fatslob-:O said:
Pemalite said:
Not true.
There are plenty of AM3 motherboards which are compatible with Socket AM3+ processors (Such as the Asus Crosshair IV), just his motherboard doesn't.
A Phenom 2 x4 970 is about half the speed of the recommended requirements for VR... But here is the kicker, Oculus state that the load placed on the CPU is very lightly threaded... Essentially where Intel shines and AMD falters.
You would want a high-clocked CPU with very strong per-core performance...
However, let's also keep in mind that games in VR *will* be rendered at a substantually higher resolution than most people are used to.
From years of dealing with eyefinity, that means the bottleneck will likely always be the GPU in the majority of scenario's, especially if you like to have all the bells and whistles turned on.
A slower CPU usually will only start to hold you back if there is allot of Physics, A.I, Particles and will usually only hit your minimum and maximum framerates... To a point.
But that will also vary from game to game.
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I was talking about Intel processors and the majority of the time you do need to get a new motherboard rather than not, am I right ?
Yes you will be rendering games at a higher resolution but VR headset makers recommend 60FPS at ALL times so it's not wise to hold the Phenom in OPs case ...
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I just assumed you were talking about AMD due to the prior post and your posts wording as you made no distinction towards any manufacturer.
VR makers would prefer for you to have 90fps at all times. :P Unleas you went with the GearVR or Playstation VR.
