Which GPU to Buy For VR?

[Nedo68 533]

just wait for the first VR Benchmarks 😁

 

 

[Gomoto 31]

Do not buy a GPU for VR. Reduce Resolution and you will be fine.

 

[Chandler 13]

Just switched from a 1080 to a 3090, there is unfortunately not much difference...It maybe depends on the resolution, which I will see once the Reverb G2 arrives.

 

@Nedo68 What is the 3090ti in the signature, never heard of it... 😉

Edited October 30, 2020 by Chandler

[aidanlegras 7]

I am no expert, far from it but I do know that while you need a decent GPU, much of the decent software is being bottlenecked at the processor. I have an i7700k OC to 4.8GHz and an RTX 2080 Ti with my HP Reverb and on P3D 4.5 my performance is rubbish, perhaps it's a bit better on P3D V5.0 but the only software that I use where VR truly flies is DCS. I have heard that IL2 is even better than that but I am less interested in that. 

Using DCS with an older 1070 and a CV1 was unplayable. I believe when we see different API's allowing more efficient use of multi-core/multi-threading or much faster GPU's then we will see true benefits of VR. But as I said DCS, rocks in VR!

Edited November 1, 2020 by aidanlegras

[mpo910 2,112]

4 hours ago, aidanlegras said:

I am no expert, far from it but I do know that while you need a decent GPU, much of the decent software is being bottlenecked at the processor. I have an i7700k OC to 4.8GHz and an RTX 2080 Ti with my HP Reverb and on P3D 4.5 my performance is rubbish, perhaps it's a bit better on P3D V5.0 but the only software that I use where VR truly flies is DCS. I have heard that IL2 is even better than that but I am less interested in that. 

Using DCS with an older 1070 and a CV1 was unplayable. I believe when we see different API's allowing more efficient use of multi-core/multi-threading or much faster GPU's then we will see true benefits of VR. But as I said DCS, rocks in VR!

I also have a HP Reverb and there is a huge gain within P3D V5.1! You should really try it. Even all shadows turned on is now possible! 

They did a major improvement and the "stutters" are almost completely gone. I use "more heavy settings" and FSLabs, which is known being heavier on FPS!

Marcus

[Nedo68 533]

On 10/30/2020 at 8:47 AM, Chandler said:

@Nedo68 What is the 3090ti in the signature, never heard of it... 😉

LOL! thank you for the hint, the "ti" is left fom my previous card 😉

[cannow 61]

anybody tried 3080 the 3090 miles too much money

[cmorg 124]

I'm still having VRAM creep issues going into and out of VR in P3D 5.1.  Anybody know of any fixes or workarounds for that?

 

Edit: incorrect post.  Apologies.

Edited November 11, 2020 by cmorg

[cannow 61]

stereo better than single pass , seems to be vram improvement using steam over occulus for rift, finnaly remove trueglass was causing a lot of my digi hung errors which i had put down to vram.

[blueshark747 1,843]

On 11/11/2020 at 4:58 PM, cannow said:

stereo better than single pass , seems to be vram improvement using steam over occulus for rift, finnaly remove trueglass was causing a lot of my digi hung errors which i had put down to vram.

Wow so looks like things really have improved on the VR side if this is the case, as using single pass was pretty much the best playable method performance wise before V5.

Edited November 14, 2020 by blueshark747