VaM 1.x pls recommend PCVR hardware specs for VAM in 2025

Hey there , pls recommend some hardware specs for vam in 2025. Primarily for VR passthrough.

All the older guides seem to be from years past.

I have never had good solid consistent fps for vr and have always relied on fps plugins.
As i am upgrading ...it be good to know what would give me the most fps in vr in 2025 on a sane budget

Currently VAM struggles on my:

• quest 3
• virt desktop, hevc 10 bit
• dedicated wifi7 asus router
• PC: 3080 rtx , 48 gig ram, ssd, ryzen 7 5800x3d, ab350 gaming 3 amd mb ,1000 w psu , win10 system

The latter gives me less than 60 fps and more like 30-40 fps on most scenes. Which leaves me feeling a little sick.
I would like to be getting nearer to a solid 60fps on high settings / high quality phys / mirror on if possible.

What does a modern VAM / VAM 2 system look like ?
intel / amd? 50 series? 32or 64 gig ram? etc.

thanks :-D

Since you already have good setup, you maybe want the bigger upgrade in your GPU. Your CPU is good for VR bottlenecks specially if using CPU performance patch.
You can check the benchmark thread for some estimation of what upgrade will be good compare to your 3080. https://hub.virtamate.com/threads/benchmark-result-discussion.13131/

My knowledge recommendation for GPU is (assume US prices):

• RTX 4090 would be good - 2x 3080 performance
• RTX 5080 - about same as 4090, with some overclocking. Cheaper around $1K these days (see this post for 3080Ti vs 5080)
• RTX 5090 - absolute best - around 3x 3080 performance. Very expen$ive >$2.5K

Other options to better performance:

• Optimize your favorite scene and look - reduce hair counts, turn off glute physics, lower MSAA etc.
• Lower physics rate - better CPU and GPU performance when using CPU patch. Try to set this to same value or 1/2 of target lock VR framerate like 60fps, 90fps. Physics is much smoother when locked FPS is multiple of physics rate.
• Use Virtual Desktop and spacewarp for 2x FPS - If you can stomach spacewarp in low motion scenes, it smooth out perceived fps a lot. I assume you connect PC to router with lan cable, which is a must for smooth streaming.

Keep in mind that many popular scene on hub are not well optimize and CPU bottleneck. In this case, GPU upgrade will not help. You can check GPU usage in scenes to check if they are GPU or CPU bottleneck

random_user_9000 said:

Since you already have good setup, you maybe want the bigger upgrade in your GPU. Your CPU is good for VR bottlenecks specially if using CPU performance patch.
You can check the benchmark thread for some estimation of what upgrade will be good compare to your 3080. https://hub.virtamate.com/threads/benchmark-result-discussion.13131/

My knowledge recommendation for GPU is (assume US prices):

• RTX 4090 would be good - 2x 3080 performance
• RTX 5080 - about same as 4090, with some overclocking. Cheaper around $1K these days (see this post for 3080Ti vs 5080)
• RTX 5090 - absolute best - around 3x 3080 performance. Very expen$ive >$2.5K

Other options to better performance:

• Optimize your favorite scene and look - reduce hair counts, turn off glute physics, lower MSAA etc.
• Lower physics rate - better CPU and GPU performance when using CPU patch. Try to set this to same value or 1/2 of target lock VR framerate like 60fps, 90fps. Physics is much smoother when locked FPS is multiple of physics rate.
• Use Virtual Desktop and spacewarp for 2x FPS - If you can stomach spacewarp in low motion scenes, it smooth out perceived fps a lot. I assume you connect PC to router with lan cable, which is a must for smooth streaming.

Keep in mind that many popular scene on hub are not well optimize and CPU bottleneck. In this case, GPU upgrade will not help. You can check GPU usage in scenes to check if they are GPU or CPU bottleneck

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thanks... CPU performance patch? link pls

i cant get a gpu anywhere ...unless 3k lol

yes all cables... but no spacewarp... and i untick auto adjust bitrate ...using hevc 10 bit

This is the performance patch: https://hub.virtamate.com/resources...to-30-faster-physics-up-to-60-more-fps.43427/

Check the specific config settings for your cpu in the description. Also use boot.config setting listed there. I use version 12evo with latest VaM version.
People use Benchmark - Baseline 3 to compare performance increase before and after. Only CPU limited scene get increase in FPS though with this patch.

>$2K is insane for a GPU. $1K RTX 5080 is a good middle option with at least double your current 3080 performance.

For stable 60 fps in VAM 2 with VR in 2025, a system with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel i5-13600K processor, a graphics card no lower than RTX 4070 (your 3080 is still decent), 32–64 GB of RAM, and an NVMe SSD will suffice. It is better to use Windows 11 and good cooling. If the FPS drops, it is most often due to overheating or physics overload, rather than the graphics card itself, so it is worth checking the thermal profile and VAM settings before upgrading your hardware.