Boo! ED +CV1 works with my old computer but not my new one :p!

[Dr Wookie]

Well this is prety annoying! I have a brand spanking new pc, as described in an earilier thread with an i5 6600, 16 GB RAM and 1080; in the spirit of the ED alpha spreadsheet, I ran Firestrike and it scored around 14700- about 50% higher than my old pc, and nearly 4 times that of the laptop I started the Alpha on . I plug in the Rift, and all I see is the white grid; I can hear everything, and eventually able to hear the training mission after pressing A a few times.

I managed to get it all to work in my old computer, and it was great, albeit with some lowish framerates that made me feel slightly queasy.

I think the problem is that my 1080 only has one HDMI port, and my new computer doesn't recognise it unless I plug the monitor into it directly. My old computer had no such problem, and I could force the GPU to be used on any program even if I plugged my monitor into the HDMI on my motherboard.

I have a displayport to HDMI adapter coming soonish, meaning that I could plug both monitor and CV1 into my GPU, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how I could play in the meantime. I downloaded ED from the Oculus Store, then Steam (having got keys from the frontier store); I thought these would be smart about using my 1080 (attached to my Rift) rather than my intel 530 (attached to my monitor) as a GPU, but no dice

 

[Gortron]

Well this is prety annoying! I have a brand spanking new pc, as described in an earilier thread with an i5 6600, 16 GB RAM and 1080; in the spirit of the ED alpha spreadsheet, I ran Firestrike and it scored around 14700- about 50% higher than my old pc, and nearly 4 times that of the laptop I started the Alpha on . I plug in the Rift, and all I see is the white grid; I can hear everything, and eventually able to hear the training mission after pressing A a few times.

I managed to get it all to work in my old computer, and it was great, albeit with some lowish framerates that made me feel slightly queasy.

I think the problem is that my 1080 only has one HDMI port, and my new computer doesn't recognise it unless I plug the monitor into it directly. My old computer had no such problem, and I could force the GPU to be used on any program even if I plugged my monitor into the HDMI on my motherboard.

I have a displayport to HDMI adapter coming soonish, meaning that I could plug both monitor and CV1 into my GPU, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how I could play in the meantime. I downloaded ED from the Oculus Store, then Steam (having got keys from the frontier store); I thought these would be smart about using my 1080 (attached to my Rift) rather than my intel 530 (attached to my monitor) as a GPU, but no dice

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.... do you mean you have to use HDMI for your monitor so to run the rift you are starting the PC with only the rift connected and no monitor? If so I'd say that is definitely the problem. I think I end up with the Rift as the monitor by mistake at one point and it really didn't work out. The only other way I can see you getting it going is by connecting your monitor with a display port cable or VGA cable if you have a suitable port both ends. I've got 3 monitors all connected display port to display port and the Rift is on the HDMI port.

Hope you get it going soon, must be really frustrating getting this close and no banana. I don't think I could handle it and I'd go to Maplins or the like and buy the adapter or cable today lol.

 

[Dr Wookie]

Sorry, I have two HDMI outputs, one on my GPU and one on the motherboard. If I attach my monitor to my GPU then my computer recognises the 1080; otherwise it just uses the integrated graphics. I know I could choose which one I wanted to use in my old computer, but I don't know enough about computers to tell whether this depends on the hardware or software.

I have a displayport to HDMI cable coming either today or early next week; I scoured the local shops and they are too low-demand for most shops to carry them.

 

[Gortron]

Oh I see. I don't think there is a way to make use of the motherboard HDMI port without it using the integrated graphics so I'd just consider that port unusable (I could be wrong on that, someone else might know otherwise). I think it is possible with some AMD CPU/GPU combinations but not intel integrated graphics with an Nvidia card.

Other what you have ordered I think your only other options are to connect your monitor up with VGA or Display port cable if you have suitable ports both ends. You can probably get any of those from your nearest Maplins (I'd find out the product code and call you local one first) but they are over priced as hell. Display port to HDMI which is in stock at my local one according to their website is £19.99

 

[Hell Razor5543]

You might want to check the settings in the Oculus software. Under Settings/General is te option to allow software that has not been reviewed by Oculus to run. You might want to check it (it helped me in the past).

 

[Adam Lusardi]

As stated the on board HDMI usually wont work. You will need the headset in the GPU HDMI socket. As you have ordered a display port or DVI to HDMI for the monitor that will work fine. I the mean time you could use an Android phone as a monitor via a USB connection (Google has many links for this)