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    Oculus? mm, yes please!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by William Willis, Apr 17, 2016.

  1. William Willis

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    Note the specs below in sig, with 16 gigs of ram. Oculus possible, or nah?
    I know I probably don't hit the min, but still.. Maybe can lower the res?
     
    William Willis, Apr 17, 2016
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    For Oculus you need a 980M oc'd to match the GTX970 card or 980 GTX mobile, or GTX 980M SLI.
     
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    gotcha. so if i got a 980m, would the cpu be good enough?
     
    William Willis, Apr 18, 2016
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    The 3630QM bottlenecked my (stock) 980M in most games. An overclocked 980M definitely needs a faster CPU. Currently running i7 3940XM @ 4.3 Ghz and (1202/2905) for the 980M daily gaming. I can clock it higher but don't need more than 60 fps to avoid tearing on external monitor.
    VR gaming requires CPU power for positional tracking and other intense VR tasks. My computer passed the SteamVR test running @ (1400/2910).
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    So if you want to run Oculus you definitely need a 980M and a faster CPU.
     
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    That moment you become someones hero.
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    This one, right?

    And is the wattage the same for the stock 240?
     
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    William Willis, Apr 19, 2016
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    Yes, although I bought it from a different seller. The 240W PSU would be enough for daily-light work, but will NOT be enough to game/overclock for moderate-long sessions. My old 240 PSU would get very hot- painful to-touch under gaming and lock-up/shutdown. Bought a 330W original form DELL directly, and I suggest you do the same. Had a bad experience with a knockoff from Amazon.

    Cheers
     
    Solo wing, Apr 20, 2016
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    i have no issues with a i7 3630QM
     

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    Nioce!

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    You've given me hope to save $400 ah ha!
     
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    one thing I'd suggest waiting for the GTX1080m to come out & for people to check that it works then probably go for that instead as my gtx 980m passes but only when it feels like it totaly down to GPU! throtteling (i have to boot my laptop wait a few minuets then put it to sleep then wake it back up again but & this only works sometimes - i get like a ~5000 point diffrence in skydiver), processor wise most games ATM don't make full use of the all the cores so as long as you can maintain a decent clock speed it should be fine (no promises). i have a vive at home if i get a chance when i'm back next i will plug it in and see if i can get it to work at the moment it is running on the gfs pc (i7 3770k & 980ti)

    3d mark skydiver results left no throttling right throttling like a ....
    http://www.3dmark.com/compare/sd/4030211/sd/4030195
     
    JAY8387, May 7, 2016
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