Question Is my PC good enough for Quest 3 PCVR?

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I really want to buy a VR headset but I don't know if my PC is good enough for VR. Specifically the Quest 3. I know the resolution is pretty high so I don't really know. I found one benchmark with my card, but it was with a rift S. I use to have a Rift CV1 and it ran fine. I just want to be able to run games at the 72fps to 80fps.

My specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hHs9KX
 
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Funny, because the article I took those specs from was just published in October of 2023.


And the other set of minimum specs are even newer.


But obviously meeting any of these specs just means it's going to work. It doesn't mean you're going to be running full bore at ultra type settings. You may have to ease back on some of the eye candy a bit, or bite the bullet and get a better card if you're not happy with what your card is able to do.

Obviously a better card is going to mean a better experience, but not everybody has the same expectations which is WHY there are minimum AND recommended specs for things like this and clearly...
Since these are the minimum specs,

  • CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD Ryzen 5 1500X equivalent or better
  • RAM: 8GB or more
  • Graphics card: GTX 1060 (6GB) equivalent or better
And these are the mid tier specs,

  • Recent 6-core Intel Core i5 processor or equivalent AMD Ryzen 5 chip to handle intensive VR processing.
  • NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card with 6GB of dedicated memory or better, so you can enable complex rendering and effects.
  • 16GB of system RAM to allow sufficient overhead for the OS plus gaming bandwidth.

And you meet or exceed them in both cases, I'd say you should be fine.
 
Since these are the minimum specs,

  • CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD Ryzen 5 1500X equivalent or better
  • RAM: 8GB or more
  • Graphics card: GTX 1060 (6GB) equivalent or better
And these are the mid tier specs,

  • Recent 6-core Intel Core i5 processor or equivalent AMD Ryzen 5 chip to handle intensive VR processing.
  • NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card with 6GB of dedicated memory or better, so you can enable complex rendering and effects.
  • 16GB of system RAM to allow sufficient overhead for the OS plus gaming bandwidth.

And you meet or exceed them in both cases, I'd say you should be fine.

I don't believe the mid tier specs really reflect current modern VR. When those specs were thrown out we only had games like Robo recall on an Oculus rift with a 1080x1080 screens. Now we have a quest 3 with a 2064x2208 screens and games like Bonelab, Blade and Sorcery, and Half life alyx.
 
Funny, because the article I took those specs from was just published in October of 2023.


And the other set of minimum specs are even newer.


But obviously meeting any of these specs just means it's going to work. It doesn't mean you're going to be running full bore at ultra type settings. You may have to ease back on some of the eye candy a bit, or bite the bullet and get a better card if you're not happy with what your card is able to do.

Obviously a better card is going to mean a better experience, but not everybody has the same expectations which is WHY there are minimum AND recommended specs for things like this and clearly the better your hardware is, the better your experience is going to be. And yes, for that resolution the RTX 2060 is probably going to be closer to the bottom of the chart than the top. My 2060 Super does quite well at 2560x1440 but I also have to move some sliders to the left on some of the more demanding titles to get where I want to be.
 
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