Someone give me a breakdown on the Vive.
I can grab one+pc to run it relatively cheap 2nd hand just in time for the holidays but I'm afraid I'll end up using it a few times and then it'll collect dust in a corner somewhere.
On a somewhat related note would an AMD FX 8350 bottleneck a GTX 1070?
It makes no sense pairing a gtx 1070 with an fx 8350.
>2017
>600+ dollar product
>leads still embedded on the power bricks instead of a separate cable that fits much better to extensions
>I'm afraid I'll end up using it a few times and then it'll collect dust in a corner somewhere
Good assumption.
>would an AMD FX 8350 bottleneck a GTX 1070
Yes.
VR is a meme.
The only sense it makes is that he can build a new computer and reuser the gc in it.
By this I assume you've tried it. What games did you play?
A friend of mine who absolutely loves that type of stuff never used his and actually sold it. There are just no interesting games for it.
But no, I haven't tried it myself. I was never excited about VR and I told myself before the Oculus came out that I'll look into it when gen 3 releases. I stand by that statement.
cables, cables everywhere
Simple bullshit with VR is, they first need to make fucking "helmet" you can put and play with kb+m.
So, no fucking hand wigglan bs, just high res + shitload of hz+gyroscope, literally something you can use instead of monitor.
When they perfect that, then go and R&D fucking movement,hands,fingers etc.
IDK how dense PPI should be so you are not aware of pixels and how many fps should be so you dont get sick, but that should be
first and foremost goal. When hey figure that shit out,then sell us gloves,wigglesticks & movenment boards.
IDK if problem is in GPUs(i doubt it) but you need ~4k@90hz in every eye(correct me if im wrong here) to make it viable.
When they get there, ill join up.
I own one, it's not a replacement for your normal PC setup, it's like a joystick, it's great for stuff it's made for, and it IS fucking great, nono fucking really you NEED to try this shit, but maybe sell it again after a few months unless it really grabs you, you will be convertet, you will understand the future of personal entertainment, the future not the present.
So don't you think maybe you should abstain from sharing your opinion on the matter? Because the way I see it there are plenty of people that have tried it and swear by it, including big name game reputable game developers. This is not the same as I don't know, 3D glasses, where it doesn't take much to figure out it's mostly a gimmick.
According to Michael Abrash, a guy that worked with John Carmack on Quake, later on joined Valve and now at Oculus, you need around 8k per eye to make it "real". But it's not even as simple as that because there are plenty of other factors other than resolution and framerate.
And that 8k would only be needed to the small area where you choose to focus your sight on, peripheral vision can be much lower res. But then you'd need to know where the user is actually looking and render based on it, something called foveated rendering which is probably a very difficult technical challenge to solve.
Anything 3D so far has been shit, why would this be any different? I have not heard anything positive about VR from an intelligent person yet.
But go and waste your money OP, beta test for us.
fx line is super ass, yes it would bottleneck an 8350, even my r3 1200 averagely beats an 8350
its a dead meme, no one was going to spend that much money on something that makes you dizziness. im saying it for years and no one is listening to me, same happened with 3D tvs.
A) vive is pretty great
B) you've got to be trolling suffering an fx 8350. With some VERY specific workloads, it should outrun a 3 generation old i5. Outside of those workloads, it will keep pace with (not out run) a 4 generation old i3.
>being this opinionated about something you haven't tried.
Not worth it OP wait for later models of VR, the games are expensive and only a few are good. My friend has one we used it a few times for the first two weeks and he's had it sat in a box for the past 12 months untouched.
Room space is a big deal too, the amount of times we'd smack the controllers on walls, tables and lights, you need the recommended apace then more than your arms length past that.
If VR is truly to continue better hardware for cheaper will arrive in the near future, buy a better PC now and wait for that.
desu i dont have vr but have tried it it's amazing but i would recommend waiting until the next gen headsets as they will have a decent resolution and by then there should be a huge library of games. if not i'd say jump on it when the first mmorpg is released
Vr is only good for social games and pvp games, the single player games are kind of gay
Is the screen door bad? I've seen many mentioning that and the fact that it can be blurry even when properly adjusted on your face.
As far as your other point goes, I personally don't think we'll ever see an MMO on it. Not in the traditional sense anyway. I do think VR shows a lot of signs for being great in social games though, so maybe you're not that far off in your assumptions.
Not for me, when I'm actually having fun then I don't notice screendoor effect at all.
>Using an AMD FX 8350 for VR
I have Vive. The cable is a big issue, VR really needs to be wireless. It is too heavy. There is more quality content than in the past but still not enough. Resolution and field of view are not quite there yet.
VR is the future of gaming for sure but I suggest waiting a few years until the basic technological hurdles are solved.
$200 USD psvr should be enough for enjoying this gen. in a couple of years there will be alternatives that will make everything sold today look laughably outdated.
i dont remember desu only used vr once and it was an occulous at some gaymer convention tried out fallout 4 the low resolution made me feel sick desu
i remember some user in another vr thread recently saying they used their phone, ps move controllers and some software to play vr currently. i doubt the quality is even that far of normal VR headsets and probably costs like $50
The Rift dropped as low as $350 with touch controllers included. I don't think PSVR is worth it over that, but obviously having the PC to run factors into it. For someone that just wants to try it and already has a PS4, that's probably a decent alternative.
Worth it for porn alone
I agree 100%. Own a vive myself and kick myself for not waiting until some good AAA titles arrive so I could've gotten it cheaper.
This.