VR Oculus Rift with R9 290

[Loukuins]

Hello guys,

I will get soon a Oculus Rift, I have a R9 290 4GB + i5-4690 3.50GHz + 24GB RAM + SSD

I have some question on if i will run without any problems DCS in VR, and if you have some tips or tricks to achieved it.

Thank you in advance !

[james111333]

Hi, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you are going to seriously struggle to get a good experience from that system in VR, I had a 290x (watercooled and overclocked) with 16gb of 2400mzh ddr3 running with my 4790k overclocked to 4.8GHz and with a rift, it was horrible, just not enough horsepower to run higher pixel density and that was at CV1 resolutions, I guess you're looking at the rift s now as the cv1 has been EOL

 

 

I upgraded to a 2080ti at 2100mhz and it still struggles with my Samsung odyssey+

 

 

 

My biggest issue now is that my cpu can't feed the gpu with enough to maintain 45fps at reasonable settings.

 

 

 

I really couldn't handle the extreme poor quality so sent the rift back until I could get a better system, yours is significantly slower too. It will work but will look painfully bad and shimmer like crazy. If you've not tried it though, even at low FPS it's incredible but it will just leave you wanting more and possibly disappointed. It really is that bad with the 290 and 4th gen I5/7

Also, that memory config may well not be working in dual channel, what have you got fitted?

[Loukuins]

Thanks for all the info, i was aware that i will not get a great experience, but i still want to try this out, also yup i checked one of my RAM are not in dual channel, but the performances are pretty great on this side, i don't think that i will put higher the pixel density, and also i'm aware of the next update with the VR update, maybe i will run this smoothly with it,

Thanks again and wish me good luck with it xD

[james111333]

Thanks for all the info, i was aware that i will not get a great experience, but i still want to try this out, also yup i checked one of my RAM are not in dual channel, but the performances are pretty great on this side, i don't think that i will put higher the pixel density, and also i'm aware of the next update with the VR update, maybe i will run this smoothly with it,

Thanks again and wish me good luck with it xD

 

 

 

 

Might need more than luck hehe. It will be great to experience it initially and get that incredible feeling of immersion and actually being in the plane but that really does quickly go when you are using that hardware, like I said, I had the exact same hardware generation wise but more shaders and significantly higher cpu clock. Also I had 2000mhz cl8 ram which for a long time was the fastest you could get for DDR3, I was so desperate to get it playable that I swapped it for 2400mhz cl11 and certainly had a good improvement but it then came down the the 290x, it's still relevant in 1080p games but for VR in DCS it's just not up to the job. It sent my DCS experience back to the graphics of 2004! Terrible draw distances and what felt like 10 pixel jaggies which shimmer you into submission.

 

 

If you get a rift, at least get it from Amazon because of their awesome returns policy, forget the CV1 as it's well worth saving a little longer to get the rift S and maybe consider a 2nd hand GTX1080 first. Spending £400 on a headset that you can't use is a bigger waste of money than spending it on a 2nd hand card then saving for a rift s :thumbup:

 

 

If by chance you're in Devon, give me a shout and you can try a 290 with VR and see for yourself. I truly was disappointed.

[Loukuins]

Tbh I got it and it works pretty fine, not the greatest visual but the feeling is really great, i love it, also I'm too poor to buy a Oculus Rift, it was a friend who gave me his old rift (because he bought a rift S), and i will maybe buy a Vega 56 if i got the money in a few months.

Thanks for the help

[james111333]

Ah nice, get saving for a better gpu, the difference with high pixel density and better visuals is awesome. Good luck with it.