the UPS truck visists.....

[DaddyAce]

So today in the mail I received my Black Friday upgrades; a i5 7600K and a new PSU, in the mail, as expected.  This evening a UPS truck backs up my driveway and delivers a box.  I say to the guy something about expecting some stuff, but it already arrived by mail.  He says something like, well it's computer stuff (he knows I build my own), and sure enough it's addressed to me.  So I bring it inside, and I open the box, and it's a brand new Oculus Rift!   

And, I suspect my oldest son is the anonymous benefactor behind this......

....and it looks like I'm joining the VR club!   

[Pudgie]

So today in the mail I received my Black Friday upgrades; a i5 7600K and a new PSU, in the mail, as expected.  This evening a UPS truck backs up my driveway and delivers a box.  I say to the guy something about expecting some stuff, but it already arrived by mail.  He says something like, well it's computer stuff (he knows I build my own), and sure enough it's addressed to me.  So I bring it inside, and I open the box, and it's a brand new Oculus Rift!   

And, I suspect my oldest son is the anonymous benefactor behind this......

....and it looks like I'm joining the VR club!   

Good for you, DaddyAce!

Hope all works out well for you.

 

[DaddyAce]

Thanks Pudgie!   

[Pluto]

Awesome DaddyAce. Let me know if you need help with anything

[DaddyAce]

I think my puter will barely handle it with the new CPU, although I suspect my GTX 1060 will be on the light side....so I'm guessing I'll need to invest in a new GPU to get good frame rate.

Thanks Clu!

[1stpar3]

I think my puter will barely handle it with the new CPU, although I suspect my GTX 1060 will be on the light side....so I'm guessing I'll need to invest in a new GPU to get good frame rate.

Thanks Clu!

1060 will work it easily! I upgraded my old 950(i think it was) to the 1060. Had an issue with installing the 1060...sent it to a friend to fix whatever I had screwed up! Seems it was a "SIZE" thing as far as connecting it to mother board. Easy fix He lived in Wva though, and I had NEW RIFT...yes I went out and bought new computer with1070 Wasnt gonna be patient one little bit! SO long story short, when I got my old-upgraded computer back, I set up the rift on it as that was intent anyway. Worked like a charm, so you should have no issues at all. Its more than enough and ran it with slightly better FPS than the newer computer and 1070. Maybe 5- 12 higher FPS in most areas.

[Kanth]

WOOWOOOO!!!!!  I just saw this , good news!!!   

....and it looks like I'm joining the VR club!   

[DaddyAce]

Thank you Kanth and 1stpar, good to hear my hardware will likely support it.  I think the next issue will be figuring out how to get my old eyes to focus well on something so close.  Now just need to take the time to get it set up!   But I think all the info on this board will surely help.

[Kanth]

Yep and if you have any problems at all just let us know 

[FLS]

Thank you Kanth and 1stpar, good to hear my hardware will likely support it.  I think the next issue will be figuring out how to get my old eyes to focus well on something so close.  Now just need to take the time to get it set up!   But I think all the info on this board will surely help.

You aren't focusing close at the little screens. The fresnel lenses set the focus at a distance. If you can see across the room I think you'll be OK. If you need correction you can get lens inserts.

[Easyscor]

Let me know if your Oculus headset sound is working. I've given up until I can find some clue as to what's wrong. All I get is a clicking sound.

I've disconnected all other speakers and mic's and enabled Oculus as the default speakers & mic. in Windows 7.

[Kanth]

Easy, Oculus won't be default speakers, it will show up as Headphones Rift Audio

I'm assuming you are talking about no sound at all , including no sound in the oculus lobby.

Let me know if your Oculus headset sound is working. I've given up until I can find some clue as to what's wrong. All I get is a clicking sound.

I've disconnected all other speakers and mic's and enabled Oculus as the default speakers & mic. in Windows 7.

[Easyscor]

Easy, Oculus won't be default speakers, it will show up as Headphones Rift Audio

I'm assuming you are talking about no sound at all , including no sound in the oculus lobby.

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Thanks

Yep, I've tried it both ways, and several others and all I get is a popping sound. My Windows Sound dialogs look the same as yours. I even unplugged the headset end of the cable (yes you can) and re-seated it. I'm ready to return/exchange it as defective.

The only thing I wonder about is whether Facebook/Oculus insists on filling out the PIN number before it will work. I did run into several stupid issues like that during the installation and a dialog about it keeps popping up.

The Best Buy I bought it from has one VR sales guy for demos. My thinking is to have him test my unit in the store.

[DaddyAce]

You aren't focusing close at the little screens. The fresnel lenses set the focus at a distance. If you can see across the room I think you'll be OK. If you need correction you can get lens inserts.

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Good news FLS, thanks, sounds like my eyes will work well enough.  I generally don't use glasses, except for reading.

So far I have only opened but not yet taken them out of the box.  I want to swap out the PSU and CPU before I set up the rift, and want to do that when I have a morning free and am mentally fresh.  Am hoping to do it by week's end, otherwise it won't happen until mid Dec or so.

[Krusty]

I will be interested in hearing how the setup goes and your first reactions/stumbling-points.

I, too, am assembling some computer parts that will allow future VR use. They haven't arrived yet, but it will be fun to put it all together and max out my eye candy in some games.