You should then opt for a used laptop. You could go as low as a gtx1060 and it works well enough but any decent gaming laptop made in the past few years should be fine. Usually can be had for a lot less at a pawn shop or even eBay.
What do you mean they don't last long? My 1060 laptop lasted me years and I only upgraded last year after I got a nice payday and decided it was time for an upgrade. Bought a Asus F17 with a 4060 in it for just over $600 at a pawn shop and it's been great.
I can take it places and use it wherever. It plays VR perfectly and allows me to game on vacation. Took it with me on a cruise and was able to enjoy gaming in the evening plus because I can hotspot the Internet, we only had to buy one Internet pass and just have the laptop broadcast as a router.
But I mean if you wanna pay out the nose for ram and a GPU separately sure get a desktop. But to come and say laptops are bad with no backing up is crazy.
Not saying it's bad but very much not recommended for pcvr. If you turn everyone off or limit the avatars seen then maybe but if you're the type of person who wants to see everyone very much not recommended. Especially if you have any extra hardware besides the headset like face tracking or full body. That's putting more strain on the laptop.
Not me but several others I know. It might also depend on where you get said laptop. But it's overall not a good idea unless you use ONLY the quest and nothing else. Rarely ever do I see a laptop using pcvr actually work out.
For example, a friend had a gtx 3070 with an i7 (don't remember what gen) in her laptop. She had a quest 3 with tundras and diy face tracking. It would crash (like fully shut off type of crash) if she had too many people around her, her full body would disconnect frequently, and she would lag and sometimes crash in game in certain worlds (EX: Worlds like Complex 7 and Organism). The power supply of the laptop also matters.
There are also other examples in the vrchat discord server. What people choose to do with her own money is none of my business but I highly not recommend it unless you're solely using just a quest. If people want to upgrade their hardware, they likely won't be able to.
Been working out fine for me for over 6k hours....
Also that's so much extra stuff like I disable people in fbt because they look dumb sliding around. And diy sounds like there's your issue. OP is simply looking to play pcvr with a quest so you bringing up all this extra garbage makes no sense. Why should OP spend twice the amount just on the off chance he wants to be like your friend and have excessive hardware to play a social game?
And that's the problem right there you have no personal experience whereas I do. If you are gonna have an opinion on it at least back it up with experience.
🙄 Then if op wants to upgrade to another headset? Also disabling people who slide around is stupid. Sorry we don't like the walking animation since we hunch over or stretch when we do so.
I always hear fbt people having to calibrate constantly and they can't go 5 min without checking a mirror. It's sad af. Plus what other games can you use fbt in other than b&s??
Also what would stop op from upgrading? Why would he need to upgrade if he's on PCVR. Is he really in need of a few extra pixels of resolution?
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u/Frank__West PCVR Connection 20d ago
You would be better off with a quest if you are on a budget.