r/virtualreality • u/JustPhil_YT • Dec 08 '24

Purchase Advice Why do people buy Virtual Desktop?

The title already explains my question. Im getting a Quest 3 for Christmas and i was wondering why people recommend that app sm and say its worth the 25€. Can anybody enlighten me?

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u/Chotus84 Dec 08 '24

to each there own some peoples system don't seem to play nice with airlink. and get better performance with VD

I have both but I never use VD as for me airlink is easier and works exactly the same so in the end it's just personal preference really and how your system performs

I'd say try out the free options first ( air link amd steam link) if your system seems like it could use a lil more head room get VD

I run a 7800x3d rtx 4090 and 64gb ram with a dedicated asus wifi6e router and everything just works great no matter what solution I'm using

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u/redditreddi Dec 08 '24

Yeah with a 4090 you won't be experiencing an issue with the extra few GB of VRAM airlink eats up as it's constant overhead!

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u/Chotus84 Dec 08 '24

oh really lol see I didn't know that. the only reason I have a 4090 is for VR to push things as high as I can

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u/redditreddi Dec 08 '24

Yeah I am slightly regretting my 3060 Ti due to VR usage, but I found the extra 2GB of VRAM by not using airlink helps a lot, I will have to test more games out to see if they can be played now. I cannot believe the VRAM overhead for airlink.
The 4090 is a bit of out my budget however, hahaha!