Can I use an oculus (or similar) and how do I get one.

[SeanOTRS]

Will my pc support any vr elite supports (any gtx settings)?
Quad core i5-(not sure of this number)
Nvidia gtx 660
8gb ddr3 ram
2TB hard disk
Good enough to run elite at ultra normally (60 fps)
If not, what can I do to make it able to?
If so, where do I get one?

 

[grammatonfeather]

Will my pc support any vr elite supports (any gtx settings)?
Quad core i5-(not sure of this number)
Nvidia gtx 660
8gb ddr3 ram
2TB hard disk
Good enough to run elite at ultra normally (60 fps)
If not, what can I do to make it able to?
If so, where do I get one?

GTX 660 will be too weak I reckon.

You'd really want to upgrade to GTX 970. You'd get a bit of money back from selling your 660.

The other thing is that DK2 is now at an end unless you buy used and the prices there have shot up. We're so close to CV1 release that you'd be better waiting a month or so until CV1 oculus hits.

I wouldn't advise you buy a DK2 now unless it's very cheap.

 

[BillD]

Also ED just announce that the latest oculus drivers don't work with ED at all and it is unresolvable at this time. There is no telling whether this will be resolved with future drivers or not.

Better not to get one too soon.

 

[AndreyATGB]

I just successfully launched the game with SteamVR running on runtime 0.8. Didn't test performance, will post results tomorrow for sure (especially if it runs better than 0.5 without SteamVR). Also GTX 660 is way too slow for VR, you NEED the target framerate, this is not negotiable. If you never land on a planet, it should be fine for space travel though. But I'd still recommend you beef up your computer before even considering an HMD, low FPS and stutter is an instant dealbreaker.

 

[grammatonfeather]

Horizons does work on steamVR and .800 runtime but the performance drop is too great at this time.

The issue could be with steamvr since that is barely able to run HL2 and TF2 so imagine throwing Elite at it?

 

[AndreyATGB]

Horizons does work on steamVR and .800 runtime but the performance drop is too great at this time.

The issue could be with steamvr since that is barely able to run HL2 and TF2 so imagine throwing Elite at it?

Yeah, I was getting 60 FPS on the surface but with 70% GPU usage. Something is wrong with SteamVR and/or OVR interactions.