Half-Life: Alyx Official Thread

[Deleted member 374]

building a pc is hard but replacing individual parts is less hard, especially if you have someone around to walk ya through it

 

[Señor Jaggles]

building a pc is hard but replacing individual parts is less hard, especially if you have someone around to walk ya through it

It isn't really /that/ hard to build I can guide anyone through Discord without even needing video connection, it's a more complex game of put the right pieces in the right holes really.

 

[Ond]

Because maybe for you it's more sustainable to spend less money on shorter periods of time than more money in long periods.

That's why loans exist too.

Buying a 960 and having to upgrade again in 1-2 years will cost you more money than buying a 1070 with 8gb will right now

 

[Señor Jaggles]

Buying a 960 and having to upgrade again in 1-2 years will cost you more money than buying a 1070 with 8gb will right now

On the long run? Yes

The issue here is that you have the money to get a 960 but not a 970.

Again, it's why loans exist, because people can afford smaller amounts more times rather than a bigger amount a single time.

In this case the gap isn't that big so you can save up some money and buy the big one, but that will mean you'll have to wait for it.

 

[Ond]

On the long run? Yes

The issue here is that you have the money to get a 960 but not a 970.

Again, it's why loans exist, because people can afford smaller amounts more times rather than a bigger amount a single time.

In this case the gap isn't that big so you can save up some money and buy the big one, but that will mean you'll have to wait for it.

if you take out a loan to by a gpu you are fucking retarded

 

[steambored]

if you take out a loan to by a gpu you are fucking retarded

he literally went over this just last page

he's using a figure of speech

 

[Señor Jaggles]

if you take out a loan to by a gpu you are fucking retarded

For some people it's more sustainable to buy $400-500 hardware every 2 years than $1500 hardware every 5.

 

[Rabid]

I just want a PC capable of playing all the cool new games/Alyx ;-;

 

[Señor Jaggles]

I just want a PC capable of playing all the cool new games/Alyx ;-;

Don't play with ladies it's 2019 we respectin women now dude

 

[steambored]

Even then, buying a GPU every 4 years for a lower price is far more cost effective, the GTX970 is from 2014 and it still holds up nicely to this day

Like jaggles says, if it's much better for you financialwise to buy something like a 1060/1070/1080 for a far cheaper price than it was originally instead of buying an RTX 2060/70/80 and using it for a few years then repeating the same with with RTX 20xx, then why not?

 

[Señor Jaggles]

Like jaggles says, if it's much better for you financially wise to buy something like a 1060/1070/1080 for a far cheaper price than it was originally instead of buying an RTX 2060/70/80 and using it for a few years then repeating the same with with RTX 20xx, then why not?

It's not financially wise at all, but for some people with smaller paychecks or no patience to save up it's the best and only real choice.

You can't really buy something you don't have the money for.

 

[steambored]

It's not financially wise at all, but for some people with smaller paychecks or no patience to save up it's the best and only real choice.

You can't really buy something you don't have the money for.

meant to write financialwise

 

[gigi]

reminder a Ryzen 3400g, a CPU with iGPU, which goes for £130 can somewhat play VR
around the 6 minute mark he shows that even if it struggles in tracking its still semi capable of playing
of course that doesnt mean you should go the same route at all which is said in the video too but you seriously dont need to break the bank on specs, a 200-250 discrete GPU should be more than good enough to run VR

 

[alex]

You can easily make a VR ready pc for less than 600 euros.

This right here is where you prove my point because that's just the price to even be able to run VR and then you have to buy the headset which will cost likely as much as your PC. Like @Ond said, you'll get no future proofing which means future titles on VR might struggle more as the games get more complex or the tech evolves which means you'll spend even more in the long run anyway.

I'm probably just going to buy an Index soon anyway, just seems very silly to expect that any significant portion of PC gamers have a PC that can run VR or afford to buy the PC and headset.

 

[dallahan]

the only real thing that makes the index different from the rest is hand tracking, really

theres nothing else thats changed that much about valves headset

 

[steambored]

This right here is where you prove my point because that's just the price to even be able to run VR and then you have to buy the headset which will cost likely as much as your PC. Like @Ond said, you'll get no future proofing which means future titles on VR might struggle more as the games get more complex or the tech evolves which means you'll spend even more in the long run anyway.

I'm probably just going to buy an Index soon anyway, just seems very silly to expect that any significant portion of PC gamers have a PC that can run VR or afford to buy the PC and headset.

except that about 48% of the hardware currently registered at steam hardware survey are all VR capable graphics cards, lets take off atleast 10-15% for people with weaker CPUs or ram or both and we still have a whopping 38-33% of people who can run VR, that's still a significant number of people.

you think that there isnt a significant portion of VR capable players, but there is. if its possible for me in a shitty baltic country to work 1 and half months and buy a VR capable PC for 600, mind you that prices here are also higher so i saved myself a good 400 euros had i bought it through official retailers

not to mention that decent VR headsets can range from 200-350 and you pretty much already have something capable of VR. VR headset itself does not need to be changed, once you get it, you're set for a very good amount of years.

 

[spalius]

except that about 48% of the hardware currently registered at steam hardware survey are all VR capable graphics cards, lets take off atleast 10-15% for people with weaker CPUs or ram or both and we still have a whopping 38-33% of people who can run VR, that's still a significant number of people.

you think that there isnt a significant portion of VR capable players, but there is. if its possible for me in a shitty baltic country to work 1 and half months and buy a VR capable PC for 600, mind you that prices here are also higher so i saved myself a good 400 euros had i bought it through official retailers

not to mention that decent VR headsets can range from 200-350 and you pretty much already have something capable of VR. VR headset itself does not need to be changed, once you get it, you're set for a very good amount of years.

Where did you buy it from? A few websites selling VR headsets that I've found were expensive as hell

 

[Dallas]

perhaps im not index ready but i could still probably manage vr

 

[spalius]

perhaps im not index ready but i could still probably manage vr

Odd, why isnt it index ready?

 

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