1060 v 980 VR

[Ledz]

I'm stuck between the 2, both fairly equal in price and performance. It will be used for the oculus dk2 and I can't find many comparison in respect to VR.

 

[LeMson]

Is it the 6GB 1060 you are looking at or the 3GB version?

 

[Ledz]

They're the 1060 6gb and a 980 4gb

 

[z10m]

If GTX 1080 is of any indication than 1060 should be quite a bit faster than 980 when it comes to VR due to implementation of
Simultaneous Multi-Projection.

 

[Ledz]

The 1080 has a completely different chip to the 1060. Out of its league.

 

[z10m]

The 1080 has a completely different chip to the 1060. Out of its league.

It doesn't matter because 1060 still has simultaneous multi projection.
If you look at that graph 1080 is less that 2x faster in gaming but around 3x as fast in VR.

 

[LeMson]

I looked at normal bench's which puts the 980 ahead of the 1060, but with VR I'm not sure of performance to say which way :x

 

[Teknobry]

i run my vive on 980 HOF edition, it handles it no problem!

 

[mountaincow]

It doesn't matter because 1060 still has simultaneous multi projection.
If you look at that graph 1080 is less that 2x faster in gaming but around 3x as fast in VR.

One of the big features that makes up SMP is multi-res shading, which is supported for Maxwell already. Even so, I wouldn't base any purchase entirely on these features since there are very few titles that integrate VRWorks (VR Funhouse, Raw Data, ???) and probably won't be for quite a while.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Surely the 1060 is a better option, simply because it's a later, more efficient chipset and has more VRAM?