I want advice on switching to virtual reality.

[mosqui]

Good morning. I intend to try playing DCS World in virtual reality and I want to buy a 128GB Meta Quest 3 Super headset or more memory if necessary. My system is a PC with an i7 4790K processor, 32GB RAM, an 8GB RTX3070Ti GPU, and a 27-inch AOC 4K monitor. Would it be possible to play with a visual level and performance of at least 40fps, or on the contrary, is the equipment insufficient and visually it would be bad and wouldn't it be worth switching to virtual reality without changing my equipment? Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any ideas on this.

[speed-of-heat]

your experience will be poor at best, your processor is going to hold you up, your GPU has only 8Gb of RAM thats going to lead to stuttering in many VR scenarios... I would stick with 2D for now ... now i'm not an expert on the quest but search engine tells me that you can either run at 90 or 120 so if you use ASW that will be either 45 or 60FPS as your target consistent FPS not 40.

to give you an example if you are able to get at least 180fps out of a resolution equivalent out of running a monitor in DCS at 2048 x 1024 at your current settings that would be the equivalent of running at the Q3's native resolution of 2064 x 2208 per eye (so x 2), at 45fps ... that's best case.

edit just read you are running a 4k monitor at present ..  so broadly your 4k experience will be about 80-90%with vsynch disabled what you would get in a Q3 headset ... but i still think your processor is going to disable your experience... i started with a 6600k and performance target of 45 ... which i was able to get with very compromised settings 

Edited Thursday at 08:21 AM by speed-of-heat

[mosqui]

Thank you very much speed

 

[Temetre]

Am 16.10.2025 um 09:06 schrieb mosqui:

Good morning. I intend to try playing DCS World in virtual reality and I want to buy a 128GB Meta Quest 3 Super headset or more memory if necessary. My system is a PC with an i7 4790K processor, 32GB RAM, an 8GB RTX3070Ti GPU, and a 27-inch AOC 4K monitor. Would it be possible to play with a visual level and performance of at least 40fps, or on the contrary, is the equipment insufficient and visually it would be bad and wouldn't it be worth switching to virtual reality without changing my equipment? Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any ideas on this.

Other guy gave you good advice, sadly your PC probably wont cut it. But if you wanna plan for the future, some thoughts that might or might not be helpful:

1. With VR, performance is more important than in 2D, it makes a massive difference as to how good or bad the VR experience feels. Its very subjective, but you want low lag and probably at least 60fps, even in somewhat busy missions.

2. You also want a high, preferably native resolution headset to be able to read gauges and spot+identify targets. From my Pico4, 4000x2000 seems alright. Image gotta be sharp, upscaling from lower res' can make planes cockpits unusable. Even the newest DLSS is a bit of a double edged sword I hear, hurts eg spotting ability.

3. Your CPU is very likely too weak for a good+stable VR experience. Last gen mid end CPUs like my I5 12400 are fine for DCS VR tho; AMD equivalent would be 3600/2600 or so.

4. GPU performance is too weak for a good experience, even a 3080 would be borderline. I got a somewhat stronger 6800 XT for DCS VR, thats not amazing, but about where I can comfortably play real missions at 4200/2100 res.

5. Importantly, you want a GPU with at least 16GB of VRAM for memory intensive games like DCS in VR. Anything below is not really worth.

6. Im playing on 32GB of (CPU) 3ghz DDR4 RAM and its fine. More could be better tho.

7. Dont plan on 'switching to VR'. Virtual reality is really cool, but both VR and 2D DCS can have their benefits. Some prefer VR, others go back to 2D; personally Im using whatever fits my current situation.

 

If you wanna upgrade, you need to replace your entire PCs inside. Biggest point of pain will be, as usual, GPUs. With current gen GPUs, youd want either a 5070 TI or 9070 XT. From what I can tell, everything else either lacks hardware power or video memory for a 'good' DCS VR experience.

Edited 8 hours ago by Temetre

[mosqui]

Thanks Temetre. It's clear that my hardware is very weak and isn't suitable for switching to virtual reality. Ultimately, I'll have to wait a while in 2D before changing the hardware to guarantee a good experience playing DC's World in virtual reality.Salute