Valve has just put up a new VR benchmark to test out your system. Unlike the Oculus compatibility checker, this runs an actual benchmark. The Vive has very similar requirements to the Rift, so the "VR Ready" rating it gives should be comparable. The recommended i5-4590 and GTX 970 scores well into "VR Ready" on this benchmark. It can also score you in a middle ground of "VR capable" where it indicates some VR software may work, but that your experience may be sub-optimal. Ideally you want to be in the green.
Just remember this does not test HDMI output capabilities (important for laptop users), nor your USB 3.0 ports. You still need to run the Oculus tool for the complete picture.
It seems the max fidelity score you can get is 11.
Heh. You have enough for "high" quality, but others may opt to "improve" on that to support your extra power? Their wording is certainly a bit dodgy when it comes to required vs recommended.
Unless you want to tell me that no devs for the foreseeable future will need to cut down any of their graphics to hit 90hz at CV1 resolutions.
Heh. You have enough for "high" quality, but others may opt to "improve" on that to support your extra power? Their wording is certainly a bit dodgy when it comes to required vs recommended.
Unless you want to tell me that no devs for the foreseeable future will need to cut down any of their graphics to hit 90hz at CV1 resolutions.
When they say "recommended" I assume they mean the 4590/GTX 970 config (that both HMD's list as recommended). It just means some games may have extra graphical settings to take advantage of the extra power and maintain the 90fps minimums.
