two questions...

Cmdr Mnumen

Cmdr Mnumen
I've been aiming at getting in on some elite VR once the Vive/Rift are released but...

1) Do we know anything about the min specs for the Vive, or do we just know it for the Rift?
2) Is my i5-3570 going to cut it? It's similar in performance with the i5-4590 NVidia list as the min spec for the Rift, but not as pokey as the i7-3770 indicated in the min specs posted.
3) Which of the specs is the biggest bottleneck if I'm under? Will I be better off with a 980Ti and the i5-3570, or a 970 and a i7-3770?

It seems like its probably worth waiting until the vive is out at least before committing to anything...
 

-VR- Max Factor

-VR- Max Factor
I am in a similar boat. I have an I5 2500k overclocked to 4.2ghz and seriously hoping that it will be good enough. I really don't want to fork out for a new motherboard/processor/ram and an HMD on top.
 

Jonathan E

Jonathan E
@OP I'd go for the 980ti and keep the CPU. I have just gone from a GTX780 and AMD6300 to a 980ti and i7-4790 and both made a difference.

On cpu boss the AMD6300 scores 5.8 against 8.7 for your cpu, but my i7-4790 scores 9, so I'd go for the the 980ti and your cpu.... not exactly scientific, but a good indication methinks
 

Kevris

K
Generally speaking: when someone releases a minimum spec, it's the minimum spec. This is going to be especially true in VR. You can deal with frame-rate drops on a monitor, in VR they will make you physically ill.

PC gamers tend to be...shall we say optimistic...and throw out things like "oh you totally wasted your money on that, my i5 with a GTX 750 gets 500FPS at 8k resolution in every game because overclocking." Somehow, on every tech forum everywhere, tons of people have magical i5's that are faster than haswell-e extreme edition CPU's. If this were true, why would anybody purchase haswell-e CPU's? These claims are never backed up with real numbers, they're cherry-picked. And while a lesser PC may achieve a high frame-rate during a low intensity, "peaceful scene", VR doesn't care about max frame-rate in one cherry-picked situation, VR needs a consistent frame-rate, all, the, time.

That said: Time will tell. Anything you read right now, that is not the manufacturer's recommended specification, is pure speculation.

All of that said: I run DK2, a 5930 at 4.4 with 32GB of RAM and a GTX980. DK2 runs at 75hz (75FPS), CV1 is 90hz. Prior to horizons, I set ED at "ultra" and never touched the settings again. It was perfect. With horizons, I have to monkey with some settings to maintain a non-puke-inducing frame-rate when I land. This isn't anybody's fault, it's just that I need to throw more hardware at Horizons to get ultra settings because beautiful life-like scenery requires serious and expensive hardware. Companies don't sell top-end hardware because they're evil money-grubbing savages, they sell it because it is faster than the lower-end stuff. There is a reason a GTR costs a lot more than a 370z. There is a reason a steak from Morton's costs a lot more than a steak from the Sizzler. I'm hoping the Pascal-based top-end cards will do it, but nobody knows at this point.
 
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