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Aside from the inherent pain of using the Vive wands, you should be good to go!
Here's some footage if you need to see for yourself.
I'm a complete dumb-dumb.
My CPU is actually a Xeon E5-1650
So... yeah, way older. Hopefully it can deal with it
1 hour to go (well, more like an hour and a half likely with unpacking factored in) it hasn't really hit me yet, it doesn't feel like a new half life is really only an hour away. It's gonna be wild getting thrust back into that world, I remember when Half life 2 came out people would jokingly post a real life picture of a guy holding a crowbar in first person saying "This is what Half Life 3 will be like" and....I guess they weren't entirely wrong about that.
This game is going to blow people's minds who got VR just for it. Excited to see reactions and give some later today!
I have no doubt that people are going to be amazed at how VR changes the entire experience. I am super ready for this.
Most Steam stuff releases when the store refreshes at 10AM PST/1PM EST
I've been playing a ton of other VR titles with the laptop, Boneworks, Space Pirate Trainer, H3VR, Blade & Sorcery - all work great or they did over the weekend when I was testing the setup. So, hoping Alyx runs as smoothly too.
My laptop has better specs than my desktop believe it or not (Time for an upgrade), and it has been running VR fine. I think as long as you can keep it cool you shouldn't have any problems with a laptop.
I have the same question actually. Where are the Supersampling options in the new SteamVR?
edit: You need to have the headset plugged in.
Fantastic. You rock.
I'm afraid according to the RAM Quality Vendor List for your motherboard, you cannot install more than 8GB of RAM. Your CPU is actually slightly better than i5-7500 however only supports DDR3. I think you'd better off with a new build, Intel or AMD (which means a new mobo, cpu, and RAM) which you can do cheaply if you want to bring over the graphics card. I'd recommend 16GB of DDR4 RAM for a new build at least.
If you need assistance in people recommending you a pc part picker list for pricing, head on over to the PC Builders thread and we'll help you out. You'll likely be able to salvage hard drives, the psu, and case as well.
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I have the same question actually. Where are the Supersampling options in the new SteamVR?
edit: You need to have the headset plugged in.
Sorry if I'm being a dumb-dumb, but is this worthwhile to look at for an owner of a Quest like me who'll be running ALYX through Link? Will this basically help me getting better performance (should I need it) on a i7-6700/980TI?
That's good! Laptops can often have bandwidth related issues for VR, but if it works for those games it should work for this.
You probably want more RAM, faster RAM too. Low speed DDR3 RAM could potentially be a bottleneck in VR games where consistent high framerate is key.
Apparently the Oculus PC environment/drivers will apply their own supersampling so you don't want to double up with SteamVR (killing performance).
No idea. I could be wrong. I just followed the chatter on the last page.
dying because I had to put my head through a window to avoid headcrabs > dying from a virus
Sadly one of my Vive controllers broke a few weeks ago and I've been unable to repair it. I had bought this game back when it was announced too. I'll just have to wait a few extra weeks for my Index pre-order I guess.
I know there's a one-handed option, but I don't feel desperate enough to do my first playthrough like that. :P
I know there's a one-handed option, but I don't feel desperate enough to do my first playthrough like that. :P
10 minutes boys I love you all and hope you enjoy the game. Just got everything set up on my end with Index!
ALSO, if you're using a mat or something when doing room scale, I suggest using a beer cap or something, tape it to a sweet spot on your floor that way you can find it when you step on it in game.
ALSO, if you're using a mat or something when doing room scale, I suggest using a beer cap or something, tape it to a sweet spot on your floor that way you can find it when you step on it in game.
Early unpacking!!
Vinesauce Vinny and Joel are streaming, both got VR for the game as big HL fans. Vinny has really been enjoying Index and is ready to go. Not seen Joel's stuff yet.
Vinny's Twitch is https://www.twitch.tv/vinesauce
Vinesauce Vinny and Joel are streaming, both got VR for the game as big HL fans. Vinny has really been enjoying Index and is ready to go. Not seen Joel's stuff yet.
Vinny's Twitch is https://www.twitch.tv/vinesauce