Will a i5-2500k be unplayable in ED in an Oculus rift? I have a GTX1070 and 8gb of 1600Mhz ram

[lysergamide]

I've ordered an oculus rift, and it should come in this week.

95% of the reason I bought the rift was to play ED on it. However, Ive just come to the realization that my aging cpu may be an issue. How bad will I have to turn graphics down enough to get EDVR to work smoothly? Will my GTX1070 help make up for my old CPU. The i5-2500K isnt overclocked, but I am open to doing that as I have a hypermaster 212 cooler. Any good guides for overclocking my cpu? Thanks

 

[lysergamide]

Edit: im not sure how to edit my original post, but one might say just to try it out and see if it works. But I bought the rift from best buy and they wont take returns if the rift is opened. If elite doesnt work well, Im not sure if its worth spending so much money on the rift. Thanks

 

[777Driver]

I've ordered an oculus rift, and it should come in this week.

95% of the reason I bought the rift was to play ED on it. However, Ive just come to the realization that my aging cpu may be an issue. How bad will I have to turn graphics down enough to get EDVR to work smoothly? Will my GTX1070 help make up for my old CPU. The i5-2500K isnt overclocked, but I am open to doing that as I have a hypermaster 212 cooler. Any good guides for overclocking my cpu? Thanks

Those 2500/2600K chips are amazing, especially when overclocked. Whilst performance will be better with a higher end chip, you don't have anything to worry about. I used to have one of those chips running at 4.9ghz on air, handled ED in VR without any issues paired with a 1070. Small compromises had to be made, ambient occlusion off, shadows below Ultra unless I was out exploring.

My chip came pre overclocked, plenty of guides on youtube if you plan to do it yourself, it really isn't difficult, plenty of tools out there to make the process smooth. I also overclocked the heck outa my 1070.

Now Running a 7700k paired with a 1080TI, purely so that I can crank up the SS

 

[VR andysonofbob]

I have this CPU
4.4

No need to upgrade

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

you may need to overclock it. other than that it should be ok. fairly certain you will have to buy a usb 3 pcie card however. i know the usb in my old 2500k machine was not compatible.

PS NOT overclocking a 2500k is as criminal as back in the day having a celeron 300 and not overclocking it to 450mhz

unless you really lost out on the silicon lottery, that chip should be good for 4.2hgz at a minimum (mine did 4.6 if i really pushed it but i pulled it back to 4.3 so i could lower the volts and temps)

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

I've ordered an oculus rift, and it should come in this week.

95% of the reason I bought the rift was to play ED on it. However, Ive just come to the realization that my aging cpu may be an issue. How bad will I have to turn graphics down enough to get EDVR to work smoothly? Will my GTX1070 help make up for my old CPU. The i5-2500K isnt overclocked, but I am open to doing that as I have a hypermaster 212 cooler. Any good guides for overclocking my cpu? Thanks

I have an i5 2500k at 4.4ghz. It should be fine as mine is. You may want to get a bit more ram (16gigs is good). I do intend to upgrade in the future as the Cobra engine does use threads and is good at it. Even an i7-2600k will help a lot. My main issue at the moment is the limited vram I have on my GPU.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

I have an i5 2500k at 4.4ghz. It should be fine as mine is. You may want to get a bit more ram (16gigs is good). I do intend to upgrade in the future as the Cobra engine does use threads and is good at it. Even an i7-2600k will help a lot. My main issue at the moment is the limited vram I have on my GPU.

was your usb 3 supported, or are you running on usb 2 (i have never tried a full usb 2 setup on my machine)

 

[Loworbit]

i have never tried a full usb 2 setup on my machine

All CV1 Sensors and HMD to USB 2.0? Good luck with that, it won't work. If you don't have enought USB 3.0 controllers (or non at all), buy a PCIe card for that.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

All CV1 Sensors and HMD to USB 2.0? Good luck with that, it won't work. If you don't have enought USB 3.0 controllers (or non at all), buy a PCIe card for that.

i am fine, i have a compatible usb controller on my mobo AND got the pcie card as well ... i was just wondering on how maxfactor did it on his rig

its possibly more of an issue for the hotas users. my x55 needs a ton of juice to work properly, so even tho i have a compatible onboard usb controller, without the pcie card i strugged when using my x55, rift and 3 sensors.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

i am fine, i have a compatible usb controller on my mobo AND got the pcie card as well ... i was just wondering on how maxfactor did it on his rig

its possibly more of an issue for the hotas users. my x55 needs a ton of juice to work properly, so even tho i have a compatible onboard usb controller, without the pcie card i strugged when using my x55, rift and 3 sensors.

I have a USB3 motherboard (Z77) and a pcie USB3 card. And a powered USB3 hub which all seems to work fine. The sensor is pluged into a USB 2 port as for some reason it just doesn't work in any USB3 port I have including the pcie USB card. I also have a Hotas (x52 pro) that is plugged into a powered USB 2 hub. I intend to get another sensor and touch at some point too.

I want to get an i7 3770k for my motherboard, but can't justify the cost. They are going for more then a brand new Ryzen 1600 on ebay at the moment. So I may just save up for a new Ryzen 1600 CPU, Motherboard and Ram. But that is going to take some time.

 

[Loworbit]

So I may just save up for a new Ryzen 1600 CPU, Motherboard and Ram. But that is going to take some time.

By that time you have reliable benchmarks for the Ryzen Threadripper, a bunch of microcode updates and optimized drivers. But don't you think that Intel will counter that? i7 and i9 prices will drop too. By that time you sould compare Intel and AMD again.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

By that time you have reliable benchmarks for the Ryzen Threadripper, a bunch of microcode updates and optimized drivers. But don't you think that Intel will counter that? i7 and i9 prices will drop too. By that time you sould compare Intel and AMD again.

Possibly. I keep an open mind, so will make a decisions when the time comes. I am just looking at things right now, and the Ryzen 1600 is the best bang for buck in my eyes. Yep that may change, and I will see what happens with intel and their prices too. I doubt I will be going for a threadripper anyway, a 6 core 12 thread CPU should be enough for a while.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

I have a USB3 motherboard (Z77) and a pcie USB3 card..

ahh mine was older than yours (it was a launch chipset, that i had to send back due to a manufacturing defect in the sata controller) so perhaps yours is better than mine. my usb on my mobo is not supported (P8P67 using the P67 chipset)

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

ahh mine was older than yours (it was a launch chipset, that i had to send back due to a manufacturing defect in the sata controller) so perhaps yours is better than mine. my usb on my mobo is not supported (P8P67 using the P67 chipset)

It originally came with a P67 motherboard, but it died. Got a Z77 replacement in case I wanted to upgrade the CPU.

 

[ZeroAi]

I've ordered an oculus rift, and it should come in this week.

95% of the reason I bought the rift was to play ED on it. However, Ive just come to the realization that my aging cpu may be an issue. How bad will I have to turn graphics down enough to get EDVR to work smoothly? Will my GTX1070 help make up for my old CPU. The i5-2500K isnt overclocked, but I am open to doing that as I have a hypermaster 212 cooler. Any good guides for overclocking my cpu? Thanks

I think you're going to be fine - I had an i5 running with my 1070 while I awaited my i7 replacement and noticed no difference in Elite on the Rift :-D

Let us know how you make out!

 

[VR andysonofbob]

I am at home now

@OP

I am *currently* running a remarkably similar spec to you!
i5 2500k @ 4.4GHz, 16GB of fast (for that gen) RAM and a 1070.

I did have to buy an Oculus ready USB3 expansion card.