OK, by popular demand I am making one single "is my PC good enough thread" that will be stickied.
If anyone creates a new thread about this, it will be locked immediately.
Please, this thread should be for DK2 only. Nobody knows what CV1 will need, and if you are only preparing for the next version of the Rift, then you should wait and make an informed purchase at that time.
Mostly all the demos I have tested will work in both Direct and Extended Mode. I haven't done extensive benchmarking, but it's mostly a smooth experience. Some games do have judder, but I'm not sure it's only performance related.
One thing to note: laptops have really poor support for the Rift. Especially with switchable graphics (Optimus) there are hardware limitations that cannot be fixed with a software patch, and will probably never work correctly. If you are buying a new computer today I am STRONGLY RECOMMENDING that you DO NOT purchase a laptop for VR development. You will be sorry if you go down this road and most likely performance will be slow and the games will crash. In almost all cases, a good desktop machine will be significantly better than a laptop you can purchase at the same price.
Please join in with a list of your system specs and if you have a smooth experience with DK2.
I would like to get a build going that can handle games for my DK2. Im thinking of 16gb of ram for now. Not sure on a processor or motherboard.
Is there a way I could make use of both cards? Should I sell them both and get a better card.... if so recommendations?? Or just use one of the R9 270x's..and sell the other.. what do you think?
Pentium G3258 @4.5Ghz 8GB DDR3 @1600Mhz HD 7850 OC 2GB @1100/1400Mhz 60GB SSD / 500GB HDD Windows 10
Whole package under 500€ (upgraded slowly through years). Every VR demo what I have tried works perfectly. Ofcourse there is lots of fiddling around before everything works. I can get GTA V + VorpX without lag.
i7-4770 is good, works great for me. GTX 960 is ok. You'll definitely need to turn down the settings in more demanding things. I'd strongly consider spending the additional $130 for a 970. The 960 is about half as powerful as a 780 which is what I use. Even with the 780 I often have to turn down some settings if it's something that wasn't specifically designed for VR.
Hi people...I am awaiting my dk2 to arrive and knew my lappy was not up to spec so I seen this ( link below) and bought it thinking I knew what I was doing..I no the graphics card is not going to be good enough so found this thread to get some ideas..by the way thanks for taking the time to share your spec and performance results it showed me I am totally out my league hehe...can anyone tell me if the spec on this is ok..
