I tested out Half-Life: Alyx on ‘ultra’ settings + 150% render resolution + 120 Hz refresh rate and it ran perfectly well on a Valve Index. RTX 2080 or RTX 3070: Get this to run games on high refresh rate (120 Hz) at 150% resolution.Might have to turn down the render resolution to 130% if going for 90 Hz or 120 Hz refresh rate, but the game still looks absolutely beautiful. I tested Half-Life: Alyx on ‘high’ graphical settings (in-game) and it runs perfectly fine on 150% SteamVR render resolution and 72 Hz refresh rate. RTX 2070 or RTX 3060: Both these cards are similar to each other and capable of running most games on 150% render resolution and 72 Hz refresh rate.Half-Life: Alyx can be played on 130% render resolution and 72 Hz refresh rate. RTX 2060: The cheapest one I would recommend – most games can run at 130% render resolution (at 72-90 Hz refresh rate).This is where most the budget will go – everything else: RAM, Storage, processor/CPU isn’t nearly as important.
The most important component when choosing a VR gaming PC is the graphics card (GPU). I don’t recommend these unless you’re really on a budget. These are the MINIMUM specs required to use each headset, but expect to be playing most games on 100% render resolution and below. So when choosing a computer, aim to find one which can render most games at 130% or above!Īlso note: some games are more intense than others, so a computer might be able to render 150% for one game, but only 130% for another.
This is to achieve ‘true’ stereoscopic 3D vision. Unlike flatscreen games, VR games need to be rendered from two different viewpoints: one for each eye.
Graphical settings you want to play those games on.Your headset (Oculus Quest, Rift, Index, Reverb G2).We run a VR cafe and have bench-marked over a dozen PCs with every type of headset: Rift S, Quest, Index, Odyssey+, Pimax 5K, you name it!