I am looking to buy either an Oculus Rift or an HTC Vive.
I have run the computer tester software for both and the Oculus seems to think that I will need both a new CPU and graphics card whereas the Vive thinks I only need a new graphics card.
I am always sceptical of outrageous performance demands from games and wanted to know if I really do need an upgrade and if so what parts.
Questions:
1) Do I need an upgrade?
2) Can my CPU/Graphics card be overclocked/boosted in anyway to meet requirements?
3) If I need a new graphics card would it have to be something to the tune of a GTX 960 or could I buy an older one and run it in sli with mine to be equivalent?
4) If I did need these parts would I be bottlenecking my PC? In other words is everything else still up to scratch?
5) If I do need these parts what pqrts would you recommend getting?
Here is a current list of all the parts in my pc (built in Jan of 2013):
Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU
Asus Sabertooth Z77 Motherboard
Asus GeForce GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5 Nvidea Graphics Card
G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB) Dual Channel Ares Series Memory Kit
OCZ ModXStream Pro Series Power Supply PC 600W
For those interested the rest of the parts are:
OCZ VTX4-25SAT3-125G 128GB Vertex 4 Sata III-6Gb/s 2.5inch Internal SSD
Sharkoon T9 ATX Midi Tower Case - Green
Asus DRW-24B5ST 24x Internal SATA DVD Drive
Seagate Barracuda 3.5inch 2TB 7200rpm 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive
I know this is a very long and rigorous question so THANK YOU to anyone who takes the time to answer.
I have run the computer tester software for both and the Oculus seems to think that I will need both a new CPU and graphics card whereas the Vive thinks I only need a new graphics card.
I am always sceptical of outrageous performance demands from games and wanted to know if I really do need an upgrade and if so what parts.
Questions:
1) Do I need an upgrade?
2) Can my CPU/Graphics card be overclocked/boosted in anyway to meet requirements?
3) If I need a new graphics card would it have to be something to the tune of a GTX 960 or could I buy an older one and run it in sli with mine to be equivalent?
4) If I did need these parts would I be bottlenecking my PC? In other words is everything else still up to scratch?
5) If I do need these parts what pqrts would you recommend getting?
Here is a current list of all the parts in my pc (built in Jan of 2013):
Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU
Asus Sabertooth Z77 Motherboard
Asus GeForce GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5 Nvidea Graphics Card
G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB) Dual Channel Ares Series Memory Kit
OCZ ModXStream Pro Series Power Supply PC 600W
For those interested the rest of the parts are:
OCZ VTX4-25SAT3-125G 128GB Vertex 4 Sata III-6Gb/s 2.5inch Internal SSD
Sharkoon T9 ATX Midi Tower Case - Green
Asus DRW-24B5ST 24x Internal SATA DVD Drive
Seagate Barracuda 3.5inch 2TB 7200rpm 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive
I know this is a very long and rigorous question so THANK YOU to anyone who takes the time to answer.