Are There Issues With RDNA3 and VR?

[thesnowdog1971]

Someone has replied to one of my comments on YouTube where I said that I was planning on getting either a 6950XT, 7800XT or 7900XT when I build my new PC VR rig.

I'm guessing that these issues were soon after the 7900XT and 7900XTX were released because AMD is AMD and they're still a bit pants regarding drivers?

Have these issues been fixed?

Many thanks in advance for any help!

I'm probably not getting the GPU until around May next year, and I'll be building the main rig between October and December, but if these RDNA3 GPUs are a bit pants I might just switch those purchases around and get a 6950XT this year (whilst they're still available and the rest of the rig in April or May next year.

I'd rather not go for an NVidea card because I'm boycotting them after their dodgy shenanigans this generation.

 

[thesnowdog1971]

Thanks everyone, going by that video I should be okay using Virtual Desktop, which is handy cos I need to use Virtual Desktop for the motion cancellation to work for the motion simulator that I'll be getting delivered during these next few months

 

[thesnowdog1971]

I'm currently making a video of my 7900xt with quest 2 to try and help with troubleshooting some MS flight sim issues.

I'm thinking it's not the card but MSFS tbh.

Btw I've experimented with bitrate and encoding and above 200 you can't see a difference anyway, so I don't think this 'AMD poor at encoding' common belief is relevant anyway. I'm not getting an encoding problem, I'm getting a game problem.

That sounds good. I won't be using MSFS myself though, my flight sim of choice is going to be War Thunder cos it has enemies to shoot

Will be very handy for those that use that flight sim though!

I'm also going to be using Elite Dangerous, Star Wars Squadrons and No Man's Sky with my motion sim, too.

And of course the likes of Planet CARS, DiRT Rally, Assetto Corsa and GTA V as well.

I'm also hoping that the GTA Trilogy will be playable in VR using Praydog's Unreal Engine VR Injector when it releases.

This is the motion sim I'm getting, but unfortunately I don't have room in my place for 360° play (volume warning for this video, this guy screams A LOT lololol ):

yaw 2 with first timer in the device. meta quest 2.

epic rollercoaster and microsoft flight for a first timer in the device.

youtu.be

I can't wait to get this thing, it's going to be a BLAST!

 

[thesnowdog1971]

IF you are not going to be buying until next May, I wouldn't even be thinking about what GPU to buy right now. The whole landscape might have changed by then. Getting any RDNA 2 card is a bad idea, especially if you are buying the Quest 3. The Quest 3 will support AV1 decoding which should improve the PCVR experience.

It's a bad idea for a couple of other reasons too. You already have an RDNA 2 card, I wouldn't consider changing to another RDNA 2 card, especially since RDNA 2 is only mediocre in VR anyway. And that you are building a brand new system, don't go backwards or sidewards in tech.

Even if the 7900 cards aren't the best in VR, they are still better than the RNDA 2 cards. And AMD will more than likely have most of the bugs out by then.

Come back in May and ask the question again.

Okay, thanks, I'll do that. The card I'm using right now is a 1080 lol.

So when I build my new rig between October and December it's going to be GPU bottlenecked for a bit unfortunately.

I just wish that I had more money so that I could afford to get it all in one go, but I'm not in a financial position to be able to do that.

And I'll have to spend the money then because if I don't I'll spend it on something else lololol

 

[thesnowdog1971]

Ah, a 1080 lol. Sorry I was in a rush out and had taken off my reading glasses. Just took a quick look at your signature and saw a 6700 and presumed that was your GPU.

My advice still stands though. And it's more appropriate now. Since you only upgrade every so often don't buy old tech if at all possible.

Can understand the Financial part. Most of my life has been spent upgrading in bits and pieces.

I completely forgot about my signature, I'll have to change most of that in a few months lol