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I think for high you will need a 1080 as well as a 980 Ti (minimum) as a dedicated PhysX card.
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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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I think for high you will need a 1080 as well as a 980 Ti (minimum) as a dedicated PhysX card.
I think high requires a PhysX card, it doesn't push the graphics card more it seems.
Wowfunhappy
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Zalusithix
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Interestingly at Medium and High, the CPU req changes to a hexacore processor. Guessing they're doing more physics or something at that setting. Wonder how much it's really needed though as most gaming rigs aren't more than quadcore.
Edit: Unrelated, but speaking of hexacore processors... As the day progresses I get more anxious about tonight's coming upgrade. Hoping my in situ mobo modification pans out like it should. They were some of the smallest solder bridges I've made in my life, and doing it while the motherboard was still in the case was interesting to say the least. (Full disassembly and reassembly of the PC's internals would have added an entire additional night to the process.)
Thanks, I understood that reprojection limiting the fps would make usage low so that's why I thought disabling reprojection would at least let it push harder but no the game just isn't utilizing more than 40% at all. Even when lowering settings to medium and low in PCars I can't get a smooth experience and that just shouldn't happen with a 1080.
I think you're right with it being a problem with the game so I hope it gets ironed out. I tried DDU to completely wipe my drivers and then reinstall 3 times. So it just has to be the games problem considering everything else I play runs great. I gotta try more VR stuff today to make sure. It just sucks since I really wanted to be playing PCars and Dirt Rally in VR.
Good to see it could be an issue with the game. Tried Assetto Corsa, not long after and honestly had a similar feeling of nausea but could be I was still ill from really trying Dirt Rally. Felt ill for several hours, pretty damn crazy. I will need to do a lot more testing/monitoring.
Separate question, those with House of the Dying Sun, anybody know what could cause the game to flash back to my VR launch room repeatedly? Pretty sure it isnt my system but specs anyway.
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OC'd i5 6600k
GTX 1080
32GB DDR4
I think Raw Data will be close to a killer app... but I agree with SomTervo in the sense that a proper FPS with freedom of movement and exploration and action that justifies motion controls will be the real killer app for VR.
I mean SomTervo is working for a small gaming company that has achieved most of that (VR implementation is a bit weak, and it's not a shooter, but it is highly immersive nonetheless).
Booo. Guess I have some more debugging to do. Ill uninstall everything and start clean. GPU upgrade just isnt going as smoothly as I would have liked for the VIve. Hope Nvidia does something for the display port issue soon.
Charles Alan Ratliff
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Downloading the latest Nvidia drivers now. It's cool to see Raw Data listed as one of the Game Ready titles. I'm excited to try out the VR Funhouse later, even though I will have to do it on Low Quality since I have a single 980 Ti.
Yeah, Ive seen some games flash as its loading. This is different and is flashing my VR launch pad while in the overview where you can navigate missions, even when Im just sitting there not entering commands. Seems to stabilize after I get into the ship but gets super flaky again in the overworld.
GuitarAtomik
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VR Funhouse is actually live now btw.
Zalusithix
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Anybody with the required hardware torture their machine yet? =P
I'm hoping someone that bought a 1080 might still have a 980ti lying around that they haven't sold on yet. Not sure about the hexacore CPU though..
I wonder if a quad core i7 + single 1080 will drop down to low detail, considering medium seems to want a hexacore? Looking forward to Durante's impressions though
Since when did PC's support multiple GPU's of different types?
Wowfunhappy
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So, any impressions of the actual gameplay? We already know the visuals are quite good, but is the game?
Has always been possible to dedicate one nVidia card to PhysX while using another as the main card. You just can't do SLI.
Wowfunhappy
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So according to reddit, if you try to run VR funhouse on an AMD card, it will give an "unsupported GPU detected" error and then quit.
That's pretty crap. I mean, I never actually expected it to run well on AMD cards, but outright blocking them? Kinda of reminiscent of what Oculus stopped doing...
That's pretty crap. I mean, I never actually expected it to run well on AMD cards, but outright blocking them? Kinda of reminiscent of what Oculus stopped doing...
It's something you play once or twice and then never again. Just went through it and it was "neat". Has a few carnival minigames you can play. There's not much to it. Just went through each mini game twice. It's more like an interactive tech demo than a game.
Oh, I thought PhysX was enabled on single cards. Didnt know you had to get another Nvidia card to enable it...
Wowfunhappy
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It IS enabled on single cards. However, you can also dedicate a second card entirely to PhysX, which both gives PhysX more resources and frees up resources of the main GPU.
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thanks for the reply and a quick question regarding your answer. say I downloaded a 360 video from youtube or whatever. how can I exactly play them on my vive through steam ? if so how do I add them ?
you need a 360 video player. Virtual desktop does but it is $15-ish. Whirligig recently got updated but I haven't tried that. Not sure if bigscreen supports 360 degree video?
The NVIDIA funhouse was neat, not really fun to play more than a few times. I tried out High settings on my single GTX 1080 and it worked fine. Didn't notice any performance drop except for in the FLEX goo physics one when balloons burst which was completely smooth on medium. Every other carnival game felt completely fine to me at high settings.
johnnydrama
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Dude... what's up with those Funhouse requirements? I have a 980Ti.
//DEVIL//
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yeah I just looked it up. kinda expensive for video player. I remember OC VR DK2 I used to watch stuff for free what the hell man lol
Edit: watched the video of the app.. impressive. maybe I should buy it .
Is it even worth doing that? How many games even support PhysX?
Not even close to worth it.
Wowfunhappy
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A lot of game support PhysX, actually. It's usually not as intensive as what VR Funhouse is doing though.
I'm very much not an expert on this, but from what I understand the idea is that you get a cheap old card and dedicate that to PhysX, so that your main card will perform that much better.
(that isn't to say it's "worth it", but it's a thing people do)
Zalusithix
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What does it do with cards lower than the 980Ti? Considering there's only a few cards even in Nvidia's stable that they list there, they could possibly blacklist even their own.
Beyond that, it's a free demo made by Nvidia to promote Nvidia tech. Not a real game, nor a commercial product. It's not nearly as severe of an offense as what Oculus did. Certainly not ideal, but not on the same level.
This looks so cool!!
johnnydrama
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Anyone tried Blasters of the Universe yet?
GuitarAtomik
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Just played about 15-20 minutes of it and it's pretty cool so far. They give you an insane amount of customization for your gun before you drop in to the game. You get to choose between frames (rifle, pistol, heavy), muzzle type, ammo type, magazine type, and modifier class. Each of which have around 3 different stats that vary along with special behaviors here and there. For example, there are varying levels of a spreadshot muzzle and the modifiers do differnt stuff like bounce your shots to the next enemy or give you a laser sight.
Graphics and art are pretty polished too. It's definitely hard. I haven't managed to get more than maybe 5 minutes in to the level yet. I'm not sure if there are more, but the way the menu is set up would suggest there is (though they also might not be in yet). Would definitely recommend at the sale price.
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I'm surprised how little a hit high graphics in VR Funhouse had on my 980Ti. Definitely noticed the moving objects ghosting, but physically looking around was totally smooth and everything was still totally playable. Wonder if my CPU helped.
josecitoxnyo
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Something broke after installing the latest drivers, i get robotic audio and VR funhouse uses 50% of my 980ti and gets me around 45-55fps most of the time. : /
Astral/H3X
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Raw Data should be live once they fix it just showing "Play Now" and not letting you install it. Seems someone couldn't quite decide what to price it at yet.
Charles Alan Ratliff
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Price is up now. $39.99 regular, $31.99 until the 21st.
FOH with that bs price. For an early access title no less.
Dreams-Visions
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Need reviews/impressions stat
Zalusithix
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Dunno, sounds like reprojection to me. Moving/animating objects are where you notice the reprojection artifacts the most, not static scenery as you move your head around. When I pumped the render target multiplier up for Audioshield, things were by and large fine when looking around the menu, but as soon as you looked at the controllers and started moving them around, the high contrast made the ghosting artifact super noticeable.
metareferential
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I should try Funhouse, finally some VR for my SLI setup xD
What's up with Raw Data's price? Seems a bit steep.
Bought it too. I though it was going to be 40 but it's actually 30, and as you said, VR coop is a priority.
What's up with Raw Data's price? Seems a bit steep.
Well, I bought Raw Data. It's not cheap, but co-op VR is what I want to support most, and really compared to what I already spent on VR it's not so bad
Impressions later.
Bought it too. I though it was going to be 40 but it's actually 30, and as you said, VR coop is a priority.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/451650/
Whirligig is what I use. I believe they have a free demo version on their site also.
Dreams-Visions
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Well, I bought Raw Data. It's not cheap, but co-op VR is what I want to support most, and really compared to what I already spent on VR it's not so bad
Impressions later.
BUT I WANT IT NOWWWWWWWW
Yeah, I'm gonna pass for now at that price, I think. 20 and I would have been downloading already.
Wowfunhappy
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They appear to work, according to reddit. It's reportedly playable with a GTX 970 as well.
Only AMD cards (and Intel?) are outright blacklisted.
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