Not everybody has been capable of entry NVIDIA’s newest RTX 5000 graphics card sequence. I am one of many few who purchased one, provided that I dwell near the Micro Heart in Tustin, California, and this brick-and-mortar location appeared to be certainly one of a handful of locations to inventory an honest variety of the brand new playing cards.
Over the previous couple of weeks, I have been placing the cardboard via its paces and that after all consists of testing it out for PC VR. Whereas I personal each a Meta Quest 3 and a PlayStation VR2, I principally examined issues out on Quest 3, resulting from my VR setup being way more conducive to wi-fi VR.
Utilizing Digital Desktop at Godlike settings, 90Hz and a 100% SteamVR render scale, I set to work seeing precisely how far you possibly can push the brand new RTX 5090 card.
The reply? Fairly far. Each recreation I’ve thrown at it (to date) labored like a appeal.
PC Specs
My PC VR setup consists of an Eero Wifi 6E router a Ryzen 7 9800x3D, 64GB of DDR5 6200c30 reminiscence, and a 1000w ASUS TUF Gold Energy Provide. The 9800x3D and the RAM are each tuned; within the CPU’s case, a Precision Increase Overdrive offset of 200MHz with a -15 Curve Optimizer undervolt. For the RAM, the inventory EXPO configuration for the 2x32GB sticks is DDR5-6000c30. I tuned the reminiscence subtimings and managed to get issues steady at a barely sooner clock price of 6200MHz.
I additionally set the 5090 with a 250MHz overclock to the core clocks, and a 1000MHz overclock to the reminiscence. You possibly can argue that makes the footage I captured beneath unrepresentative of the 5090 itself, however I argue the overclocking helps offset the overhead drawn by recording 4K60 footage to OBS whereas concurrently urgent the PC to wirelessly stream its prime tier visible expertise to my Quest 3. Sure, efficiency on a natively PC VR headset with out the extra Quest 3 streaming and seize could differ from what I present beneath, however I doubt it could be by a lot.
UploadVR requested me to take a look at a spread of PC tasks that may convey the facility of this specific graphics card for the possible NVIDIA patrons on the market who may be ready for his or her card to reach. Or should you’re interested by taking the plunge your self? See beneath to get a way of what the views appear like from this card inside VR.
Video is hosted at as much as 4K on YouTube above and 1080P within the clips beneath.
Fallout 4 VR Mad God Overhaul Traditional
Fallout 4 VR is a bit infamous for a way tough of a launch it’s, particularly with out mods. Utilizing Mad God Overhaul Traditional, nevertheless, the sport sees a reasonably large enchancment. With my PC VR setup, the sport runs at a really strong 90 FPS, nothing in need of transformative – even with any remaining technical faults.
Arken Age On Max
In Arken Age absolutely maxed out within the settings with even the LOD (ranges of element) set to max, the sport seems and runs completely, very like Fallout 4 VR did. I did not experiment with it for this piece, however I would not be stunned if I may push the in-game render scale in addition to Digital Desktop’s personal 150% scaling via Godlike settings.
Flight Simulator Extremely
By far essentially the most demanding recreation on the checklist – Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. For this one I used the Extremely preset, with DLSS set to Balanced and the .dll overriden with the brand new Transformer mannequin. I additionally used reprojection for this check, resulting from how demanding the sport could be on the CPU, relying on the place you are flying. The tip result’s an incredibly spectacular and clean picture, particularly for Flight Simulator, as you possibly can see after I accomplished a high-speed rally race problem whereas within the cockpit in VR.
Future Exams?
Whereas readers are absolutely on the lookout for benchmarks on this graphics {hardware} too and, whereas these are definitely helpful, my first take a look at the 5090 in VR merely goals to seize the vibes you will get when you’ve got this a lot graphics energy solidly delivering that many prime tier PC VR software program configurations, together with some with mods.
I do consider this says most of what PC VR fanatics may be seeking to see on the subject of the RTX 5090 and VR. Remark beneath if there are any ideas you might need for one thing myself, or others, ought to discover in VR with a graphics card as succesful as this one.
