1y ago

Okay fam, I'm done with lag. What GPUs will give me buttery smooth VR performance?

I've had my index for a year or two now, I've got both desktop and my beefy AF laptop that I play it on, but both are still super janky. The laptop is actually better for it believe it or not but I still get some hiccups here and there.

I know my bottleneck on the desktop is my GPU, CPU is ready for anything I can pair it with, what's a good one that will never let me see a frame drop again?

Come on I know you guys have suggestions

Edit: since you're all asking here's a list I made some time ago with most of my parts

Ignore the storage you see, i have like 2nvme drives and several SSD's that I didn't list

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System specs? What GPU are you running right now and what's your budget for an upgrade? I was able to run my Index at medium settings off my 1080 a couple years ago. Haven't even touched my headset since upgrading to a 3090 this year though
- CPU can also play a big roll even when you have a weak GPU. Frame time spikes are generally more from your CPU, and frame time spikes can make VR pretty rough. And even with an older GPU (GTX 1080) I saw quite the uplift in 1% lows going from a 3700x to a 5800x3D.
  Also don't buy an rtx 4090 if you've got like a ryzen 1600x, that'd just be stupid.
None.
You can go out and buy the latest beefy card and within months games will be released that demand more than it can provide. You can try playing last gen games on current hardware to avoid fps losses. But if you want to play the latest releases, you're better off limiting graphical settings to allow good fps.
But in this instance post your specs and what you are trying to run and people here can provide suggestions. But you will eventually see fps drops anyways; that and a lot of games are poorly optimised which results in loss despite bonkers hardware.
Never is going to be tough, but a fast GPU with a lot of RAM.
If you're serious about it, just start at a 4090 and work your way down to whatever your budget is.
- The plan is to pick a goal and save up until my budget gets there , 4090 is a good start, didn't they just announce a 5x series though? (I honestly could have dreamed that)
I'm running steam link on my quest 2 to my 5800x + 3080-12gb Windows pc and I rarely get drops (HL:Alyx, Google Earth VR, VRChat). When it happens it's because something is loading or the trackers lose tracking
- I have the same combo and it also runs flawlessly with my Reverb G2, iracing is great, but there's never enough horsepower to run that cranked all the way up.
- What refresh rate do you run at
  
  I'd have to check but i believe it's at 90hz
"One that will never let me see a frame drop again?" None, that's just how it is.
As for one that will give you a satisfactory performance? It depends.
Personally, I mainly play Beat Saber, so even my 6700xt is capable enough, despite all the shortcomings AMD has in VR.
What you want to do is check what kind of games you're playing, what resolution you want to play them at, what amount of money you're willing to spend, and choose the GPU that fits all of that.
- Ayyyye, 6700xt gang
What GPU and CPU do you have now?

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