Upgrade for VR sim racing

[Gatdecor]

hi all,

Looking at what needs upgrading on my PC to enable good VR sim racing at high levels. I expect board, cpu, ram and graphics card do

Current spec

• CPU – Intel i5 (4th Gen)
• Memory – Corsair Vengeance – 16GB DDR3 1333Mhz
• Motherboard – Asus H81m-plus
• GFX – ASUS Nvidia GTX 970 4GB
• 1 x 256GB SSD, & 1 x 512 SSD
• Corsair Carbide Custom PC Case
• Corsair 750W PSU

Only good to keep is case, PSU and SSD's.

Any tips for which bundle to get, around the 1k mark?

thanks

 

[Minibiker]

A nice ryzen build would be spot on for around £1000 and it will run VR.

What resolution do you game at?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

What's racing games ?
Intel still has lead in most due to higher single/dual core speed ...
Natural step would be Ryzen 8 cores to double your count but most racing sins via review is that after 4 cores 8 threads you'll see little gain from 6 cores/12 threads upwards. Hopefully will change with future games !
Lot of VR head sets also lower Res then 1440p monitor so CPU and GPU bound .

But seeing as you haven't got an unlocked intel nor Z87 can't simple slap in second hand i7 and overclock it

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £68.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC 3X 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £559.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £1,030.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £68.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99

Total: £920.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[Gatdecor]

Thank you both.

AC, Project Cars 2 and iracing at some point

will take a look at those specs. Work out the difference between the RTX and RX

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thank you both.

AC, Project Cars 2 and iracing at some point

will take a look at those specs. Work out the difference between the RTX and RX

PC2 does use CPU cores well You;d least see a pump with current GPU with high volume of cars

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/software/project_cars_2_pc_performance_review/8

this is on a gtx 1080, which is a lot more powerful then your 970 and then a 2070 Super more so!

Expect to see over 90 fps at 1080p and 80 fps at 1440p


with AC

https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/...unt-and-ram-scaling-in-acc-ac1-and-r3e.59867/

4 Fast cores ! This is with 9900K so frame rates would be higher then 3700x as above but 3700x isn't a slouch . See Hyper threading/ SMT (amd) Does little for the game

just purely the fact 3600 would be the budget choice over 3700x, just personally would have to double my core count if i was upgrading

 

[Gatdecor]

Thanks for the links. Agree with the cores on upgrading, got to last a bit.

 

[danoliver1]

8 cores minimum if I were you. Also stick to NVidia gfx cards for Vr( they seem to get better driver support).

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks for the links. Agree with the cores on upgrading, got to last a bit.

As for RTX Vs Rx ... Swings in roundabouts

 

[Gatdecor]

Slippery slope, keep looking and go for higher spec, budget is going to be blown lol

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Slippery slope, keep looking and go for higher spec, budget is going to be blown lol

as above 1K will land 8 core and either 2070S or 5700xt

going higher you'd be looking at 2080S

 

[mrlizard]

In my experience I would say go nvidia for AC or iRacing, not got any experience with pcars though

 

[Gatdecor]

If I went for a 12 core AMD is this a good motherboard to go with it? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6c1-as.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3b5-am.html

 

[orbitalwalsh]

If I went for a 12 core AMD is this a good motherboard to go with it? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6c1-as.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3b5-am.html

Personally would go with Aorus Elite
Or same price Gaming X

But would rather put in money on GPU with 8 core. As listed above, 6 cores wouldnt be used

Gigabyte RTX and RX cards on sale now too

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/lockdown-deals.18884659/