So I have an Oculus Rift DK2, will it run Elite Dangerous?

dwengo

dwengo
I managed to find an Oculus rift DK2 online for a snip. But forgot to check if it'll run ED!

Does anyone have it and are there any suggestions/recommendations regarding it?

My CPU specs are (dxdiag):
CPU is: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
GPU: Radeon RX 570 Series 4gb
RAM: 16GB

I mean, my comp is pretty old, but she happily plays ED on full settings at 60FPS.
 

nigeljk

N
Welcome (almost) to VR. See the Sticky thread above concerning minimum specs, it goes back to the DK2 from the start
 

Templar01

Templar01
Wow!!! That is one serious eclectic collection of hardware. I won't go into just how mismatched the components you currently have now as I don't want to derail your question.

The simple answer is; No, your underpowered Video card is enough to torpedo any chance of reasonable gameplay. But you shouldn't be asking a forum for their "opinion". Do the metrics my friend, do the metrics. (y)You will find that the headset has very little to do with performance in-game. It's the GPU that does all the heavy lifting.

VR Ready test software is widely available.

You can start by downloading the steam test utility. Oculus also has one but I trust the Steam utility more because until the release of the Valve Index last year, they didn't really have a dog in that fight.


Oculus also has a similar test. As the saying goes; "Just Google it" :sneaky:

FYI. In 2018 I got my first Rift. I started with a GTX1050 and was dissatisfied. I upgraded to an RX480 then to an RX580 with modest improvement. It wasn't until I got a GTX 1080 TI that I got very satisfactory results.

Here is an example of Steam's output. You'll note that I have anything but an average system. It's a socket 1150 I5 motherboard from 2014, hardly high-end. But I did spend the money on the GPU. In my case it was a refurb off Amazon that I then retrofitted with a Arctic Cooler to eliminate thermal throttling. All in all, I ended up getting a card for $500 that performed like an $1,100 card.
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Castillo

C
I ran my CV1 on an RX480 for quite some time. With a DK2, your GPU will probably do just fine. Reading the UI text in Elite on the DK2 might be a problem though.
 
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