{"id":2942,"date":"2016-03-02T14:43:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2016-04-21T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:45:26","slug":"htc-vive-system-requirements-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/htc-vive-system-requirements-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC Vive System Requirements Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We\u2019ve talked greatly about virtual reality technology and its potential to change the face of PC gaming.\u00a0 The two devices that have been covered extensively are the upcoming Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive.\u00a0 In the case of the latter, pre-orders went on sale Monday and sales have been surprisingly strong, showing great demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The HTC Vive costs $799, considerably more expensive than the Oculus Rift but it includes additional accessories including a pair controllers, ear buds, the Lighthouse base stations that detect movement, and a few games to try out the new hardware.\u00a0 System requirements for the HTC Vive have finally been revealed and definitely require a robust PC.\u00a0 The minimum requirements include an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 video card, an Intel i5 processor, and, at least, 4GB of RAM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you\u2019re looking to experience the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift and want to ensure the best performance possible, you\u2019re definitely going to want a PC with more than 4GB of RAM, and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/\"><b>custom computers<\/b><\/a> like the EON17-SLX more than deliver in this aspect. Featuring a desktop quality GTX 980 video card, an Intel i7 processor, and support for up to 64GB of RAM, the PC is ready to take on all of the new interactive experiences you\u2019ll be experiencing with these virtual reality devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">ORIGIN PC&#8217;s line of gaming and performance desktops and laptops are designed for tomorrow&#8217;s technology, including VR.\u00a0 Our custom computers come with blazing fast Intel processors, upgradeable RAM, and the latest NVIDIA graphics cards capable of running graphics-intensive games and applications whether it&#8217;s virtual reality or 3D modeling.\u00a0\u00a0 Call 1-877-674-4460 for more information or visit our website to see some of our VR capable PCs including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/gaming\/laptops\/eon17-slx\/\"><b>EON17-SLX Extreme Gaming Laptop<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve talked greatly about virtual reality technology and its potential to change the face of PC gaming.\u00a0 The two devices that have been covered extensively are the upcoming Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive.\u00a0 In the case of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[81,311],"class_list":["post-2942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-custom-computers","tag-eon17-slx-extreme-gaming-laptop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}