1080 GTX vs HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite HMD VR Headset

wordy · 24 Oct 2023 at 20:50

The g/f loves flight sims and has inherited my recently old PC with a 1080 GTX And I’m struggling for idea for Christmas presents.

Sooo I’m thinking about a HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite HMD VR Headset. Will that VR headset run ok on a 1080 playing a MS Flight Sim and Elite at anything other than potato settings?

TVM

Mr.Cookie · 24 Oct 2023 at 21:04

my 1080ti used to run elite fine, but a quest 3 is in similar price bracket.

Tykey · 24 Oct 2023 at 22:25

wordy said:
The g/f loves flight sims and has inherited my recently old PC with a 1080 GTX And I’m struggling for idea for Christmas presents.

Sooo I’m thinking about a HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite HMD VR Headset. Will that VR headset run ok on a 1080 playing a MS Flight Sim and Elite at anything other than potato settings?

TVM

A 1080 will struggle with MSFS, it'll be ok with Elite. There are better hmd's than the Cosmos Elite for reasonable money

wordy · 24 Oct 2023 at 22:31

Ok thanks, don’t know forum rules about other recommendations so l‘ll do some googling.

Cheers.

glenimp617 · 25 Oct 2023 at 12:09

Sent you a link

wordy · 25 Oct 2023 at 18:36

tyke_ said:
A 1080 will struggle with MSFS, it'll be ok with Elite. There are better hmd's than the Cosmos Elite for reasonable money

Yeah having a look at some others

When you say struggling do you mean even at low settings, or at high?

MissChief · 25 Oct 2023 at 18:39

I ran an Oculus Rift CV2 on a 1080 without any trouble but this was a few years ago now. I never got round to trying Elite and I’d sold it on by the time SW Squadrons came out. It will work OK with some older games but I suspect anything more recent will struggle. It has to show two different screens to get the depth effect and a 1080 doesn’t have the grunt.

Tykey · 25 Oct 2023 at 22:20

wordy said:
Yeah having a look at some others

When you say struggling do you mean even at low settings, or at high?

It'll probably run at everything on low and low resolution.

wordy · 25 Nov 2023 at 17:34

Would one of the Gigabyte RTX 4060Ti WindForce OC 16GB be a worthy upgrade for VR gaming over a 1080 GTX?

andy_mk3 · 25 Nov 2023 at 17:41

MS Flight Sim is very borderline on a 1080. I bought a HP G2 specifically for FS, but ended up never using it because the visuals and performance were so poor with a 1080. It's about playable on minimum settings, but the quality is so low it's hard to even make out numbers on display.

The 4060ti is approximately 60% faster so would certainly be a fairly decent upgrade. But don't expect it to play FS in VR at amazing quality either.

DK83 · 25 Nov 2023 at 17:44

if its for PC simming the Pico would be a nice option currently reduced, or even a Quest 2 would be better than a Vive Cosmos IMO.