Can i run Occulus Rift setup on my machine?

[InMediah]

Hello Guys,

first at all i must admit that i am not that mutch of a PC talent and i am a bit lazy aswell, thus i didnt read ALL google links, but i just tested my system with the STEAm performance thingy.

The Steam test told me that i can run Occulus Rift "Average", my Processor was highlighted in green but my graphicscard was yellow actually.

I would mainly want to play Elite Dangerous in VR so is this possible on my System with my current specs:


Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4Gbyte
RAM 8.0 GB


The SteamVR Software said that only the Graphicscard is a bit low, is this true? if i upgrade my graphicscard toan GTX 1060 does that mean i can run Elite VR in high settings?
What will the framerate look like without updating the Graphicscard? Does someone have experience with VR on about the same machine that i got?

Thanks to all,

InMediah

 

[TorTorden_VR]

It should run, you can check with the oculus test tool.
albeit you are definitely at the lower end, especially the gpu will be a hinder.

In short I would recommend a new build, but upgrading to 16gb RAM and switching gpu to at least a 1070 would make big improvement, or at least an old 980ti.

Elite isn't like most of the VR titles with scaled back graphics.

I'm currently on a i7 4790k, with 16gb of 2400mhz RAM, and a 1080ti and there is honest still room for improvement with elite.

 

[Orvidius]

To give you a point of comparison, it ran fine for me with the following hardware, with E running in "VR Medium", and it worked fine with various apps from the Oculus app store.

Intel i7 4770k @ 3.8 GHz
GTX 970
32 MB RAM

Don't let the RAM amount scare you. I have a nasty habit of leaving 20 browser windows open, plus Photoshop, a video editor, and then running a game with all of that still up. I recently upgraded my system and can use the "VR Ultra" settings preset now, but "VR Medium" was about right with the above hardware. You might need "VR Low" in E, but it will take some experimentation.

The biggest piece of advice I can give is to make sure your sensors and the headset are all on separate USB controllers. Usually there are 4 USB ports to a controller, so spread them out instead of plugging them in side-by-side. A lot of the time, poor tracking quality is due to the sensors saturating the USB controller, rather than a problem with the sensor, or slow CPU, or whatever.