Like was in said in Game of Thrones, everything before “but” is horse crap, right? Well, not completely, not this time.
So, you are wondering if Oculus Rift works with GTX 980ti well enough to play some sick and awesome VR games in 2018?
Or maybe you are on a verge of purchasing this graphics card?
Well, there are quite a few of you that still are interested in that card, so let me tell you what you should be aware of.
First of all, it’s powerful. Although it is from the last generation of NVIDIA cards, it is more than capable of playing any VR game that is out there.
It outperforms almost any GPU from Maxwell family, and it can even rival some of the Pascal cards as well. If you were to compare it to 1xxx series, I would say it is almost like GTX 1070, with a tiny bit more power.
However, if you are contemplating whether to go with 1070 or 980ti, I would recommend 1070. Unless you see a huge price difference, GTX 1070 can provide you a better proof for future games, is more optimized, costs less, and it has better stock cooling. At the moment, GTX 980ti has a tendency to overheat a bit and be very loud, whereas with 1070, this problem isn’t as big.
Interestingly enough, 1080ti, a card that is considered to be the king of GPU’s, is also struggling to maintain a steady 90fps from time to time, so that shows that it kinda depends on how well the game is optimized.
I started making VR games last year, and I truly understand the moment where you just want to fit everything inside without worrying about frame rate. But sadly you do have to keep the frames in mind, you can’t escape that.
See also: Get the best VR PC for your budget!
So, in my personal opinion, I would recommend GTX 980ti only if you already have it, or by some miraculous reason, you got a crazy discount. I mean, all this crypto stuff drove the GPU price up like crazy, so it would be surprising to see cheap products.
At the time of writing this article, 1070 is only 500 bucks, whereas 980ti add 200 to the price. I tiny boost in VR isn’t really worth the money.
So, GTX 1070 is what I would suggest to you. ↓
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