HTC Vive through mini-DP on laptop..?

Celebryn

Celebryn

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Ok I am most likely trying to grasp water here though I wont know until I ask..

I bought this laptop a month or so ago and NOW find out mobile GPU arnt recommended for VR. However I have seen reports of people using my GPU (970m) with VR and it running well.

However my HDMI seems to run through the onboard chipset (Intel HD 530 - never knew this at the time) so any test reports it as 'capable' and needing upgrade.

However I am curious if the mini display port can be used, especially if it runs straight into the 970m rather then through the onboard.

My laptop is a gigabyte P57, 970m version.

I have reach my limit on what i know, though I have seen articles of people using display ports.

Does anyone know/have read if this would work? If not any other options like external GPUs?

Thanks.
 
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Hate to say it, but even if it technically works, you will have a poor VR experience. The 970m isnt a patch on the desktop 970 which is considered an absolute base minimum.

You really need a desktop with a high end graphics card, a beefy laptop with an external GPU or the crazy big ones that have desktop class 980 cards in them.
 
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thanks for the reply.

On the steam test OS and CPU came out green, was only the GPU that was yellow. So I am all up for a external GPU if that is whats needed.
 
you can run from mini dp port if you have a proper 4k to hdmi adapter. but that won't help if your onboard doesnt keep up
 
your laptop doesn't appear to have a thunderbolt connector, so that cuts out the possiblity of an external GPU as well (and most of the boxes announced aren't in the shops yet so you would be in for a bit of a wait either way)

the way that laptops slave the connectors off the onboard graphics prevents direct mode from working so headsets either won't work or will have a big chunk of added latency so I think both Oculus and Vive both have it disabled as an option
 
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SO.. it looks like I am relegated to the playstation VR! >>

Unless I upgrade portions of my desktop, but that seems to be dying atm.

Thank you for your replies ;)
 
Celebryn said:
SO.. it looks like I am relegated to the playstation VR! >>

Unless I upgrade portions of my desktop, but that seems to be dying atm.

Thank you for your replies ;)
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bearing in mind they are also releasing a new playstation with upgraded GPU for PSVR as well, with the inference being the normal PS4 isn't really up to the job either

pretty unlucky on your laptop purchase as there are loads either just come out or coming out that have thunderbolt for external GPU
 
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