You don’t have to use three Nvidia GTX 1080s to run an HTC Vive, but it helps

By Jon Porter

Nvidia has embraced VR in a big way as of late. Its recently announced GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics cards are not only powerful enough to run demanding games at a VR-friendly 90 fps, but have also been accompanied by some seriously impressive VR sound technology.

Nvidia has partnered with HTC to use the Vive to show off its VR tech, but in an interview they emphasised that they’re committed to keeping their products open and available for use with any VR technology.

Much has been made of the huge jump in power between last year’s Nvidia GPUs and this year’s releases, and it’s hard to overemphasise quite how much of a jump this has been.

A rocket jump in performance

The GTX 1080 offers 9 TFLOPS of performance compared to the existing behemoth, the Titan X’s 7 TFLOPS, despite retailing for just over half its price ($599/about £450 compared to $999/£899). The 1070 is more affordable at $379 (about £270) but still almost matches the Titan X with 6.5 TFLOPS.

The result is a comparatively affordable pair of cards that will happily provide a VR experience without you having to make many compromises when it comes to visual fidelity, …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming