I took the opportunity to finally have an entry level PC good enough for VR. And got it and soon after a VR Headset, an Oculus Rift.
I don't regret it at all. It has been a great bargain and value for the money, and everything I had hoped for. I almost wish I took out a loan and bought an HMD and PC when it launched.
But as far as VR performance I find it to only be... adequate. Something I definitely want to upgrade from in the future.
Skryim VR vanilla seems to work just fine, for instance. But as soon as I add a few mods, which I need in order to enjoy Skyrim, I start to run into performance issues.
With VRChat it's a constant struggle to maintain a good framerate and performance. As soon as anyone with an unoptimized avatar walks into the room, I'm reduced to a sickness inducing 5 fps or so. VRChat is a fantastic and completely addictive experience that makes me want to say "goodbye real world" when the rooms and people and framerate are great. Too often that is not the case and I'm down to a slideshow of VR sickness. I have a pretty high tolerance for VR sickness, I rode rollercoasters for hours, I run around at high speeds in games, I played Mario Kart Wii in Dolphin VR for 8 hours straight, no sickness. When I get 5 fps in VRChat, it destroys my stomach and I have to go lay down.
Also New Retro Arcade Neon, which is a great little customizable arcade sandbox for my emulators and things. Where I can make custom posters and load my movies and things and walk around and play a game or five, or ten, or twenty. Definitely has performance issues on my meager PC trying to load all these cabinets and emulators and movies and things.
Also I could see better performance in emulators in general. Like, I owned and have played like 300 hours in both consoles versions of Breath of the Wild, Wii U and Switch. I would like to try it in 4K with a stable fps, though. Even just playing Wii games in Dolphin VR can push my system a bit at times. Though that may be my settings being lacking.
This is some more of my specs for those curious.
It was a fantastic value for the money. But I think I need better. I can tell I'm pushing this system.
So.. what should I upgrade first?
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