Best single graphics device for VR? (August 2017)

TorTorden_VR

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Enride said:
Ooh that sounds nice, is that with a 1080TI?

Im not nitpicky with details but very sensitive to framerates and often accept what others perceive to be disgusting visuals to get a smooth gameplay!
But it would be nice for something with so much atmosphere as ED to be able to crank the settings up as well!
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Yes I got a msi 1080ti gaming x. Upgraded from a 980ti and that was a solid leap in GPU power.

Doesn't matter much which card you get. Almost all non stock card have really good cooling and never reach the thermal threshold the stock Nvidia cards do.
And they are less noisy to boot.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
Enride said:
Well I hadnt planned on it since I was under the impression the rest of my rig is up to the job. Currently its an i7-4790K with 16gb and SSDs and I dont know the brand of teh powersupply but its an expensive piece well overdimensioned so it shouldnt be a problem unless it starts to fail.

What would you suggest?
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I don't think you'll have a problem with that set-up. It's always worth checking the rest of the system when upgrading a GPU, though, hence the suggestion. :)
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
TorTorden said:
Yes I got a msi 1080ti gaming x. Upgraded from a 980ti and that was a solid leap in GPU power.
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That's interesting, as in tests the 1080Ti is only about 10-20% faster than the 980Ti, which is why I don't feel any need to upgrade.

My current set-up is MSI Gaming (motherboard and GPU), and I'd have no hesitation in recommending them. The machine is very stable (unlike the AMD CPU/GPU before it).
 

Enride

Enride
CMDR Crank Larson said:
I don't think you'll have a problem with that set-up. It's always worth checking the rest of the system when upgrading a GPU, though, hence the suggestion. :)
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Ah no worries, I appreciate it :)

For anyone interested I will say that I have just tried ED in VR with my new GTX 1080ti and I can only say that everyone suggesting it was correct, what a difference! It runs buttersmooth and I can turn the settings and resolution up so I can enjoy the full glorious views this game has to offer!
I was playing on 1280/720 previous at low-med settings and it was fairly smooth with the occasional hickups.
Now i tried 1920/1080 with everything at high and it was like bathing in silk!

Im "happy as a pig in poop" as dogbite puts it!

Gonna spend the evening reinstalling windows and everything else to get performance as good as possible!
 

TorTorden_VR

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CMDR Crank Larson said:
That's interesting, as in tests the 1080Ti is only about 10-20% faster than the 980Ti, which is why I don't feel any need to upgrade.

My current set-up is MSI Gaming (motherboard and GPU), and I'd have no hesitation in recommending them. The machine is very stable (unlike the AMD CPU/GPU before it).
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Those numbers are for the 1080.
The 1080ti is nearly 100% more capable than the 980ti.

Sure I should have waited for Volta next year (ish).

Maybe I can summon some patience. Save up a crap load of money and build a coffe lake pc with that card when it does arrive.

But in truth the most beneficial upgrade to performance is what fd can do with software.

Don't get me wrong.
The 980ti is still a kickbutt GPU and I have relegated it to my newly assembled HTPC and vive setup.
 
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CptXabaras

CptXabaras
As of today, I'm running a watercooled Asus strix 1080Ti, cannot be happier and the card max out at 36 degrees under stress with EKWB waterblock on her. Running the game on ultra + 1.25 HMD. She's capable to happily hold 90 fps
 

CptXabaras

CptXabaras
One of the screw on the original heatsinks had a sticker on it, so yeah, guess that was for warranty purposes. I don't really care, card is really well built and with the temperature I've got I see it lasting for some year to come ;)
 

Shinkaze

Shinkaze
Get a Pascal Chip 10x0 card if you want to get access to all the VR-specific hardware acceleration. ED doesn't specifically avail itself to these accelerations HOWEVER other titles can and will in the future.

FWIW I saw a 60% improvement in 3DSMARK going from a 980 GTX to a 1080 Founders Edition in just raw frame rate stock out of the box. Can't even begin to imagine how far NVIDIA is going to take this latest generation of chips as it almost feels like they have skipped a generation.
 

shadow133

shadow133
Like what most people said 1080ti if you got the cash, anything over a 1070 if you dont. Frankly I find the 1070 not enough in some cases (dense battle environments) and many sacrifices in terms of quality need to be made. One thing I hate about 10x0 (I have 3 machines) is how many crashes and bugs I had. I had to underclock them otherwise games crash (not only ED and in all pcs). I hope betteer alternatives appear soon.
 

dogbite

dogbite
Enride said:
I was playing on 1280/720 previous at low-med settings and it was fairly smooth with the occasional hickups.
Now i tried 1920/1080 with everything at high and it was like bathing in silk!
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Those would be monitor resolutions only. Your HMD resolution is fixed and not affected by those changes. Only your monitor.
 

Aashenfox

Aashenfox
shadow133 said:
Like what most people said 1080ti if you got the cash, anything over a 1070 if you dont. Frankly I find the 1070 not enough in some cases (dense battle environments) and many sacrifices in terms of quality need to be made. One thing I hate about 10x0 (I have 3 machines) is how many crashes and bugs I had. I had to underclock them otherwise games crash (not only ED and in all pcs). I hope betteer alternatives appear soon.
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I have a founders 1080, bought on release day for a grand! It is in a PC that is turned on 24/7, I'm terribly lazy with driver updates (it is currently two behind), I play mostly Elite, but also loads of other triple A titles. It has a single shroud fan on the graphics card, stock Founders configuration (Corsair closed loop liquid on the CPU), and there is no air conditioning in the room where I play, I was playing in 50C (122F) on some days this year (I live in the Northern suburbs of Athens, and yes, I was sweating all over my peripherals, what are ya gonna do? Stop playing Elite cos its hot? No way!), and I have never had so much as a glitch. It heats my room real good after a few hours of Elite, but no issues at all. Windows 10 home on an Intel 4790K by the way. To be honest, I haven't had a nvidia card related glitch (let alone crash or anything, not even an artifact) now for many, MANY years (prior cards were a 970GTX and an 860GTX, similarly not so much as an on screen artifact) in a crazily high temp environment. Don't have any suggestions for you, just saying it's not normal to experience crashes because of your nvidia cards.
 

shadow133

shadow133
Well I have 2 1070gtx and in both systems, one being dedicated only to ED I had to lower the gpu clock by 50hz, otherwise it would crash. This happened mostly with ED. Later when Ghost Recon Wildlands came out it drove me crazy with crashes. Then I got one computer that flashed to a black screen after login in to windows 10, some service causing it. All these problems mitigated or worsened, sometimes returning even with nvidia driver updates. So, I never said I think they are bad hardwares, but the drivers suck in my experience. My 970gtx on the other hand never had a glitch. So it seems like fortune favors a few while nvidia does very little to integrate gpus better.
 

Zeeman

Zeeman
Tikigod said:
Without any mention of what the OPs budget is, it's pretty much impossible to answer the OP.

I mean overall for performance vs cost, the single most worthwhile GPU on the market currently is a RX Vega.
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I'm getting confused. every time I get on a forum, people are saying Vega, every time I look at any form of comparison (VR in particular), the Vega 56 and 64 put in a good showing against the 1070, perhaps a 1080, but can't touch the 1080Ti. And both are quite pricey.

I'll try and find a link to a comparison (for VR) once I dig them up again.

Z...
 

Zeeman

Zeeman
CptXabaras said:
As of today, I'm running a watercooled Asus strix 1080Ti, cannot be happier and the card max out at 36 degrees under stress with EKWB waterblock on her. Running the game on ultra + 1.25 HMD. She's capable to happily hold 90 fps
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Which EK parts are you running? Are you cooling the CPU too? Currently looking at getting an EK set up for my 6700K and 1080Ti, just need to figure out how to squeeze it into an Air240 case.

Z...
 
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