Upgrade from GTX 970 for VR

Andy D

Andy D

Andy D

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This may be more appropriate in the GPU forum section but it's VR specific...

I can make Assetto Corsa look good on my GTX 970 for example if I ensure 4* AA is turned on, and it runs smooth. On Project Cars though there's the option of Super Sampling from the default 1 to 1.5 or something. This is set in the Project Cars .xml config file.

Changing mine to 1.5 I saw a big increase in rendering quality but huge lag and very poor frame rate. Am think of changing now to a GTX 1070 to allow less fuzzy graphics in some games. Is Project Cars just a bad example, or will getting something faster allow the same image quality increase across most titles like this?
Am also wondering if it's my CPU, which is X5650 @ 4.1Ghz.

The specs of the new VR funhouse are ridiculous...
Low Quality

◦GPU: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, TITAN X, 1060 or 1070
◦CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
Medium Quality

◦GPU: GeForce GTX 1080
◦CPU: Intel Core i7-5930
High Quality

◦GPU: A single Geforce GTX 1080, or a 2-Way GeForce GTX 1070, TITAN X or 980 Ti SLI setup
◦GPU PhysX: Also requires a GeForce GTX 980 Ti, or greater, to be dedicated as a PhysX GPU in the NVIDIA Control Panel
◦CPU: Intel Core i7-5930
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Ignore the funhouse specs, well over spect'd

I find it hard to tell with gfx cards in vr. Many reasons for this. Firstly fledgling engines such as unity and unreal. Both these are constantly being updated, optimized and refined for VR, for games that have been developed, and still in the process. Example VR pool ran in ultra in a stuttering mess on my 970, and 1070. Down the line of engine upgrades, ultra is a constant 90 on my 10.. would it have been that on the 970?

VR being shoehorned on top of games like pcars, rally, elite. Do these run any better on 9/10 series cards. Aside from being able to ramp them up with SS to make them look a little better, clearly there's questions about optimization.

Because of just those two, as much as i'd like to give a 1080 a go, there's no way I could justify the cost given the state of play at the minute.

Take your pick. Just about everything runs on a 970 atm, all depends on your level of acceptable to how it looks.
 
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