QOTW: Is your gaming PC deemed VR ready?

[Valantar]

Don't really know. My GPU is more than good enough (R9 Fury X), but I've yet to find a VR benchmark that actually stresses the CPU realistically (every single one seems to say something along the lines of "this is a simulation and thus only measures GPU performance"). With a soon-to-be eight-year-old CPU (Q9450 @3,5GHz) I'm slightly skeptical. Would probably work, but might drag frame rates down in a few settings?

[MiSJAH]

My laptop has been vr ready for the last two years. I have no interest in vr though.

[nar53]

Don't have a gaming PC & never will!

[Percy1983]

Don't really know. My GPU is more than good enough (R9 Fury X), but I've yet to find a VR benchmark that actually stresses the CPU realistically (every single one seems to say something along the lines of "this is a simulation and thus only measures GPU performance"). With a soon-to-be eight-year-old CPU (Q9450 @3,5GHz) I'm slightly skeptical. Would probably work, but might drag frame rates down in a few settings?

Do you not find the Q9450 is bottlenecking you graphics?

I say this as I had a Q9550 at 3.6ghz and when I jumped from a 5850 to 7950 some games ran no better until I got my 3570k.

So if it slowed down a 7950 it must have an effect on a Fury X

[Ulti]

Not too interested in VR gaming due to the cost of it. (I do have a little cheap VR Headset for my phone just to see what it's like)

PC seems to handle it fine according to the benchmark but I wonder what res they're testing at.

[Dayks]

Capable of medium quality. Like many here though I would not be willing to fork out the money for VR at the moment anyway, not with the current prices.

[dfour]

Seems like it is although it will be a long time before I invest in vr if I even do.

[pa1nkiller]

i7 2600K + EVGA GTX 970 SSC + Windows 10 puts the arrow over the 'e' of 'Ready'.

Everything on my system needs updating but the fiasco of a launch by nvidia and the ridiculous pricing are putting me off the 10 series cards.

[Baz Scotland]

The old i5 2500k still going strong, with the addition of a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X

[Primey0]

Yes it is.

[AndyM2012]

Neither my computer's output device nor my optical input interface are capable.

[Valantar]

Do you not find the Q9450 is bottlenecking you graphics?

I say this as I had a Q9550 at 3.6ghz and when I jumped from a 5850 to 7950 some games ran no better until I got my 3570k.

So if it slowed down a 7950 it must have an effect on a Fury X

I've tried comparing my performance to various reviews, and I never perform below 90-95% of tests run on far newer CPUs (with RAM double or triple the speed, to boot). Most games run at around 80-90% CPU load, but that doesn't matter much. Sure, I lose a bit of the performance potential of the GPU, but I bought the card for longevity more than anything. I won't need to upgrade my GPU for at least 3 years, possibly more (I don't mind stepping down a notch or two in rendering quality in a few years). This opens me up for a proper system upgrade (CPU, motherboard, RAM) when Zen or Kaby Lake is out, which I couldn't afford otherwise. I hate replacing hardware more often than needed (it's absolutely horrible for the environment, not to mention a bad investment and buying into blind consumerism), so I plan for longevity most of all.

If the hype around the RX 480 is correct though, that is making me regret the purchase a little. Still, I had to upgrade last year - my old HD 6950 just couldn't keep up any more.

[Percy1983]

I've tried comparing my performance to various reviews, and I never perform below 90-95% of tests run on far newer CPUs (with RAM double or triple the speed, to boot). Most games run at around 80-90% CPU load, but that doesn't matter much. Sure, I lose a bit of the performance potential of the GPU, but I bought the card for longevity more than anything. I won't need to upgrade my GPU for at least 3 years, possibly more (I don't mind stepping down a notch or two in rendering quality in a few years). This opens me up for a proper system upgrade (CPU, motherboard, RAM) when Zen or Kaby Lake is out, which I couldn't afford otherwise. I hate replacing hardware more often than needed (it's absolutely horrible for the environment, not to mention a bad investment and buying into blind consumerism), so I plan for longevity most of all.

If the hype around the RX 480 is correct though, that is making me regret the purchase a little. Still, I had to upgrade last year - my old HD 6950 just couldn't keep up any more.

By all means I am not saying you are doing it wrong but I would recommend a CPU upgrade but as you ay its not worth bothering with Zen/Kaby Lake around the corner.

I found similar to you my CPU wasn't running at 100% but it certainly was a bottleneck, by all means the fury x is still epic so don't worry (I will be sticking with my 290xs) but your will get better performance if/when you upgrade your CPU.

[blokeinkent]

Just for sh!ts and giggles as I'm running with onboard graphics on a ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ while waiting for GTX1080



Mind you, even when complete I've got more chances of catching a VD bug than I have for the VR bug. Just doesn't interest me at all

[samuraiweasel]

doesnt matter, not really into VR yet...not much time on my hands to play anything other than a quick game of Hearthstone...

[Presto86]

My PC is ready but not interested in VR at the moment.