. Thanks for the clarification.