VR graphics card advice for a budget

Hi all,

Has anyone had experience of using an HP reverb with a GTX 1070? I have the opportunity to use an HP Reverb but am trying to figure out the absolute basics of what is needed to use it as opposed to their recommended specs.

Many thaanks,

Rich

Welcome to the forums !

You will not have a satisfactory experience with the Reverb/1070

Even the recommended-minimum 1080 is insufficient in DCS , which needs a lot of AA or SS or both .

1080ti will do .

I am running a 1070 with a Rift S , at a pd of 1.0 , and consider the gpu the minimum for that headset .The Reverb has 2.5 times the pixels of a Rift S . (And a 12.5% higher refresh rate)

Welcome to the forums !

 

You will not have a satisfactory experience with the Reverb/1070

Even the recommended-minimum 1080 is insufficient in DCS , which needs a lot of AA or SS or both .

1080ti will do .

 

I am running a 1070 with a Rift S , at a pd of 1.0 , and consider the gpu the minimum for that headset .The Reverb has 2.5 times the pixels of a Rift S .

agreed you need to look at the total number of pixels you are driving; 1070ti might be ok, I run a a 1080ti and that's likely the functional minimum for the reverb

Hi all,

 

 

Has anyone had experience of using an HP reverb with a GTX 1070? I have the opportunity to use an HP Reverb but am trying to figure out the absolute basics of what is needed to use it as opposed to their recommended specs.

 

 

Many thaanks,

Rich

Perhaps not the answer you're looking for, but I run a 1070 TI with Ryzen 3600 @ 4.3Ghz and Oculus Rift CV1 plus VR specific tweaks, in particular Kegetys VR shaders at 90fps constant; very fluid, no stutters.

I'm currently using an HP reverb with an I5, 4.2 CPU and a GTX 1070. While I am having to compromise by turning down many settings and using Kegetys shader mod it is still very playable. Obviously I want better but until the RTX cards come down in price I am going to stick with it.

And now, one say it run (with reduced settigs), one say you need min a 1080.

My 1070 run´s @ 2050MHz Core and 4700MHz VRam and that in the most Games faster than a ref GTX1070TI and almost that fast, like a GTX1080 Ref.

And now, one say it run (with reduced settigs), one say you need min a 1080.

 

 

My 1070 run´s @ 2050MHz Core and 4700MHz VRam and that in the most Games faster than a ref GTX1070TI and almost that fast, like a GTX1080 Ref.

Wow, are you sure those numbers are right?!

My 1070 TI, I can't push it anywhere close to your numbers.

You can´t overclock over 2GHz? Or VRam over 4700MHz?

May be i don´t understand what ypu mean.

You can´t overclock over 2GHz? Or VRam over 4700MHz?

May be i don´t understand what ypu mean.

Clock at 1999.5mhz (+125) and Vram at 4016mhz (+10)

If I go anywhere beyond that vram, it starts getting unstable, Oculus starts crashing randomly. BMS 4.34 also doesn't seem to like any overclocking.

Which 1070 model you got? Mine is not anything premium btw, it's just a palit 1070ti jetstream or something.

At first i have a Palit 1070 Gamerock Premium. Max OC around 2150MHz / 4500MHz

at the moment Nvidia GTX1070FE, with 1080FE Cooler.

With high Fan Speed, i climb over 2100MHz, and the Vram goes over 4700MHz.

Under Water, may be i can get more MHz on the Core, but for the moment, i´m on air and with not to high noise, i get the 2050MHz.

Thanks guys,

So how well does a 1080ti cope because that is well within reach for me? It would be great to know what compromises need to be made.

I'd love a 2080ti but just can't afford it at the moment

Thanks

my settings are below for a reverb... on a 1080ti i get a pretty consistent 45 FPS, with some edge condition drops on the stable version 2.5.6 ... HTH on the beta i get slight less frames, as i cant get the Kegetys mod to work so i just drop some of the eye candy

That's strange, mine rarely goes over 65C...

Why did you change from a 1070 TI to a centrifugal FE 1070?

I fly at constant 60FPS on my 3600X/16GB/1080TI/Reverb setup (shadows off).

Is there a way to manually set a lower FPS on Steam VR/DCS? I've seen the options for 60 and 90 but can it be adjusted otherwise?

Thanks,

Has anyone tried the rtx 2080 super? £300 less than a ti but not far off the performance.

Thanks

Motion smoothing effectively halves your frame rate, hence i get a stable 45

60 hz and 90 hz are the only options for the HMD. FPS are not directly connected to the refresh rate, it is just a more fluid experience without stuttering if you manage to reach the refresh rate with your FPS.

I have recently problems with the 90hz mode (white static noise and unreliability of the connection, perhaps a cable turning bad or a driver issue).

But I prefer the 60hz mode without reprojection anyways. I experience it much more fluid than 90hz with reprojection. I always manage to get constant 60 FPS (In singleplayer I use cockpit shadows and flat terrain shadows too.)

try both :) with and without Motion Smoothing different people have different experiences

So now I have a dilemma.

With a modest budget, I can ebay my current card for about £380-£400 and can get a direct replacement 1080ti, or add £300 to get a 2080 super.

Unsure what to do other than rule out the 2080ti on the grounds of cost (circa £700 to upgrade to that)

What do you expect from the 2080 Super over the 1080ti?

I would save the 300 and exchange the 1080ti for a next gen card later.

in the context of DCS, the super will likely not give you much extra perf , and you will still "only" have 8gb of Vram .

I would go 1080ti for now, and save for the 3080ti due from the end of the year

Using this as a very vague indicator,

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2070S-Super-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1080-Ti/4048vs3918

There does seem to be a performance benefit but I'm wondering if it's £300 of benefit particularly if the 1080 ti can run DCS with the HP Reverb V2 Pro. I can sacrifice some of the beauty, I just want to be able to read the mfd buttons and writing without huge stutters and lag.

If a 1080ti can run it comfortably with text and enemy aircraft readily visible that'll do me,

Thanks

the v2 has the same number of pixels as the v1

So a quick update,

Tried to get hold of a cheap 1080ti on Ebay but unable to. Won one and then got an email to say it was out of stock!!!!!

However, it's performance stats on a benchmarking website were quite similar ot the RTX 2070 super so I decided to set about tweaking. Several YT videos later and dozens of restarts and managed to tweak 45 fps on my new (used) HP Reverb pro 2.

Very slight, almost imperceptible stutter but not enough to cause upset or a problem. S now I'll just save up for a 30 series when they drop or when they do look for a used 2080ti.

Thanks all