VR Headsets for Sim
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Make sure that SteamVR resolution is set to as close to the headset resolution as possible. If you set it up with higher resolution, it will bring your computer to its knees once you launch iRacing.
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Just curious, is it an Alienware R4 or similar? When I was using an Alienware R4 17 with a 1080 internal GPU I had some overheating issues so I upgraded to a GTX2080 using the Alienware Graphics Amplifier. Solved all heat issues and was substantially faster in all sims. I've since built a new i9 9900 box and am selling (Euro 220V only) my GA, something you may consider if you will stay with a laptop..
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Just curious, is it an Alienware R4 or similar? When I was using an Alienware R4 17 with a 1080 internal GPU I had some overheating issues so I upgraded to a GTX2080 using the Alienware Graphics Amplifier. Solved all heat issues and was substantially faster in all sims. I've since built a new i9 9900 box and am selling (Euro 220V only) my GA, something you may consider if you will stay with a laptop..
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I'm on the R5 17 and I'm still seeing the processor as the bottleneck when I look at the time to render frames. I tried mglobes settings which are honestly quite close to what I already had. When I'm on a track with multiple cars I'm seeing 9-12ms per frame (render) so I'm right at 80fps. All the while my graphics time is in the 5-6ms range. I'm interpreting this as the not keeping up with the gpu. Is that your interpretation as well? I was going to consider an eGPU but don't see the point if its the processor that's the issue. What an I missing that both of you aren't being held back in the same way? Can one of you run a bench mark so I can compare things?
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I'm on the R5 17 and I'm still seeing the processor as the bottleneck when I look at the time to render frames. I tried mglobes settings which are honestly quite close to what I already had. When I'm on a track with multiple cars I'm seeing 9-12ms per frame (render) so I'm right at 80fps. All the while my graphics time is in the 5-6ms range. I'm interpreting this as the not keeping up with the gpu. Is that your interpretation as well? I was going to consider an eGPU but don't see the point if its the processor that's the issue. What an I missing that both of you aren't being held back in the same way? Can one of you run a bench mark so I can compare things?
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Running oculus rift s so I don't run steam for I racing. I wonder if that has anything to do with it...I run pixel density at 100% but use adaptive scaling in nvidia.
How about Cinebench R20, single and multiple thread? I'm at 2914 on multithread and 409 single thread.
How about Cinebench R20, single and multiple thread? I'm at 2914 on multithread and 409 single thread.
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Running oculus rift s so I don't run steam for I racing. I wonder if that has anything to do with it...I run pixel density at 100% but use adaptive scaling in nvidia.
How about Cinebench R20, single and multiple thread? I'm at 2914 on multithread and 409 single thread.
How about Cinebench R20, single and multiple thread? I'm at 2914 on multithread and 409 single thread.
CPU (Single Core) 411pts
MP Ratio 5.03x
I have no idea what any of that means... :-)
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Thanks, I appreciate the effort. It means my processor is essentially at the same performance as yours or maybe a tiniest bit faster. Which really makes it odd that the faster GPU is helping you so much. Let me see if I can get steam to run things instead of oculus to see if that makes any difference. I also may need to double check that I'm interpreting the Render and Graphics outputs in iracing correctly.
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And Going to try I racing today to see how that looks.
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My processor is: 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(T M) i7-8750H (6-Core, 9MB Cache , up to 4.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost) with 16gb memory. I did go into the BIOS and set the machine up for max performance. I think that helps.
I've listed the graphics settings in my rendererDX11.ini file below. I put these setting in before I got the 2080. I've not tested turning things back up some, but I don't find I miss the things that are set to low detail. When I'm racing it seems that most of the things like grandstands, crowds,... get turned on anyway, and they don't seem to impact me.
One thing I learned when setting the reverb up is that if your SteamVR headset resolution settings are greater than the headset, it can slow things down a LOT. This gave me major headaches till I figured it out. A friend was having issues with his Vive Pro, and we found out it was the SteamVR resolution settings for him also.
[Graphics Options]
I've listed the graphics settings in my rendererDX11.ini file below. I put these setting in before I got the 2080. I've not tested turning things back up some, but I don't find I miss the things that are set to low detail. When I'm racing it seems that most of the things like grandstands, crowds,... get turned on anyway, and they don't seem to impact me.
One thing I learned when setting the reverb up is that if your SteamVR headset resolution settings are greater than the headset, it can slow things down a LOT. This gave me major headaches till I figured it out. A friend was having issues with his Vive Pro, and we found out it was the SteamVR resolution settings for him also.
[Graphics Options]
resolution per eye.
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WMR just like you have it. Steam 2200x2160
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I think I finally have the reverb set up well. I've increased the resolution in steam vr to 150%. Not seeing any performance hits yet, but I'm also practicing with no other cars on track. Still only using AC but will try i racing soon.
I borrowed a friends samsung odyssey plus which has a lower resolution of 1440 x 1600
The difference is huge. The lower res makes everything much blurrier. Not to mention all the samsung's weight seemed to be on my nose which actually hurt after awhile.
I borrowed a friends samsung odyssey plus which has a lower resolution of 1440 x 1600
The difference is huge. The lower res makes everything much blurrier. Not to mention all the samsung's weight seemed to be on my nose which actually hurt after awhile.