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Title: Occulus Rift
Post by: Mark J on November 25, 2017, 11:19:57 AM +0000
Now only £349 from John Lewis, Currys etc  :o

very tempting but cant help feel a version2 must be just around the corner with better resolution :-\

How many here use it and really like it? I love the immersion I see in youtube vids using it.


Title: Re: Occulus Rift
Post by: Jeffrey on November 25, 2017, 11:34:19 AM +0000
What's your hardware like MJ? A friend of mine returned his oculus because you really need a beafy system to get a stable high fps if you want high graphic settings.


Title: Re: Occulus Rift
Post by: Mark J on November 25, 2017, 12:45:48 PM +0000
I only upgraded my hardware this year with 1080 card extra ram and i7 cpu so would hope it’s beefy enough. I really wanted to try one out before buying but seems impossible. Now I fear I’ll buy one and a new one comes out  :P


Title: Re: Occulus Rift
Post by: ChrisR on November 25, 2017, 12:55:44 PM +0000
I have a 980ti and a 6770k i7 (screen capture vids on facebook)

I cant run it with max graphics but how i have it doesnt really make much visual difference, the lower resolution in the rift is enough to mask the slightly lower visuals anyway.

I run at 90fps at all times apart from when i start at the back of a 30car grid where is fluctuates around 50/60.

For £349 i was tempted to just buy another one to sit in a corner just incase something goes wrong with my current one..

Im unsure of when the next generation of rift will come out or even if there ever will be... from their recent legal battles i think the price has been lowered to clear stock as they were in the process of battling a cease order from selling any more..

Just get one from amazon and return it if you dont like it. :)


Title: Re: Occulus Rift
Post by: spanner on November 25, 2017, 06:16:05 PM +0000
Hm.. I thought i saw something announced moths ago that  cheaper version will be released next year? Maybe not then!