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greenmedic88 on 23 March 2016
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sabvre42 said:
greenmedic88 said:
We've all seen the budget box gaming PC comparisons. Of course in the case of the PS4, the comparison is now a $350 gaming PC which means using a cardboard box for a case and reusing or cannibalizing components at that level.

However, for the purpose of VR, entertaining the notion that if a gaming PC has comparable specs to a PS4 it is VR capable is way off base. The GDC breakdown (for HTC and Oculus) for what type of entry level hardware is required for Vive or Rift is $950 and again, that would be the minimum requirement.

At a certain point, cutting performance down to reduce the budget ceases to be a valid argument.

The CPU would choke on almost any game thats not on minimal settings.... and he also forgets the OS -- which is legally required to be purchase for new devices.

I completely agree here. I'm not even sure why the bare bones gaming PC was even brought up in a VR thread.

The $100 OEM copy of Windows is somewhat less of an issue; MS is essentially giving away Win 10 currently although this is for PCs currently running Win 7 or Win 8. 

I would throw the free Linux argument out as you're looking at limited game options relative to Windows for the sake of cutting an OS licensing fee out. 

And of course the consoles to gaming PC argument is currently what does a $300-350 budget buy in PC components, not $400. The answer being "very limited."

But below is a PC VR gaming PC as recommended by Oculus. 

    Oculus Rift
    • Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better.
    • CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or greater.
    • RAM: 8GB or more.
    • Video port: HDMI 1.3.
    • USB port: 2 USB 3.0 ports.
    • Windows 7 SP1 or newer.