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Thank you for your input. I guess the chosen hardware will be absolutely capable to play DCS VR in high settings. Actually I guess, that he is not that kind of guy, as he is not super nerdy. He's only gaming on console atm and has a family and stuff. Playing DCS in VR was a longterm desire for him, but he has no idea of computer hardware. As I by now have some more opinions, that the 7900XTX will run DCS on high settings in VR just fine, I guess, I'll simply let my friend choose. He might want to spend the saved money into nice peripherals. Thank you for your input here. I know, that the 4090 is simply king of the hill, but as you exactly described, I'm not sure, if this huge extra € is worth it at all. I guess, I'll get him two or three different configuration options, where one will include the 4090. Then he can choose, what budget he is willing to spend or better to say to actually see the different prices in numbers to compare them.

Hey hey forum, Story: Lately my good old friend (usually a Consolero) told me, he plans to buy a pre-build (4090) setup to play DCS in VR. (4090 + Intel @3.300€ // 4080 Super @3.000€) As an old custom-builder that I am, I told him, that he should contact me, when it is getting serious and I will probably find him a better deal. So during the last weeks I did some research on this topic, trying to figure out the actual hardware requirements. If my research is somewhat reasonable, he can easily save hundreds of € (compared to usual 4090 pre-build setups). I would built the machine for him and get it up and running. Sidefacts I noted: - 20+ GB vram should be available vor VR - so even a 4080 might have too little vram (Reddit) - Radeon 7900 XTX serves well in VR (Reddit) - CPU is mainly used singlethreaded and Ryzen 7800 X3D does just fine (can't find the source atm) and therefor would win efficiencywise (powerdraw and price/perf) to Intel CPUs. This page here also suggests the 7800 X3D. TLDR: Will the following configuration serve my friend's needs to play DCS in VR? CPU: AMD Ryzen 7800X3D GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 7900 XTX Mainboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B650M-Plus Ram: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (CL30-36-36-76) SSD: Crucial T700 1TB NVME 11.700/9.500 MB/s Read/Write PSU: Seasonic Focus SGX 1000W Which VR headset would you suggest? I've read, that the Meta Quest 3 would be pretty much the best deal at the moment? I know, that in the past, the AMD drivers did drive people crazy, but most Tech-Youtubers and another friend of mine confirm, that AMD got their <profanity> together by now (regarding windows drivers). @Amd users, what is your take on stability of the current drivers for DCS? (personally I'd love to stick to AMD idealogywise, but for this setup it would simply mean to save hundreds of €) Or would you definitively suggest to go for a 4090 and increase the build's price by like 800€? I am up for any suggestions, experiences and improvements!