Hi all, wanting to upgrade from a Oculus Go [picked up from a local cash convertors on a whim a few months ago for £30] Anyway, ive read, watched reviews that the Rift S only has a DisplayPort connection, on my laptop i dont have an actual DisplayPort as such
1 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C™ (10 Gb/s signaling rate, Power Delivery 3.0, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge) 1 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (HP Sleep and Charge) 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (Data Transfer Only)
Would some adaptor work instead? [USB-C to Displayport???
No, you need either DP or TB3 wired into your dedicated gpu. You have neither so no way a a Rift S is going to work.
You may be able to use a Quest with Link but you need to specify the rest of your laptop specs; cpu, gpu, ram, disk type and capacity.
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Sorry but it’s not clear to me that your has a Thunderbolt 3 type-c port or not. If it did you may be able to use an adapter with it. Even if you could I doubt you will get a very good VR experience with a mobile gtx1650 gpu. This gpu is not even supported by Quest Link so that kinda rules out the Quest for decent PCVR. Nowadays you really want at least a rtx2060 or better gpu in a laptop imho.
My advice is to save up and build yourself a decent desktop gaming pc.
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Its not a Thunderbolt 3 type USB=C, After doing the STEAM VR test it seemed i would have a decent experience.From what i was reading the Quest Link basically has to do extra work, whereas Rift S is just imagining/graphics less stress
Its not a Thunderbolt 3 type USB=C, After doing the STEAM VR test it seemed i would have a decent experience.From what i was reading the Quest Link basically has to do extra work, whereas Rift S is just imagining/graphics less stress
I would now put too much trust in any of those VR performance tests. They do not accurately reflect what your VR performance will be imho. The Oculus test is also way out of date and was only applicable for Rift cv1 (hdmi).
Whether or not you want to believe otherwise your so-called gaming laptop’s gtx1650 is not suitable for good PCVR with a Rift S.
This is all the advice I’m prepared to give you. Up to you to decide if you agree with or not. Maybe try more multiple threads until you get the answer you want to hear, lol! Over and out.
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Ah fair do, didnt know how old the Oculus test was [although its still good to know i atleast meet the minimum. Sure the Steam VR benchmark is a rough estimate though?
Im not disputing anything, merely asking some questions. You say so called gaming laptop but surely a laptop with dedicated graphics and aimed for gaming is just that? Im aware the 1650 isnt going to give me 240fps at ultra PCVR settings.
As for the snarky remark at the end, i find that uncalled for, only answers i was looking for was if the USB-C i have that has DP 1.4 would work.lol
Ah fair do, didnt know how old the Oculus test was [although its still good to know i atleast meet the minimum. Sure the Steam VR benchmark is a rough estimate though?
Im not disputing anything, merely asking some questions. You say so called gaming laptop but surely a laptop with dedicated graphics and aimed for gaming is just that? Im aware the 1650 isnt going to give me 240fps at ultra PCVR settings.
As for the snarky remark at the end, i find that uncalled for, only answers i was looking for was if the USB-C i have that has DP 1.4 would work.lol
I think you'll find that multi-posting in the forum is not tolerated by most experienced forum members. If you consider advice on this as snarky, keep this up and I'm sure you will get snarkier replies, lol!
Your so-called gaming laptop is probably ok for most 2D gaming although even then you are probably not going to be able to max out graphics setting. With VR, it's going to be awful imho. I have previously used an Alienware 17r4 with VR (WMR and Oculus Rift cv1). Even though it's 3.5 years old it has much better specs than yours and probably cost quite a bit more (~aud$3,000; i7 7700hq, gtx1060 6Gb, 32Gb 2400 ram, 256Gb ssd, 1Tb hdd,...). I can assure you that the quality of this laptop (which is now relegated to home office and 2D gaming) in VR was pretty marginal, esp. with flight/racing sims. Ok for cartoony VR games though. Moving to a proper gaming desktop PC over a year ago (see my signature) has made a world of difference and I've enjoyed VR a lot more. Plus this did not cost me much more than my laptop. I'll never look at a gaming laptop for VR ever again.
Keep in mind my AW laptop has a gtx1060 6Gb gpu and this is much stronger (+30%) than your laptop's gtx1650 4Gb gpu. Do a bit of research to see these diffs. For example;
If you need to find out yourself maybe buy a Rift S and a usb type-c to DP adapter (rated 4K @ 60Hz) from a place(s) with a good 14-30 day return/refund policy. In any case, good luck.
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