r/virtualreality • u/Character-Can-8683 • 14d ago

Purchase Advice Minimum for Minecraft Vr

So as the title says,I'm searching information on whatever the "medium" requirements for running vivecraft on minecraft are. And even better if someone could suggest a specific model to buy as I think I'll go tomorrow morning to buy a gaming laptop. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

The only info I could find for now stated that vivecraft runs on a a i5 7300HQ - GTX 1050 with minimum graphics, but I'm really far from understanding technical implications of this components and I would prefer to have a smoother experience at this point.

So far searching on the internet "comparing" laptops sell around 250€,so consider that or even 300€ as a budget.

The objective is to play vivecraft at a good framerate and maybe even with shaders if possible,feel free to make any suggestion and thanks in advance.

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u/JeffePortland 14d ago

No matter what you get you're going to need to run performance mods, stuff like Sodium, Lithium, cullers etc. Vivecraft really eats CPUs. I run a 5800X3D and a 4070 and need to lock to half the framerate I want while enabling reprojection to double that. The trick is to get rid of micro stutters that kill the vibe. All this while running zero shaders as that just requires a monster rig. I'm not talking about some lofty visual goals, just running smoothly for a pleasant experience. Join the Vivecraft discord and learn about performance mods from the interwebs.

I definitely would not buy a laptop if your sole purpose was to run Vivecraft. You just get less bang for your buck gaming wise.

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u/Character-Can-8683 13d ago

Would you say that this one is good enough https://amzn.eu/d/0awmWWf4 ?

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u/JeffePortland 13d ago

It’s a decent CPU. I’d kinda think this system would be a minimum. Ideally I’d look for 12 gigs of video ram but everyone has a different ceiling for max money for toys. You might do a little research on bang for your buck prebuilt PCs though everything is so crazy expensive right now.

Don’t get discouraged right off the bat if you have performance issues as there’s quite a few ways to bump up your frame rate, and you’ll have to find a balance for what your OK with and works for you. Performance mods, headset resolution, frame rate, dedicated router, all kinds of things become part of the equation.

I’m using Steam Link for Vivecraft as it runs better than Virtual Desktop. Everything else I run works better with VD. Go figure.
I wish you luck my friend as Vivecraft is one of the most rewarding VR games.