VR limited by AMD vs NVidia

richardjb · 25 Jan 2020 at 09:49

Has anyone ever experienced any compatibility limitations when using AMD GPU versus Nvidia GPU?

Vince · 25 Jan 2020 at 11:52

Such as? I play all my vr titles on an amd card and have had no issues. All my games play great.

richardjb · 25 Jan 2020 at 12:11

Vince said:
Such as? I play all my vr titles on an amd card and have had no issues. All my games play great.

I have scars from using AMD in the past (but we're talking some time ago) so just wanted to check AMD chipsets are supported just as widely as Nvidia for VR games. -- I think your answer confirms my question, are you using RIFT by any chance?

Vince · 25 Jan 2020 at 12:17

richardjb said:
I have scars from using AMD in the past (but we're talking some time ago) so just wanted to check AMD chipsets are supported just as widely as Nvidia for VR games. -- I think your answer confirms my question, are you using RIFT by any chance?

Im using a rift s, amd threadripper 1950x, 64gb ddr4 3466, amd radeon 7. So yea all AMD build. I dont think you can go far wrong either side imo both are going to have their moments during the ownership lifecycle. But raw performance (aside from 2080ti), visual quality etc there really is little to chose between the two.

richardjb · 25 Jan 2020 at 12:24

Vince said:
Im using a rift s, amd threadripper 1950x, 64gb ddr4 3466, amd radeon 7. So yea all AMD build. I dont think you can go far wrong either side imo both are going to have their moments during the ownership lifecycle. But raw performance (aside from 2080ti), visual quality etc there really is little to chose between the two.

Thanks mate, I appreciate it.

Skidder · 26 Jan 2020 at 10:39

Yeah no issue here with all AMD and oculus. I have never had to fiddle to get anything to work (kind of miss the fiddling).

melmac · 26 Jan 2020 at 13:59

richardjb said:
Thanks mate, I appreciate it.

What AMD card are you thinking of buying?

richardjb · 26 Jan 2020 at 18:00

Skidder said:
Yeah no issue here with all AMD and oculus. I have never had to fiddle to get anything to work (kind of miss the fiddling).

Ok great, thank you.
It sounds like quality has improved a lot, although I think ill still retain a basic principal of reduce quantities of manufacturers in my build.

richardjb · 26 Jan 2020 at 18:56

melmac said:
What AMD card are you thinking of buying?

Assuming I go down the AMD CPU route, my gut would have said, stick with the 5700x rather than the Nvidia 2080, but given the above, probably will go 2080

melmac · 26 Jan 2020 at 20:20

richardjb said:
Assuming I go down the AMD CPU route, my gut would have said, stick with the 5700x rather than the Nvidia 2080, but given the above, probably will go 2080

Are you talking about the 2080 Super or just a 2080? For VR the 5700XT, the 2070 Super and the 2080 give roughly the same experience in VR for the most part. The 2080 Super is a little bit ahead but it's not worth the price difference over the 2070 Super, in my opinion.