Can I improve the visuals of vr ed?

[cloetus]

I love playing vr ed but I get frustrated with the picture quality. It reminds me of games I’ve played with 800X600 resolution and I want every game to be at least 1024X768. If it would help I’d buy a better video card just for this game which I love. I wonder if it would matter. Maybe I’m at the limits of the oculus rift? This is my current setup:

Windows 10 home 64 bit
Intel core i7-6700 CPU@3.40 Ghz (8 CPUs)~3.4 GHz
32768MB RAM
AMD Radeon RX 480
8172MB Video ram

Can someone advise me on how and how much I could improve the look of this game?

 

[Rat Catcher]

Have you tried increasing Supersampling (HMD resolution multiplier)? It will increase the apparent resolution, but does have a performance hit depending on how much GPU overhead you have available in the 'normal' game.

 

[cloetus]

Thanks for your post,
I have played with the super sampling and it does make things too choppy. Would a new video card allow me to increase the super sampling and the antialiasing while maintaining performance?

 

[Rat Catcher]

Thanks for your post,
I have played with the super sampling and it does make things too choppy. Would a new video card allow me to increase the super sampling and the antialiasing while maintaining performance?

Dangerous ground

ED is both GPU & CPU greedy in VR (not massively so, but both interact) and performance will still drop noticably in Stations for many regardless of the hardware.

Some graphics settings turned down, e.g. Shadows, Anti-Aliasing will improve performance without massive adverse effects, those effects can be minimised with SS because of the extra overhead gained...

If you have a minimum spec graphics card and reasonable CPU then upping the GPU will 'help', if you have the opposite

If there is a forum for your particular VR hardware it may be worth taking a look at other's hardware being used with the device to compare against your own.

Sorry it is generalities, in the VR world there are many variables and seemingly nothing concrete

 

[cloetus]

Much appreciated.

 

[[VR] Frank_G]

I guess that depends on your personal preference. I use a GTX 1080 ti and have everything on Ultra with HMD quality setting set to 1.5. The card handles well and delivers at least solid 60 fps or more, depending on the scenery. That is more than sufficient, when you are not prone to motion sickness. If you need solid 90 fps to stay in the game, the air gets pretty thin.

I actually don't know of any graphic card, that can guarantee solid 90 fps at ultra settings throughout.

 

[bobtuck]

^^^^^ this!

I'm the same....visual quality is more important to me than 'perfect' game performance. I don't mind the odd bit of choppiness if it looks nice