Minimum hardware to run VR decently?

[canned_fire]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but what is the minimum hardware to run VR decently? GPU, CPU, RAM, etc… The “best” is probably more than I would like to spend so what would be nice but not the most expensive?

 

I don’t run VR at the moment but since I am updating the PC might as well have it ready.

 

Thanks!

[Knock-Knock]

Really hard to say, cause 'decently' is very subjective.

But since you ask, see my signature for specs. Id say thats about the bare minimum for a good enough DCS experience, under various mission conditions.

[Svsmokey]

Note my signature . I'm running PD 1.0 , MSAA x2 , low cockpit shadows , flat terrain shadows , civil traffic low and water high . Tree distance 64 % , AF 4 , and about 2/3 preload . I generally maintain 45fps low over anywhere in the Caucasus solo (NOT to include Kolki !) . Everything else is low or off .

Where i am now brings me a great deal of enjoyment , but I am looking forward to a higher res headset , increased draw distances and the ability to run 4xMSAA (i hate the shimmering) . I'm holding off on the upgrades necessary to do these until the VR optimisation (50% more frames) is released , as I don't as yet know if it is the CPU or the GPU (or both) that will be unloaded to accomplish that .

[FragBum]

It might help to know where your starting from as in what you currently have and what VR set your looking to buy into. For example this 9600K even with a 1080Ti works fine in Rift CV1 but would likely struggle with say Vive Pro. The only maps that occasionally cause it to drop below 45FPS are PG and Normandy, in fact in NTTR with mostly all high settings msaa *4 and PD 1.2 it gets 90FPS away from Las Vegas and slightly less so in Caucasus.

 

Bring on those VR improvements. :)

 

Um yes I'm currently using my 2080Ti in this rig for testing it normally sports my old 1080Ti.

 

For Rift CV1 VR say.

 

9600K/9700K. You want as fast a clock rate as you can afford it really helps Rift VR.

 

32GB 3200 to 4000Mhz RAM. Yes fast RAM also helps VR as Well. You could get away witih 16GB but I have zero experience with 16GB for DCS. But don't get caught in clock speed alone consider CAS/RAS timings as well.

 

2080, 2070 or maybe even Radeon 7 still waiting for some in depth VR reports for the Radeon 7.

 

Broadly formula specked and unless you intend to overclock the PC to the max you will likely get better bang with something like an ASUS Z390 Prime or other vendor equivalent.

 

SSD goes without saying and for general use and DCS there isn't much difference between SATA SSD and M.2 SATA or NVME.

 

I'm torn here I would say a second hand at the right price 1080Ti would be an option but that may be somewhat limited for future proofing so may not be best long term investment but the 2080Ti whilst better of course is very expensive for the incremental extra performance.

 

And then of course there are new offering from the silicon overlords coming out soon.

 

Don't get me wrong I'm happy with the 2080Ti but it's not OMG better but it does bring some additional eye candy. I was just lucky the planets aligned when they did and I found myself clicking on the buy button, with exchequer approval. :D

[Svsmokey]

Someone seems to have overlooked the op's term "minimum" :)

[FragBum]

I don't know, to be fair my first question was an attempt to tease out more information from O/P as to what their expectations and use case are and O/P did state "run VR decently". :(

 

Besides "minimum" and "decently" are such a broad terms. :) :thumbup:

[Svsmokey]

I don't know, to be fair my first question was an attempt to tease out more information from O/P as to what their expectations and use case are and O/P did state "run VR decently". :(

 

Besides "minimum" and "decently" are such a broad terms. :) :thumbup:

 

Yeah more info would be good . Just teasing a little :D

[DeltaMike]

Note my signature . I'm running PD 1.0 , MSAA x2 , low cockpit shadows , flat terrain shadows , civil traffic low and water high . Tree distance 64 % , AF 4 , and about 2/3 preload . I generally maintain 45fps low over anywhere in the Caucasus solo (NOT to include Kolki !) . Everything else is low or off .

Where i am now brings me a great deal of enjoyment , but I am looking forward to a higher res headset , increased draw distances and the ability to run 4xMSAA (i hate the shimmering) . I'm holding off on the upgrades necessary to do these until the VR optimisation (50% more frames) is released , as I don't as yet know if it is the CPU or the GPU (or both) that will be unloaded to accomplish that .

 

Yeah that's probably about the minimum. AMD equivalent would be a first or second gen Ryzen and a Vega. That and an oculus will get you to the dance floor. Building from scratch I'd say the key decision will be mobo because you're gonna want to start with decent ram and leave yourself an upgrade path because there's never enough CPU, shoot there's never enough anything.