SLI GTX 960 for Oculus?

[Earny_J]

I've been searching about VR SLI for a while. There's a development of Nvidia API and stuff. I understand that it's up to the application developers to have multi-gpu rendering or not (please correct me if im wrong.) But If so, will my SLI build be able to handles Oculus Rift and at least 1/3 of its games?
I have gtx 960 4GB SSC (3966) and 960 4GB FTW (3968).
Here is my build
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/gyPscf#partlist
Im very noob about these stuff.
Thank you 😀

 

[TechyInAZ]

It might work ok, but the GTX 960 is not a card you want to be using. Use those 960s for now, then buy a GTX 1070 for VR stuff.

 

[Earny_J]

It might work ok, but the GTX 960 is not a card you want to be using. Use those 960s for now, then buy a GTX 1070 for VR stuff.

Yes ! I'm hype about 1070 and 1080. Their prices are crazily cheap. But I have my 960 both less than a year, it would be a waste to throw away. Guess i have to bet on 2x 960 with Oculus for now. Thx!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Going below minimum VR spec eill give you a horrible VR experience as kcarbotte says. He says it's unbearable.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Good Luck with those twin 960s.

Yeah like turkey said, it's unbearable. Make absolutely sure your running at 90fps or higher.

 

[Jsimenhoff]

I've been searching about VR SLI for a while. There's a development of Nvidia API and stuff. I understand that it's up to the application developers to have multi-gpu rendering or not (please correct me if im wrong.) But If so, will my SLI build be able to handles Oculus Rift and at least 1/3 of its games?
I have gtx 960 4GB SSC (3966) and 960 4GB FTW (3968).
Here is my build
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/gyPscf#partlist
Im very noob about these stuff.
Thank you 😀

From what I've read SLI and Crossfire rigs are not good options for VR. It seems to be a driver or API issue. I don't know the details fully, but I would double check that SLI and your cards in particular will run VR properly.

Have you considered selling the cards used? There is usually a market for that.