Is this PC good enough for Elite in VR (Oculus Rift S)

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
Hi, I'm migrating over to PC from PS4 to run Elite / Horizons in VR using the Oculus Rift S.
I'm on a budget, so I can't go completely nuts. But I don't want to go down this road if in the end I have to dial down the image quality and/or have a jerky FPS.
This is pretty much what I can afford. If anyone has experience in this field (which I do not), would you please take a look at my spec below and give me some advice?
Thank you, UM

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE (Comes with 3 front 120 case fans)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
960GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
 

VR Dextrovix

VR Dextrovix
I can get a little jerkiness in VR at top quality with a 2080Ti, so I think you will have to compromise, i.e. potentially turn down the quality. But that's part of the VR journey I feel!

Certainly what you've put will still give good performance in VR, but you may have to have a play around with the graphics settings. But does the end result make it unplayable in VR? No.
 

MickyG1982

M
It's a good all round system...

But...

You could, for example, downgrade to a Ryzen 5 3600 (which is still more than sufficient for todays gaming needs) save yourself £140(ish) and upgrade to the 2080 Super for about the same. You lose out on 2 cores but even the 3600 comes within 6% of the performance of the 3700x under most conditions. In gaming, at least in most of the benchmarks I've seen, the 3600 will come within 5 or so FPS of the 3700x.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1871-amd-ryzen-3600/
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-3600/4043vs4040
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2080S-Super-vs-Nvidia-RTX-2070S-Super/4050vs4048

Of course, it's all about what compromises you want to make to stay within your budget - but most games, especially in VR are going to be GPU rather than CPU bound so, in my opinion, the CPU compromise is worth it.

On another point too, don't get hung up on buying kit (motherboards/RAM etc they are a lot of money for no performance increase whatsoever. I mean, go from the ASUS ROG motherboard to something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aorus-X570...67&hvtargid=pla-813372013164&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

And you could probably afford both the Ryzen 7 3700x & the RTX 2080s in your rig, food for thought.

Of course, it's always worth telling us what your budget is, you may find you can afford more than you expect.
 
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Razzerman

R
Got a similar (if slightly lower specced) system for my lad to play Elite / X-Plane in VR. Ryzen 5 3600, RTX 2060 16gb ram. Only thing I'd suggest is change the ssd on your build to a nvme.
 

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
Thank you for replying everyone, sorry I didn't get back earlier.
@Razzerman I take it you're happy with the experience?
@MickyG1982 Thanks for those links, I didn't know about those. I spent quite a bit of time looking around on the benchmarking site.
As @dextrovix and Micky said, I'm going to have to accept compromise, which is fine. I just can't afford a 2080Ti and that's that.
I tried VR on at Fantasticon this year, but the experience was amazing. I was so bedazzled I forgot to ask what the spec was of the PC . But I'm sure my VR will still be amazing to me.
I will take the advice that GPU is king, so I'll move the money about and get the 2080 Super and reduce the MB.
Thanks again! UM
 

McStinkDog

McStinkDog
UberMeg67 said:
Hi, I'm migrating over to PC from PS4 to run Elite / Horizons in VR using the Oculus Rift S.
I'm on a budget, so I can't go completely nuts. But I don't want to go down this road if in the end I have to dial down the image quality and/or have a jerky FPS.
This is pretty much what I can afford. If anyone has experience in this field (which I do not), would you please take a look at my spec below and give me some advice?
Thank you, UM

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE (Comes with 3 front 120 case fans)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
960GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
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See you out there fella! I’m also migrating to PC in about a week with a monster rig on the way! Excited much! Good luck with the VR o7
 

Razzerman

R
Yeah, very happy here - I only used it without the vr, but it was a solid 50fps on ultra settings on a 1080 monitor.

You'll have a blast - good luck! o7
 

McStinkDog

McStinkDog
Razzerman said:
Yeah, very happy here - I only used it without the vr, but it was a solid 50fps on ultra settings on a 1080 monitor.

You'll have a blast - good luck! o7
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Yeah that’s pretty much me too! Although the card is 4K ready+ but I’ll be doing it on 1080p as I’m used to that coming from a console. FPS will be high on ultra settings and quite frankly, I won’t know I’m born!! Wehay!! 😂
 

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
McStinkDog said:
I assume you’ll be starting a new CMDR so I’d like to add you up when I get my stuff bedded in, if you’re agreeable? Noobs could be useful to one another after all 😉
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Sure! I haven't created my new PC account yet. Still playing PS4 Elite until my new system arrives.
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
Seconded on the 3600 over the 3700X. For the 2070, you don't need a chip that pricy. I doubt a 3600 would be saturated by a 2080 either.

Buy a decent cooler and overclock it (use Ryzen Master if you're shy of manually overclocking) - you'll still have a beast of a machine and more money in your pocket.
 

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
Six6VI said:
Comes with "Intel Gigabit Ethernet" so you probably don't need the relatively slow:

Might save a few bucks / quids / brain cells...
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[Off topic] about the brain cells. The other day I was testing a wireless ethernet device for industrial applications (for work). Some silly sod attached the focused beam antenna. I'm talking instant headache. Had to kill the power immediately. Frightening.
On my rig, it's just a cheapo card for backup.
 

lysan

lysan
Now you did say Elite Dangerous, so that is specific, because what is good for one game is not necessary great for another. take Arma Sims, that one like a speedy CPU and don't really need an uber GPU.
 

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
lysan said:
Now you did say Elite Dangerous, so that is specific, because what is good for one game is not necessary great for another. take Arma Sims, that one like a speedy CPU and don't really need an uber GPU.
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Well now that I can link my PS4 Destiny 2 gameplay on PC I'll be playing that inbetween bug fixes in Elite 😉
 

UberMeg67

UberMeg67
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