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[mckmas8808]

Pascal pls

So does this mean that some people will get an experience on the Vive that's closer to the PSVR?

 

[Nzyme32]

Source 2 scales visual fidelity on the fly to maintain performance. Someone has made a video that demonstrates it. Looks more obvious than it would in VR apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lggMrnGB0yI

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/471lnh/source_2_engine_in_steamvr_performance_tool/

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

Lol funny how USB ports are putting everyone off, but it's putting me off too! Haha

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

So does this mean that some people will get an experience on the Vive that's closer to the PSVR?

Not me!

 

[tuxfool]

Lol funny how USB ports are putting everyone off, but it's putting me off too! Haha

It is a real consideration, especially if you have a lot of peripherals. It gets even worse when you add Touch to the equation.

 

[wazoo]

Ok, I got 6.2 with my 3570k and my 970.

 

[JNT]

C'mon Valve. Where's the SteamOS (Linux) support?

 

[munster]

I may have to pair my i7 with my 980ti.

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

It is a real consideration, especially if you have a lot of peripherals. It gets even worse when you add Touch to the equation.

It's a bit mental, fair play to HTC getting it down to 1 USB. Like you say you're looking at 5 ports with a Xbox pad too. Wow.

 

[Stevey]

So I ran the tool and was averaging about 120FPS, then it just disappeared.
How are you viewing your results?

Edit: nevermind, it worked.

 

[wazoo]

It just make the oculus look like pre-production design phase.

 

[Nzyme32]

SteamDB have mined the Aperture demo that the performance tool uses. Some interesting things in there - https://steamdb.info/blog/mining-the-aperture-robot-repair-vr-demo/

 

[Sky Chief]

I'm looking forward to trying this out and seeing what kind of results I get with my overclocked 780. I feel like I should be pretty close. Still planning on upgrading my GPU on launch.

 

[artsi]

EDIT: Wrong thread

SteamDB have mined the Aperture demo that the performance tool uses. Some interesting things in there - https://steamdb.info/blog/mining-the-aperture-robot-repair-vr-demo/

That's interesting stuff. HL3 VR, really?

 

[abracadaver]

The store link doesn't work for me?

 

[Nzyme32]

EDIT: Wrong thread



That's interesting stuff. HL3 VR, really?

Probably not. Lots of the stuff is stuff they have messed with. There's no indication of what will become an actual product or were just experiments.

 

[shandy706]

i7 930 is at 3.8ghz

Haha...was looking for someone to post a 900 series i7.

Running on 8 years...no upgrade needed...lol.

I have confidence in my i7 920 / 980 Ti setup now.

 

[RoadDogg]

Looks like I still have a year or two before I have to upgrade my CPU/Mobo

 

[Paganmoon]

Lower part of "capable" with a AMD HD 7970.

Though the test can't check Crossfire performance, due to being windowed. Wonder if that'd have made any difference or the test might not even be Crossfire/SLI aware.

 

[JNT]

EDIT: Wrong thread



That's interesting stuff. HL3 VR, really?

Valve has probably experimented with a potential HL3 title for years. Not surprising that nothing has come of it considering how unrealistic the expectations are for the title.

 

[InaudibleWhispa]

It's a bit mental, fair play to HTC getting it down to 1 USB. Like you say you're looking at 5 ports with a Xbox pad too. Wow.

The 4 ports on the OP specs already takes into account a controller and Oculus Touch. It's 1 for the headset, 1 for the camera 1 for the Xbox One pad and 1 for the second camera once Oculus Touch is released.

 

[Chezzymann]

Thats kind of ridiculous @ the rifts need of 4 USB ports, including 3 3.0 ones

The 4 ports on the OP specs already takes into account a controller and Oculus Touch. It's 1 for the headset, 1 for the camera 1 for the Xbox One pad and 1 for the second camera once Oculus Touch is released.

oh well that actually makes sense then

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Lol funny how USB ports are putting everyone off, but it's putting me off too! Haha

Same! I can run Vive just fine but not Oculus cos I don't have three USB 3.0 ports. WTF?

The store link doesn't work for me?

Nor me, even after trying to copy the steam links.

 

[artsi]

Thats kind of ridiculous @ the rifts need of 4 USB ports, including 3 3.0 ones

Well it needs three (1 x 2.0 and 2 x 3.0) unless you use Touch and gamepad at the same time, and you can hub them anyway so 1 or 2 ports on the motherboard.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I don't like the idea of having a "VR room" but requiring only 1 USB is making me seriously consider this over rift.

lol Id pay $200 extra just to have some damn usb ports. Vive>Rift

FWIW, you can always get a pci-e USB 3.0 expansion card for your desktop for $25. Pretty easy to get +5 USB3 ports. If you're interested in a Rift, that shouldn't be the show-stopper.

 

[Stevey]

Nor me, even after trying to copy the steam links.

Just paste the install link in the OP into a Steam chat window and click it from there.

 

[UrbanRats]

FWIW, you can always get a pci-e USB 3.0 expansion card for your desktop for $25. Pretty easy to get +5 USB3 ports. If you're interested in a Rift, that shouldn't be the show-stopper.

Not a show stopper, but an annoyance.
More importantly, when you get a second camera to put in the opposite side of the room (to minimize occlusion) with the touch, you're going to have to run a USB all the way to the PC, whereas Lighthouse only needs an AC outlet to work.
It just seems like a much better thought out and elegant system.

 

[GSG Flash]

I have an R9 390, 16GB DDR4 ram and an i7 6700(non K version) and I got a 7.1(ready) score.

 

[Xyber]

i7 930 is at 3.8ghz

What clock do you run your 970 at?

I find it very strange you are getting such a high score when my PC with i7 4770K@4.4GHz and 970@1544MHz only get 8.2.

 

[abracadaver]

How do you make it fullscreen? Its only running in like 540p for me

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Not a show stopper, but an annoyance.
More importantly, when you get a second camera to put in the opposite side of the room (to minimize occlusion) with the touch, you're going to have to run a USB all the way to the PC, whereas Lighthouse only needs an AC outlet to work.
It just seems like a much better thought out and elegant system.

Oh I agree completely. I just...that's all I can say. I haven't bought into anything so I don't have a horse in this race. But yea,

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPIMJEW/?tag=neogaf0e-20

should be on everyone's mind if they're going OR. I certainly wouldn't let it consume all of my USB3 built-in slots. I need them for my external NAS, external portable drives, LED keyboard, etc. The only way I could make an OR work for me is with one of these cards. rip.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Everything is stock at the moment.

 

[Deepo]

Bring on the Vive!

 

[collige]

Source 2 scales visual fidelity on the fly to maintain performance. Someone has made a video that demonstrates it. Looks more obvious than it would in VR apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lggMrnGB0yI

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/471lnh/source_2_engine_in_steamvr_performance_tool/

This is awesome, but I was under the impression that Valve was using Unity for almost all of their VR software nowadays.

 

[ashecitism]

This is awesome, but I was under the impression that Valve was using Unity for almost all of their VR software nowadays.

The Portal demo was always Source 2. That's the only Source 2 VR stuff right now, the rest as you say is in Unity.

 

[ashecitism]

it's out for real this time: http://store.steampowered.com/app/323910/

 

[BlazinAm]

I overclocked the 780 and my CPU, I think that there is a hardline cap that non-Maxwell gpu can attain.

Looking at the other samples of gtx 780 test I can say I won the silicon lottery, lol.

 

[mrklaw]

What clock do you run your 970 at?

I find it very strange you are getting such a high score when my PC with i7 4770K@4.4GHz and 970@1544MHz only get 8.2.

Only getting 6.9 on mine. 970 OC a bit and a 3570k at 4GHz (motherboard won't let me go any higher)
Wonder if running in a window on a 3440x1440 monitor affects it?



Edit: source 2 scaling to maintain performance is fantastic. Hope more engines do the same.

 

[Ran Echelon]

Looks like I'm good. I think I'll be waiting for 2nd gen devices, however.

 

[ashecitism]

How do you make it fullscreen? Its only running in like 540p for me

If you want to run it full screen in non-VR mode, just change the height and width to match your resolution:

SteamApps\common\SteamVRPerformanceTest\bin\win64\ vr.exe -noassert -retail -vrperftest -autofidelity +map vr_aperture_main -novr -fullscreen -height 2160 -width 3840

.

that small window is the normal btw, so it's not an error on your end.

 

[AESplusF]

So is there anyway to actually interact with the demo if you're running it in non-vr mode?

 

[chromatic9]

Haha...was looking for someone to post a 900 series i7.

Running on 8 years...no upgrade needed...lol.

I have confidence in my i7 920 / 980 Ti setup now.

Yeah, I was going to swap it recently for a Xeon 5650 that drops right into my X58 mobo as a sidegrade, gives you 6 cores and twelve threads but haven't seen a need to even do that.

What clock do you run your 970 at?

I find it very strange you are getting such a high score when my PC with i7 4770K@4.4GHz and 970@1544MHz only get 8.2.

1480mhz

Maybe look into your gpu overclock, check it's not throttling down. I get worse fps if I push those type of clocks, Think 970 has some built in limits

Nothing strange about it. This guys old i5 2500k no hyperthreading is beating yours as well.

Well looks good so far. Was a bit worried because of my CPU, but that old 2500k is still rocking it.

 

[mrklaw]

Yeah, I was going to swap it recently for a Xeon 5650 that drops right into my X58 mobo as a sidegrade, gives you 6 cores and twelve threads but haven't seen a need to even do that.



1480mhz

Maybe look into your gpu overclock, check it's not throttling down. I get worse fps if I push those type of clocks, Think 970 has some built in limits

Nothing strange about it. This guys old i5 2500k no hyperthreading is beating yours as well.

Weird. I did notice the test barely ramped my fans up at all

 

[Gandysampras]

I overclocked the 780 and my CPU, I think that there is a hardline cap that non-Maxwell gpu can attain.

Looking at the other samples of gtx 780 test I can say I won the silicon lottery, lol.

Nice, what's your 780 OC'd to?

 

[AetherZX]

why is VR so i5 4460 racist

 

[CarbonFire]

Not a show stopper, but an annoyance.
More importantly, when you get a second camera to put in the opposite side of the room (to minimize occlusion) with the touch, you're going to have to run a USB all the way to the PC, whereas Lighthouse only needs an AC outlet to work.
It just seems like a much better thought out and elegant system.

Yeah the Oculus "solution" to room-scale VR feels more like a hack than a well-thought out system. But then I don't think any of the room-scale VR solutions are that compelling until they can figure out how to at least transmit the video wirelessly.

 

[ashecitism]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/valves-vr-ready-aperture-test-roy-taylor?trk=prof-post

What’s more, we’ve worked very closely with Valve to implement one of AMD LiquidVR’s premier features called Affinity multi-GPU into the Aperture Science Robot Repair demo, which this tool is based on . Think of this as CrossFire technology for VR, where the application lets one GPU render for the left eye, and the other for the right eye. Though the work implementing Affinity mGPU into this application is not finished, it’s already showing significant performance uplift over a single GPU.**

**To enable multi-GPU support, use “-multigpu” as a launch option without the quotes. Please note this work is still ongoing, and is not an officially supported feature at this time.

 

[Dictator93]

Sweet

 

[UrbanRats]

Yeah the Oculus "solution" to room-scale VR feels more like a hack than a well-thought out system. But then I don't think any of the room-scale VR solutions are that compelling until they can figure out how to at least transmit the video wirelessly.

Here's hoping.

 

[Vesper73]

Do not mock the 950 at 3.8ghz!