Do you want to know what are Oculus Rift spec requirements as of right now?
With each year and month, new hardware comes out, and as far as I’ve seen, the official Oculus Rift specs page isn’t updated all the time. I’ll start with recommended specifications and then go through minimum necessities.
I will also list all the GPUs individually down below, in case you are not sure where a specific graphics card lies. Use CTRL+F to search.
So, let’s start with:
Oculus Rift RECOMMENDED Spec Requirements
For Oculus Rift S:
| Component | Recommended Specs | Minimum Specs |
| Processor | Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater | Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater | NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater |
| Alternative Graphics Card | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater | NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater |
| Memory | 8GB+ RAM | 8GB+ RAM |
| Operating System | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| USB Ports | 1x USB 3.0 ports | 1x USB 3.0 port |
| Video Output | Compatible DisplayPort video output | Compatible miniDisplayPort video output (miniDisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter included with Rift S) |
For Oculus Rift CV1:
| Component | Recommended Specs | Minimum Specs |
| Processor | Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater | Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater | NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater |
| Alternative Graphics Card | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater | NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater |
| Memory | 8GB+ RAM | 8GB+ RAM |
| Operating System | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| USB Ports Rift | 3x USB 3.0 ports, plus 1x USB 2.0 port | 1x USB 3.0 port, plus 2x USB 2.0 ports |
| Video Output (Rift) | Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output | Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output |
All the recommended GPU’s that Oculus Rift supports:
| NVIDIA |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB, Desktop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB, Desktop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB, laptop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Laptop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black |
| NIVIDA TITAN X (Pascal) |
| NIVIDA TITAN Xp |
| NVIDIA Quadro GP100 |
| NVIDIA Quadro K6000 |
| NVIDIA Quadro M5000 |
| NVIDIA Quadro M5500 |
| NVIDIA Quadro P4000 |
| NVIDIA Quadro P5000 |
| NVIDIA Quadro P6000 |
| NVIDIA M5000 |
| NVIDIA M5500 |
| NVIDIA M6000 (12GB) |
| NVIDIA M6000 (24GB) |
| NVIDIA RTX 2000/3000 Series (24GB) |
| AMD |
| AMD Radeon R9 290 |
| AMD Radeon R9 290X |
| AMD Radeon R9 390 |
| AMD Radeon R9 390X |
| AMD Radeon R9 Fury |
| AMD Radeon R9 Fury X |
| AMD Radeon R9 Nano |
| AMD FirePro W9100 |
| AMD FirePro WX7100 |
| AMD FirePro WX7100 (Laptop) |
| AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| AMD Radeon RX 570 |
| AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile |
With the CPU, however, the list is huge so I won’t be listing all of them. If your CPU costs more than 100 dollars and was bought recently, it’s likely that you have the CPU recommendation.
Oculus Rift doesn’t require much from processors, so don’t worry too much.
RAM is pretty much the same. Either DDR3 or DDR4 works well. At the moment, DDR4 costs a bit much so if you are on a budget, go with 8GB of memory. Current games are slowly creeping towards 16GB, so I’d recommend keeping an extra RAM slot free for future upgrades.
All the graphics cards that fall under MINIMUM requirements:
| NVIDIA GTX 960 (4GB) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB) |
| NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti |
| NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti (laptop) |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M |
| AMD Radeon RX 470 |
So here it is. The newly released GTX 1050 3GB version still seems to fall a bit short. The GTX 1050 4GB one is only shipped on laptops.
See Also: Cheapest Oculus Rift PC Build EVER!
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