New system good enough for rift?

[sangan1161]

Hi folks. I just ordered a new system and am hoping it's going to be up to the task of running the rift on full settings. anyway, here it is and if anyone with good knowledge has any suggestions that don't involve lots of $$ I would love to hear them.


CABLE: 6-FT HDMI Flat Cable, V1.4, Supports 3D & 4K Resolution, Gold Plated Connector Cable (1 piece)


CAS: CyberPowerPC X-Titan 100 MID-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Window Panel (White Color)
CASUPGRADE: None
CD: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, DVD+RW Combo Drive (Black Color)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
FREEBIE_CU: FREE $50 VISA Gift Card with Intel Core I5 or Core I7 purchase
FREEBIE_MB: ASUS CineVibe Black Optimal Bass Vibration Gaming Headset
FREEBIE_VC1: NVIDIA Pick Your Path Coupon (The Crew, Far Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed Unity)
HDD: 256GB ADATA SP610 SSD + 4TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Combo Drive)
HDD2: None
HEADSET: None
IUSB: Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub
KEYBOARD: AZZA Delta Gaming Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghosting & red backlight
MB_SRT: None
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX w/ Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (All Venom OC Certified)
MOUSE: AZZA Alpha 1600 DPI Gaming Mouse
NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabit 10/100/1000 Network Card
NFC: None
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition) + Office 365 FREE 30 Days Trial [+104]
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
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SPEAKERS: None
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TUNING: None
TVRC: None
USBFLASH: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: EVGA FTW Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
WNC: GIGABYTE GC-WB867D-I 802.11AC Wi-Fi up to 867 Mbps + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo w/ Dual Antenna PCI-E Adapter




If I'm not running the rift, i'll probably run a 3 screen setup . I think this system should be up to running elite on max settings but as I said I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Ism]

You need to upgrade the free $50 VISA gift card to run the OR.
Other than that, it looks good. Go to OR website, it has minimum specs.

 

[Thetele]

These are Minimum Spec for VR given by frontier.
• OS: Windows 7/8/10 64 bit
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 980 with 4GB or better
• Network: Broadband Internet Connection
• Hard Drive: 8 GB available space

I didn´t look at everything but your nvidia geforce GTX 970 is under minimun spec

 

[grammatonfeather]

Don't run a 3 monitor setup. That is bygone era technology. All you end up with are 3 tiny, flat, compressed views with ugly borders.

You can run VR on a 970 if you don't max out the graphics.

You can always add a second 970 at a later date.

The requirement for Vive and CV1 will be higher than DK2 but nevertheless it should run if you adjust graphics.

But if money is no object then buy a 980ti.

 

[777Driver]

I wouldn't go cheap with the card, go for the 980TI.. Preferably 2 in SLI for when the consumer version hits. Grammaton is right, you don't need to max out.... Still, the game looks amazing in ultra, especially in VR.

 

[dementia]

The bottle neck at the moment is as much about the game support for VR SLI as it is the hardware.

I'm hoping that as the Oculus or Vive announce a release date that FD will actually do the required work to support them both fully and optimised.

At the moment the game just isn't. Horizons doesn't properly support SLI as per the 'Known Issues' so you have to do enable and configure it outside of the game and that is always going to be suboptimal at best.

 

[babelfisch]

I think the 970 will run the base game in VR but not Horizons on max settings.

PS I am not into VR but AFAIK NVidia is working on a SLI solution where each card renders one image. If they succeed you might be lucky and a second 970 could give you enough performance.