VR upgrade underway.

[Vapour]

On order, all duck or no dinner as they say....

Valve Index full kit (currently have Rift CV1)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus (currently KFA 1070)

Will have the GFX card in a couple of days, not sure on the Index.

i7 6700K (remaining)

16GB DDR4 3200 (might add another 16GB)

I used a PSU calculator and got 530w for the new set up, I'm currently using a Corsair CS550M 550W 80+ Gold PSU hoping is does the job, borderline I fear.

 

Anyone else got a similar set up?

 

Went with the Index, main reason, manual IPD, Oculus lost the plot with this.

I also fly a bit of FSX and with the FS2020 due next year I want a big step up in clarity. I know it hasn't the best resolution but the Index on paper appears to be the best all rounder for my situation especially as my kids also use VR.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest deleted@134347]

check the PSU to make sure you can get all the power you need for that 2080TI plus everything else.. The GPU will need 2 x 8-pin VGA power cables, preferably from the separate psu power ports.

[marklar]

I have 6700k@4.5GHz plus 2080 Ti and IL2 was playable in Reverb on balanced settings, you should be fine with Index. You won't have 90fps all the time, though. Don't know if any hardware will allow that.

I returned Reverb for other reasons and planning to buy Index now. 

[Stoopy]

13 hours ago, Vapour said:

I also fly a bit of FSX and with the FS2020 due next year I want a big step up in clarity.

 

 

Last I heard, the new MS FS is not supporting VR.  Which was surprising to me.   Has that changed?

 

 

[dburne]

14 minutes ago, =[TIA]=Stoopy said:

 

Last I heard, the new MS FS is not supporting VR.  Which was surprising to me.   Has that changed?

 

 

 

They are rethinking it and have commented whilst they may not have it at release they may have it not too long after.

[Vapour]

@Count, I'll check it out when it arrives, not sure how many ports there are without disconnecting everything and taking it from under my desk. My local electrical store has a 650W in stock, I'll head over there and buy one if needed.

 

@marklar, You're not far off what I'm running, I ordered a Corsair liquid cooler in the cyber monday sale as well, plan to stretch my cpu a little, what PSU are you using?

 

@ Stoopy, you're right there were no plans for VR support on release but that has changed due to demand for it ... link

[Floppy_Sock]

I have a similar - ish rig. 

 

Same GPU, HMD, though i7-9800k and 32 GB at 3000. 

 

I'm not sure what you normally play, that rig should be plenty fast to handle everything offline with ease. 

 

I can hold 80 FPS no problem with 130% SteamVR SS and settings around ultra in single player.

 

However, if you've been following the forums, the stuttering issue (consistent dropped frames 1-2 times a second) have REALLY ruined my VR experience outside single player. I find my GPU often sitting less than 35% usage yet I'm still consistently dropping frames. Especially in some multiplayer servers. Hopefully you don't have a similar experience. 

Edited December 4, 2019 by Floppy_Sock

[Vapour]

Okay, the whole lot arrived today, not sure if I'm going to get stuck into all this tonight or wait till the morning. ?

 

 @Floppy_Sock  I tend to fly SP 95% of the time now, will see how it all goes.

 

[Floppy_Sock]

@Vapour Well then your system should be good. 

 

If you have any questions or want my settings etc, let me know.

 

My only concern is that since VR is so CPU intensive, you might be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you're pushing it pretty hard. 

 

Have you messed with overlocks? 

 

For reference I have my 9700k @ 5ghz to improve the single core performance.  

[Vapour]

@Floppy_Sock

No haven't overclocked much, 4.2GHz, liquid bought for more. Currently using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

 

Just reading the 2080TI box, it's stating 650W minimum PSU, looks like I'm shopping again tomorrow.

[Floppy_Sock]

Gotcha. Well certainly give it a shot. It's hard to know exactly how it will perform! 

 

However, if you do find things lacking, I would suspect the CPU. 

 

Happy hunting! 

[=BES=Senor_Jefe]

I'm running similar and have an 850W for enough overhead to add plenty accessories.  I'd recommend a 750+.

 

Def bump those gHz numbers up. I'm running i7 9700k @ 5.15 aand I can use all of it in rendering distance.