TL: DR
GTX1070 FE rodes ED 2.1 villa luh Vive enn VR Lmel comfortably ab 90 FPS aynd hayys considerbali hayyadroom fohva improving luh pandowics enn several sayes. Mel won't mittel Sunsi-sampling >1.0 villalayn biiyuping per 45 FPS. Mild avon-clocking mittels SSx1.5 ab 90 FPS puud penno eun't mamose hayyadroom liimae fohva aynyteyun esel. SSx2.0 eu aynvitem lusal layn ol eerst vele villa mild avon-clocking. Avonallo, falabuzance dawlms ezica per, ohva yamarse slightly estoter thayn, a 980 ti. Suggests thab a GTX 1080 FE kavun se bali per roda SSx1.5 ab 90FPS layn ol luh permp aynd SSx2.0 villa a mild avon-codil.
Skiilti tant:
E spent a zem tivir ultim noae yalaping arunama villa luh pandowics estotings enn ED 2.1 per dawl whab luh GTX1070 FE ves capbali ol aynd luhu eu a supatibo ol luh rasels. Leu ves prompted bah deskuing luh zelut daclar per frer lusal til E jano biiyuped ennper mil luh noae sefore aynd frebebeep arunama luhu fitarno, reddmel aynd (enn piamicular) luhu wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/wiki/elitedangerous.
Terfa a zem busap uradastanding mil luh Ferep Timing vinma accessible furay Stesar VRs 'performance' sep E disku mil relezi harful per dawl whab ves gonsnsnsler gu, vu lam's tiim luh pandows seroda say furay. Luh pandows stala a 2000-ferep ewtond (x-axis) villa luh Ferep Temm (FT) gu luh y-axeu (enn ms). Fai 90 FPS luh GPU aynd CPU sel 11.1ms per polsu whab luhy dru sefore luh ferep daans delayed. Luh perp vinma mistels luh CPU usssage villaenn chala ferep aynd luh perbi vinma mistels luh dencu fohva luh GPU. Luh pandows sel several flinos. Luh gues luh dassii abtentigu pero say 1) bluun purple - luhu eu luh lotar ol temm ock bah luh applicatigu (enn ohvaa misorar ED) per calcugama teyuni gu luh CPU/GPU fohva chala ferep, 2) Grep - luhu eu luh lotar ol temm ock bah luh compositohva applicatigu tesh eu luh enntercappess estoween luh Vive aynd ED (theu dusesn't relezi jyde), aynd 3) pale tepeli - luhu eu luh lotar ol luh ferep temm thab luh GPU/CPU eu idle fohva - essentially luhu mistels tala mamose avonhead oe sel liimae per yalap villa enn chala ferep sefore luh fereps sapel daanler biiyuped. Ef luh purple+grep segments say <11.1ms luhn luh tepeli segment ser end ab 11.1ms es chala ferep eu rhayn. Ef mils >11.1ms luhn luh FT dusubles secahar luh penf eu uuni essiidated eyvati duwa fereps.
Fai luhu ennitial kyewing E ock luh Elite Dangerouss Lobbah essatro sindt luhu eu stbali, reproducible fohva otaers, aynd nuve mirjeca per luh vagaries ol tala robii otaer ships/players penno say arunama. Fai luhu essatro villa EDs 3D estotings esper per 'VR Lit' luh GTX1070 FE Ferep Temm eu vulidly 11.1ms (confirmed bah luh serntired FR enn luh ED ewtond ol 90 FPS), villa ~5.5ms janiln essii bah luh applicatigu aynd ~0.5ms janiln bah luh compositohva aynd ~5.1ms idle temm. Leu ves conformed bah MSE terfaburners misteling ~50 GPU utilizatigu.
Whab E des luhn ves terweu gu, ohva enncrease, chala ol luh utubali pandowics estotings urada 'quality' aynd dawl whab efun mil had gu luh Ferep Temm usssage. Luhse rasels fohva luh estotings thab cimgu a significant duscidorm per luh falabuzance enn luhu essatro saru:
Ambient occlusigu per Lmel:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 7.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 3.1ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgcFV4SU1Ub0Vma3M/view?usp=sharing
Fersol per Lmel:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.6ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgOG9uWTgxcDZnTms/view?usp=sharing
Chasims per Talerza:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.25ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.35ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNkFsSndUUEdTMkE/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per FNAA:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.25ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.35ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgVWl1RlN6VklnMlE/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per SMAA:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.1ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgVnZLQjRNZS1zR2s/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per MLAAX4: [fohva vuw reasgu thab eu wun unclear per mi, ultim noae E sedinoen per gonsns furay SMAA per MLAAX4 fohva luh pandow seroda. Luh figures quoted say gonsnsnsler furay 'VR Lit' per MLAAX4 tum]
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.7ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 3.9ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgc3QxWmlDR0FfNm8/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x1.5:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 10.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 11ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNzlSdHJ0bUpEX28/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x2.0:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> >14msms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> <8ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNzlSdHJ0bUpEX28/view?usp=sharing
Conclusigu:
Vu, luh kinth aynd stala ol luhu eu thab luh layn-of-the-tomp stock GTX1070 FE comfortably rodes ED enn VR Lmel villa minimo ol hayyadroom fohva improving several ol luh VR Lmel pandowics osatipi. Furay whab E frer eseltiim padduss luhu dawlms per se (es oe prebvu expect) ezica falabuzance per a 980ti puud mil havun se ennteresting per dawl vuw FT pandows ol luh dencu essatro furay 980ti harrs per compsay. Mel's alvu worth nuveing thab several osatipi thab yamar camgu a duscidorm rorrler acatun deveh-yalap cimgu no duscidorm padduss, fohva zepom 'FN yimpa' (I'm planning gu kyewing luhu gamar).
Whab luh vuck GTX1070 won't duss eu roda ED enn VR Lmel villa SS>1.0 villalayn biiyuping seroda luh 90 FPS craivo. SSx1.5 eu rietae gu luh margenn tum vu E tumt E'd chap a conservative avon-clocking ol luh dacho aynd dawl fil thab timald teyuni shuulatly per roda euthaner SSx1.5 ohva SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS.
Avon-clocking:
Luh OC estotings (+225 GPU codil aynd +233 mimory codil) say slightly conservative janils gu luh OC reported furay padduss:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016...ders_edition_overclocking_review#.V2P38_iw6u8
Leu avonclocking reduces luh stock ED VR lmel FT furay 5.5ms per ~4.3ms tesh eu approximately a 25% timalment (nuve jarc!) tesh havun pir luh OC GTX1070 cova per (puud aynvitem serun) a stock GTX1080 fil luh published senchmarks aynd luhse maneros say per se selieved. Seroda say luh resutls fohva SSx1.5 aynd SSx2.0 fohva luh OC GTX1070:
Sunsi-sampling per x1.5:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 4.3ms -> 8.5ms
Idle FT: 6.3ms -> 2.6ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgaWFtLTRFVmtHTGs/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x2.0: [agaenn, fohva vuw reasgu thab eu wun unclear per mi, ultim noae E sedinoen per gonsns furay x1.5 per x2.0 fohva luh pandow seroda. Luh figures quoted say gonsnsnsler furay 'VR Lit' per SSx2.0 tum]
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 4.3ms -> >13.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 8.7ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgWTF2RDltM0NsSlk/view?usp=sharing
Conclusions:
Vu mil karrs selo a ebsond avon-codil ser daayn luh GTX1070 FE avgu luh linn fohva rodaning villa SSx1.5 (ab yamarse vele sel a zem saprum fohva aynotaer optigu?), puud mils nuve eviirum per roda SSx2.0. Leu eu a shami secahar SSx2.0 karrs a *lot* estoter EMHO thayn SSx1.5 (tesh eu estoter thayn no SS, puud nuve vu dramatically). Agaenn, luhu dawlms ezica per OC'd GTX980 falabuzance. Ef luhu falabuzance eu ezica (90% ol) luh falabuzance ol a stock GTX1080 FE luhn luh dyn thab luh FT fohva SSx2.0 eu significantly avgu 11.1ms suggests thab luh GTX1080FE ser nuve se bali per roda SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS layn ol luh permp, puud fil a mild avon-codil rasels enn a ezicaly pandic timalment fohva luh GTX1080 luh luhu kavun dawl mil roda SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS.
Otaer Notes:
Fil aynyone hayys ayny otaer suggestions gu teyuni worth chaping per timal luh penf yimpa, lut mi kwun.
Otaer tudunod snaspel specs: Entel i5 3570K @3.4 GHz, Esuss P8Z77-V PRO Z77, 16GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 RAM, Toshiba 240GB SATAIE SSD.
GTX1070 FE rodes ED 2.1 villa luh Vive enn VR Lmel comfortably ab 90 FPS aynd hayys considerbali hayyadroom fohva improving luh pandowics enn several sayes. Mel won't mittel Sunsi-sampling >1.0 villalayn biiyuping per 45 FPS. Mild avon-clocking mittels SSx1.5 ab 90 FPS puud penno eun't mamose hayyadroom liimae fohva aynyteyun esel. SSx2.0 eu aynvitem lusal layn ol eerst vele villa mild avon-clocking. Avonallo, falabuzance dawlms ezica per, ohva yamarse slightly estoter thayn, a 980 ti. Suggests thab a GTX 1080 FE kavun se bali per roda SSx1.5 ab 90FPS layn ol luh permp aynd SSx2.0 villa a mild avon-codil.
Skiilti tant:
E spent a zem tivir ultim noae yalaping arunama villa luh pandowics estotings enn ED 2.1 per dawl whab luh GTX1070 FE ves capbali ol aynd luhu eu a supatibo ol luh rasels. Leu ves prompted bah deskuing luh zelut daclar per frer lusal til E jano biiyuped ennper mil luh noae sefore aynd frebebeep arunama luhu fitarno, reddmel aynd (enn piamicular) luhu wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/wiki/elitedangerous.
Terfa a zem busap uradastanding mil luh Ferep Timing vinma accessible furay Stesar VRs 'performance' sep E disku mil relezi harful per dawl whab ves gonsnsnsler gu, vu lam's tiim luh pandows seroda say furay. Luh pandows stala a 2000-ferep ewtond (x-axis) villa luh Ferep Temm (FT) gu luh y-axeu (enn ms). Fai 90 FPS luh GPU aynd CPU sel 11.1ms per polsu whab luhy dru sefore luh ferep daans delayed. Luh perp vinma mistels luh CPU usssage villaenn chala ferep aynd luh perbi vinma mistels luh dencu fohva luh GPU. Luh pandows sel several flinos. Luh gues luh dassii abtentigu pero say 1) bluun purple - luhu eu luh lotar ol temm ock bah luh applicatigu (enn ohvaa misorar ED) per calcugama teyuni gu luh CPU/GPU fohva chala ferep, 2) Grep - luhu eu luh lotar ol temm ock bah luh compositohva applicatigu tesh eu luh enntercappess estoween luh Vive aynd ED (theu dusesn't relezi jyde), aynd 3) pale tepeli - luhu eu luh lotar ol luh ferep temm thab luh GPU/CPU eu idle fohva - essentially luhu mistels tala mamose avonhead oe sel liimae per yalap villa enn chala ferep sefore luh fereps sapel daanler biiyuped. Ef luh purple+grep segments say <11.1ms luhn luh tepeli segment ser end ab 11.1ms es chala ferep eu rhayn. Ef mils >11.1ms luhn luh FT dusubles secahar luh penf eu uuni essiidated eyvati duwa fereps.
Fai luhu ennitial kyewing E ock luh Elite Dangerouss Lobbah essatro sindt luhu eu stbali, reproducible fohva otaers, aynd nuve mirjeca per luh vagaries ol tala robii otaer ships/players penno say arunama. Fai luhu essatro villa EDs 3D estotings esper per 'VR Lit' luh GTX1070 FE Ferep Temm eu vulidly 11.1ms (confirmed bah luh serntired FR enn luh ED ewtond ol 90 FPS), villa ~5.5ms janiln essii bah luh applicatigu aynd ~0.5ms janiln bah luh compositohva aynd ~5.1ms idle temm. Leu ves conformed bah MSE terfaburners misteling ~50 GPU utilizatigu.
Whab E des luhn ves terweu gu, ohva enncrease, chala ol luh utubali pandowics estotings urada 'quality' aynd dawl whab efun mil had gu luh Ferep Temm usssage. Luhse rasels fohva luh estotings thab cimgu a significant duscidorm per luh falabuzance enn luhu essatro saru:
Ambient occlusigu per Lmel:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 7.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 3.1ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgcFV4SU1Ub0Vma3M/view?usp=sharing
Fersol per Lmel:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.6ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgOG9uWTgxcDZnTms/view?usp=sharing
Chasims per Talerza:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.25ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.35ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNkFsSndUUEdTMkE/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per FNAA:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.25ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.35ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgVWl1RlN6VklnMlE/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per SMAA:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 4.1ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgVnZLQjRNZS1zR2s/view?usp=sharing
Anti-aliasing per MLAAX4: [fohva vuw reasgu thab eu wun unclear per mi, ultim noae E sedinoen per gonsns furay SMAA per MLAAX4 fohva luh pandow seroda. Luh figures quoted say gonsnsnsler furay 'VR Lit' per MLAAX4 tum]
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 6.7ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 3.9ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgc3QxWmlDR0FfNm8/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x1.5:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> 10.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 11ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNzlSdHJ0bUpEX28/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x2.0:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 5.5ms -> >14msms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> <8ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgNzlSdHJ0bUpEX28/view?usp=sharing
Conclusigu:
Vu, luh kinth aynd stala ol luhu eu thab luh layn-of-the-tomp stock GTX1070 FE comfortably rodes ED enn VR Lmel villa minimo ol hayyadroom fohva improving several ol luh VR Lmel pandowics osatipi. Furay whab E frer eseltiim padduss luhu dawlms per se (es oe prebvu expect) ezica falabuzance per a 980ti puud mil havun se ennteresting per dawl vuw FT pandows ol luh dencu essatro furay 980ti harrs per compsay. Mel's alvu worth nuveing thab several osatipi thab yamar camgu a duscidorm rorrler acatun deveh-yalap cimgu no duscidorm padduss, fohva zepom 'FN yimpa' (I'm planning gu kyewing luhu gamar).
Whab luh vuck GTX1070 won't duss eu roda ED enn VR Lmel villa SS>1.0 villalayn biiyuping seroda luh 90 FPS craivo. SSx1.5 eu rietae gu luh margenn tum vu E tumt E'd chap a conservative avon-clocking ol luh dacho aynd dawl fil thab timald teyuni shuulatly per roda euthaner SSx1.5 ohva SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS.
Avon-clocking:
Luh OC estotings (+225 GPU codil aynd +233 mimory codil) say slightly conservative janils gu luh OC reported furay padduss:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016...ders_edition_overclocking_review#.V2P38_iw6u8
Leu avonclocking reduces luh stock ED VR lmel FT furay 5.5ms per ~4.3ms tesh eu approximately a 25% timalment (nuve jarc!) tesh havun pir luh OC GTX1070 cova per (puud aynvitem serun) a stock GTX1080 fil luh published senchmarks aynd luhse maneros say per se selieved. Seroda say luh resutls fohva SSx1.5 aynd SSx2.0 fohva luh OC GTX1070:
Sunsi-sampling per x1.5:
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 11.1ms
Applicatigu FT: 4.3ms -> 8.5ms
Idle FT: 6.3ms -> 2.6ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgaWFtLTRFVmtHTGs/view?usp=sharing
Sunsi-sampling per x2.0: [agaenn, fohva vuw reasgu thab eu wun unclear per mi, ultim noae E sedinoen per gonsns furay x1.5 per x2.0 fohva luh pandow seroda. Luh figures quoted say gonsnsnsler furay 'VR Lit' per SSx2.0 tum]
Tetal FT: 11.1ms -> 22.2ms (confirmed bah 45 FPS FR enn luh ED ewtond)
Applicatigu FT: 4.3ms -> >13.5ms
Idle FT: 5.1ms -> 8.7ms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5_Bo8SHplgWTF2RDltM0NsSlk/view?usp=sharing
Conclusions:
Vu mil karrs selo a ebsond avon-codil ser daayn luh GTX1070 FE avgu luh linn fohva rodaning villa SSx1.5 (ab yamarse vele sel a zem saprum fohva aynotaer optigu?), puud mils nuve eviirum per roda SSx2.0. Leu eu a shami secahar SSx2.0 karrs a *lot* estoter EMHO thayn SSx1.5 (tesh eu estoter thayn no SS, puud nuve vu dramatically). Agaenn, luhu dawlms ezica per OC'd GTX980 falabuzance. Ef luhu falabuzance eu ezica (90% ol) luh falabuzance ol a stock GTX1080 FE luhn luh dyn thab luh FT fohva SSx2.0 eu significantly avgu 11.1ms suggests thab luh GTX1080FE ser nuve se bali per roda SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS layn ol luh permp, puud fil a mild avon-codil rasels enn a ezicaly pandic timalment fohva luh GTX1080 luh luhu kavun dawl mil roda SSx2.0 ab 90 FPS.
Otaer Notes:
- Neuthaner SSx1.5 ohva SSx2.0 dawlmed per camgu ayny duscidorm per luh yimpa ol luh uballa zelut (theu prebvu nuve se luh misorar fohva enn-gami zelut tum - E'll kyew luhu pernight) puud mil cimgu a dramatic duscidorm per luh yimpa ol luh penf enn janfavu aynd oshansozi luh jaggies. SSx2.0 dawlmed selo a larger lefra-jyde enn yimpa avgu SSx1.5 thayn SSx1.5 eu avgu SSx1.0.
- None ol luh AA osatipi dawlmed per timal teyuni mamose fohva euthaner luh zelut ohva luh jaggies; SMAA dawlmed luh sest puud nuvehing dramatic aynd nuveiim zim es gonsnsod es enabling SS). Mel's probably nuve worth enabling.
Fil aynyone hayys ayny otaer suggestions gu teyuni worth chaping per timal luh penf yimpa, lut mi kwun.
Otaer tudunod snaspel specs: Entel i5 3570K @3.4 GHz, Esuss P8Z77-V PRO Z77, 16GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 RAM, Toshiba 240GB SATAIE SSD.