Currently have an R9 290, deciding between gtx 1070 or 1080 almost exclusively for VR.

[Wr41thx]

I have 2 gaming pc's for my wife and I and a HTPC i built originally to be used like a gaming console. It had an r9 280x in it until I pulled the trigger on an HTC Vive. I swapped my current computer's r 290 into the machine since it was higher spec for VR. It has performed amicably, but I can feel it's age. Raw Data and Hover Junkers have definitely pushed the card to it's limits and I want more room to expand.

The HTPC is a i5-4590 with 8gb ram 250gb samsung ssd, 650w xfx power supply, and r9 290 in a cooler master elite 130.

I just can't seem to find many comparisons online to justify if the 1080 is worth the rough 250$ more over the 1070 for VR. I know there are some driver issues currently regarding VR as well, but i figure those will be hammered out with time. Early Adoption and all that.

I do not play any other games or anything else in 4k, i have the htcp hooked up to a 1080p projector and all my monitors are 1080p. I do have a 144hz monitor because when I can hit high frame rates I like how it looks (also how it makes windows look).

Thanks for any and all feedback!

 

[schwatzz]

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html

The GTX 1070 is considered to be one of the best new price to performance cards. For 1080p VR, it should be enough.

 

[anbello262]

Well, just a quick correction, schwatzz. There's no '1080p VR'. This is the Vive, which is 2160 x 1200 actually.
Now, to the OP:
So far, there's not much data to say for sure. The 1070 seems to be enough, from what I've seen. And newer games should perform even better once they start using the VR specific optimizations the card includes.

So I think that the 1070 is a good choice for the price.

 

[Epicness937]

a 1070 is the best choice with price to proformance i have a feeling the 1080 will not be as good for price once the 1080 ti/titan p come out
and a 290 is really only not good in vr at 1080p a 290 is still good infact on the used market a used r9 280 and r9 270 are some of the best gpu buys right now