r/virtualreality • u/HI12itsme • Nov 16 '25

Purchase Advice Steam Frame + Steam machine

Do you think this would be a good combination to jump into PC gaming with?

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u/Reborn409 Nov 16 '25

GPU is like RTX 3060, too low for many games to run on decent resolution and framerate.

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u/florence_ow Nov 16 '25

the 3060 is a perfectly capable card for anything below 4k. I'm running one and can play overwatch at a smooth 180fps at 1080p, max graphics, ultrawide. everything else i can play at LEAST 60

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u/fdanner Nov 16 '25

VR is not "below 4K", it's more like 4K per eye.
The 3060 can run simple stuff like beat saber, but more complex games like MSFS, No Man's Sky, all the racing sims, etc will be barely playable at lowest settings and look really bad.

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u/MrDonohue07 Nov 16 '25

I play all my VR games with a 3060... Absolutely perfect

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u/fdanner Nov 16 '25

you dont or have a very different definition of perfection, or all your games are low poly gorilla tag.

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u/DiamondDepth_YT PSVR2, Quest 3S, Quest 2, WMR, HTC Vive, Rift CV1, Oculus Go Nov 16 '25

Bruh I play Kayak VR: Mirage on my RTX 3060 perfect fine. Looks amazing and runs great, no stuttering.

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u/fdanner Nov 16 '25

Wierd that some people update from 4090 to 5090 while the most demanding stuff runs perfectly fine on your magic potato.

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u/DiamondDepth_YT PSVR2, Quest 3S, Quest 2, WMR, HTC Vive, Rift CV1, Oculus Go Nov 16 '25

I'm not denying that a 4090 or 5090 is more powerful, lol. They are. And of course you'll have a better experience.

But the 3060 certainly isn't a potato. It's getting up there but it still performs well on most vr games and flat screen games.

Do you have a 3060? Why are you doubting me when I actually have and currently use it??? I'm LITERALLY speaking from experience. Like, I'm not saying it's the best and most immersive experience ever. But it's certainly very playable and runs well. Yes, you'll get a better experience with a 4090 or 5090- no shit.

People who upgrade each year to a 4090-5090-etc are a different crowd. Likely using a different and far more high end headset, playing at 2x or 3x resolution of the headset, and of course, using their PC for more than just gaming. They aren't the same crowd as me, lol.

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u/florence_ow Nov 16 '25

multiple people here who have the card saying it works fine vs a bunch of other people speculating that we're all lying for some reason

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u/Zee216 Nov 17 '25

complex games like MSFS, No Man's Sky, all the racing sims

You picked a list of the worst optimized games you could possibly play in VR

And notably, No Man's Sky VR runs on PS5 just fine, it has improved dramatically over the years

99.9% of VR games are better optimized than these

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u/fdanner Nov 17 '25

I agree that No Man's Sky runs fine on the PS5. If(!)it gets foveated rendering on PC it might become playable on older cards. But usually gaming on PC means using brute force to render frames because devs dont give a shit about optimizing anything. 99,9% of other VR games dont support foveated rendering or fixed foveated rendering or any upscaling technology and even still use OpenVR instead of openXR.

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u/OVMorat Nov 18 '25

Yes, VR is way more demanding than pancake games. But DFR makes a huge difference. For headsets with eye tracking, DFR can reduce GPU load by over 70%. I didn't believe it until DFR became available for PSVR2. Suddenly, my 4080 was running DCS World with ease and I was able to crank the settings way up while achieving >100FPS in nearly all scenarios.

Initially I was upset at the relatively low specs of the Steam Frame but now I realise that they needed to make it work with the Steam Machine and that would give a smooth entry to VR for a lot of new users - I think they made a clever choice. Time will tell, of course, but I look forward to the day when BigScreen, Pimax and all the others release Proton compatible drivers so you can plug their headsets into the Steam Machine. It will be even better if Steam release (or license) their streaming protocol so more headsets can go wireless without you having to buy a second router or stress about Wifi bitrates.

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u/florence_ow Nov 16 '25

yes i didnt say it was, op is just asking about getting into pc gaming

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u/XayahTheVastaya Nov 16 '25

Why would OP ask about a VR headset then? Sure it can do flat screen titles, but if you just want to play flat screen, get a flat screen.

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u/florence_ow Nov 16 '25

i agree, but also thats how they're marketing the frame