I recently got a 600 euro gift card for Amazon. And I like messing around with VR. I played some games, and I program hobby VR games in my spare time on mobile.I saw that my 5 year old CPU meets the specs for the Oculus rift. However my current graphics card does not.
I see that in Europe, I can get an "Oculus touch bundle" for 400 euros. And an Nvidia 1060(3GB) for another 200 euros. (coincidentally this is the same sum of my gift certificate)
The two possible problems:
I only have 4GB of RAM (I don't think this will be a big deal, maybe just some more loading times)
I am not sure my power supply can support a 1060 (I am not sure what the different WATTages that are printed on it mean )
Here is a photo of my power supply's spec: https://ibb.co/eaOOOR
It was pretty basic even 6 years ago. Is it good enough to run a 1060? (I can only find a link for the 6GB model: https://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-1060/specifications)
I am not interested in going through the trouble of replacing my power supply, and I do not want to spend more than 600 euros on this entire endavour.
And another question: Assuming I want to spend this money on VR, is there a better platform to spend this sum on?
I was going to wait for the Vive focus (I don't liike cables), but it looks like it's going to be a dud (only in china, no real ecosystem).
Facebook's claim of releasing a wireless rift for 200$ seem dubious to me. And since that price sounds like they are selling at a loss, there is no chance it will reach Europe for that price on official channels.
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