Damn I so wish I had the money to experience this! Not sure if it is even on Xbox yet though? Still, it will be out of my price range.
Late to the VR party...but...Ohhhhh Mai gawd!
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I can't help but have a giggle to myself.
so I decided, being Sunday, that after a good 3 hits of good strong coffee at the local cefa, I should be buzzed enough to build my new PC.
I have an Asus Maximus Gene VIII, Intel 6600K, Corsair 650M powe rsupply, a Corsair Air 240 case, and spent a bit of time ensuring I was oging to get the best CPU cooler for my build, and ende dup with the Notcua NH-L12. I'm re-using my existing Asus GTX970 Stryx...
So, after slowly assembling everything, applying and cleaning off the thermal paste form my CPU a few times because, well, it just wasn't quite tight... Attaching the cooler, screwing everything into place, screwing in the power supply, hooking up the cables, the time finally came to plu gint he GTX970...
Erm... Yes, with all my measuring and ensuring of clearances, I kinda forgot the video.. It's too tall, and has a bit sticking up right where the corner of the case is, so I can't even plug it in and eave the cover off.
To say I giggled was an understatement, I actually laughed quite maniacally, and my confused father was wondering if I was going mad.
Anyways, nevermind, now to figure out whether to just use the old case, or just put the old PC back together for now and get a new case...
I think I'll put the old PC back together, I no longer feel like installing a Windows on a new PC, then installing ED, then a bunch of other drivers!
Z...
so I decided, being Sunday, that after a good 3 hits of good strong coffee at the local cefa, I should be buzzed enough to build my new PC.
I have an Asus Maximus Gene VIII, Intel 6600K, Corsair 650M powe rsupply, a Corsair Air 240 case, and spent a bit of time ensuring I was oging to get the best CPU cooler for my build, and ende dup with the Notcua NH-L12. I'm re-using my existing Asus GTX970 Stryx...
So, after slowly assembling everything, applying and cleaning off the thermal paste form my CPU a few times because, well, it just wasn't quite tight... Attaching the cooler, screwing everything into place, screwing in the power supply, hooking up the cables, the time finally came to plu gint he GTX970...
Erm... Yes, with all my measuring and ensuring of clearances, I kinda forgot the video.. It's too tall, and has a bit sticking up right where the corner of the case is, so I can't even plug it in and eave the cover off.
To say I giggled was an understatement, I actually laughed quite maniacally, and my confused father was wondering if I was going mad.
Anyways, nevermind, now to figure out whether to just use the old case, or just put the old PC back together for now and get a new case...
I think I'll put the old PC back together, I no longer feel like installing a Windows on a new PC, then installing ED, then a bunch of other drivers!
Z...
I got a 980 for my DK2 a while back. The video card arrived in this humongous package. My initial thought was that is was a terrible waste of packaging for such a small computer component.
It wasn't a waste of packaging.
I took out the giant epoxy slab of soldered components and fans and checked it against the available space in my computer case. It was not going to fit.
No way was I going to go back to the substandard performance of my old card, and so after a lot of hours of gritted determination, and the dogged use of a hacksaw, I finally had my VR-capable computer.
Actually, the only thing stopping me form the hacksaw/dremmel is that the garage I rent is about 10 minutes drive away, and I'm not entirely sure I want to keep the case if I'm going to have height issues, and no one wants to buy a hacked up case... I need to allow for a possible GTX1080Ti... Which, I suspect will be too tall for the case. Shame, it's actually an awesome case otherwise.
Z...
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Drool... nice.
That'd bring us up to full HD quality (and a bit more, in stereo). It won't be "4K VR", rather 2K per eye. I can see consumers getting confuselated already.
And if our 1080+ hardware can handle 90-ish fps now, then with ASW at 45fps we can already run those screens NOW.
Bring it (them, both of them). My face is ready!
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It can be a fine line between a giggle and a scream, not sure which way I'd have gone in that situation! These modern graphics cards are huge aren't they. I recently heard tell of laptop with two 1080's in it and just thought - how? Two 1080's would be bigger than a laptop just by themselves. Hope your day improves.
It can be a fine line between a giggle and a scream, not sure which way I'd have gone in that situation! These modern graphics cards are huge aren't they. I recently heard tell of laptop with two 1080's in it and just thought - how? Two 1080's would be bigger than a laptop just by themselves. Hope your day improves.
We'll see tomorrow, I have my eye on another case...
Z...
Oh dear I hadn't thought of that.. <grin>
I believe you but I'm struggling to see why the 970 won't fit? Is there a heatpipe or something that sticks out from the top of the card that won't let you put the case side back on? I can see the Strix 970 is a thick card, double slots width with a third slot taken up by heatsink. Can see there is a fair bit of discussion about it on the net.
The review on AnandTech for that case shows a resonable 3D card installed - a GTX 1080 will be a tad longer, but not taller.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8383/corsair-carbide-240-air/3
You kind of need to see it to understand, but the lip of the case is too low on the top edge where the socket end of the card is. The SLI connector on the circuit board prevents you from even being able to slot the card in, as it prevents the pins lining up by about 5 or 6mm, on top of that, the heat pipe does not let you close the lid.
I could get it in, maybe, if I put the card on the mobo outside the case, then try and slide it in carefully, but honestly, that's too much hassle when I know I will buy a new gpu in Jan/Feb, as either the 1080Ti will be out, or the 1080 prices will have dropped a touch, and the last thing I want is to worry about the card to buy fitting the depth requirement.
I'd rather sell the case as is, and buy one that will work off the bat.
Z...
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I am one that agrees with this, as wonderful as the VR experience is with ED I do miss the pin sharp graphics you get with a PC screen. I played a fair bit this weekend mainly missions and engineer material grinding so a lot of galaxy/system map work and also referring to Inara, this type of play is not well suited to VR.
Do not regret buying the Rift at all but will not be the major way I will play ED .
Kinda jealous.
I was an early adopter and got the initial (DK1) Oculus Rift. Even though it was blurry and impossible to read the market lists at stations as you stated I was in awe at being in the cockpit of my own ship, pixels or no pixels this was the future and I was sold.
Unfortunately I can't get the damn thing to work anymore and I believe the (DK1) Rift is just not supported at this stage by Oculus or Frontier.
I was warned before I purchased it so I can't complain too much and even though I am happy for you much sadness is had by me every time I remember the now fading memory of only me and my Asp at the solitary center of our Galaxy staring into the vastness of Sagittarius A ... boo, hoo, hoo.
I was an early adopter and got the initial (DK1) Oculus Rift. Even though it was blurry and impossible to read the market lists at stations as you stated I was in awe at being in the cockpit of my own ship, pixels or no pixels this was the future and I was sold.
Unfortunately I can't get the damn thing to work anymore and I believe the (DK1) Rift is just not supported at this stage by Oculus or Frontier.
I was warned before I purchased it so I can't complain too much and even though I am happy for you much sadness is had by me every time I remember the now fading memory of only me and my Asp at the solitary center of our Galaxy staring into the vastness of Sagittarius A ... boo, hoo, hoo.
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I'm sure you mean the DK1. The CV1 is pretty amazing. I know can't wait to get back into my ships cockpit.
RUBIX same here! I also game something like 35 years and man am I blown away by Elite in the Rift! I have a few hundered hours with it now and I still cant get over how awesome it is!
Its hands down the best thing gaming has ever done for me! Its my childhood dream come true! I own a spaceship! its so good I could trade in everything else I own in a heartbeat!
I will play this forever! I can do 14 hours straight on days I have the luxury to do so and I have spend every spare minute in it since I got it.
Still in pure amazement every time I put it on - quick look to the left and right the holo panels come up! gets me every time! it just gives me SOOO much JOY!
Its hands down the best thing gaming has ever done for me! Its my childhood dream come true! I own a spaceship! its so good I could trade in everything else I own in a heartbeat!
I will play this forever! I can do 14 hours straight on days I have the luxury to do so and I have spend every spare minute in it since I got it.
Still in pure amazement every time I put it on - quick look to the left and right the holo panels come up!
gets me every time! it just gives me SOOO much JOY! 
Be aware that while the DK2 is good, the CV1 is better, and you almost certainly will start saving up for a CV1 ASAP.
I would also suggest you look at the ways of disabling automatic updates. Oculus will stop supporting the DK2 at some time (it has now been superseded by the CV1), and it is possible that an update in the future may disable the DK2 (although that would be a silly idea as it could alienate DK2 users).
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Nice read OP.
My rift will arrive tomorrow, and your post got me overly excited
My rift will arrive tomorrow, and your post got me overly excited