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

[Virtyourmate]

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

 

[random_user_9000]

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

 

[Virtyourmate]

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

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

 

[random_user_9000]

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.

 

[wanderer]

I have this rig
14700k intel cpu
Gigabyte gaming oc rtx 5080
64 gigs 6600mhz corsair vengence ram.
Gigabyte aorus elite ax rev 2.0 motherboard.

Cpu patch didnt do a thing for me. But with this setup i get very good fps depending on the scene with 1.5x multi on the resolution. Two to three models, 4-6 light paths and i get above 75 fps. Very heavy scene - you will still struggle, but i have more than 7000 vars too.
I have virtual desktop with prismxr dedicated wireless router.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

I'm running an i9-14900KF with 64 GB Ram on a Gigabyte Z270X-Gaming 5. I'm happy with an rtx 5070 Ti with 16 GB. I have a 2 TB Samsung M.2 SSD. I also run the Nvidia App with Smooth Motion manually enabled for Vam. That alone gave me quite a boost in FPS, but I'm only using desktop. YMMV.

 

[EasyVam]

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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

Hey!

You have quite a great build for VaM that likely only requires some changes to the setup to deliver your desired framerate. I myself have played with a 12600k, a 3080 and 64gb ram (@3200clockspeed) for a very long time and I consistently stayed above 60 fps even on larger scenes (2 persons).

Starting with personcount, I'm assuming that you are running 2 person scenes or you have your culprit there - if thats the case you'll have to spend money for a better CPU (+persons are mostly CPU bound)

Secondly, a heavily cluttered VaM client (e.g. 2500+ .vars sitting in the AddonPackages folder, or even worse lots of content from before the .var time) will destroy your performance no matter what hardware you throw at it. At some point youd be paying thousands of dollars in hardware purely to be able to throw a couple additional vars onto the pile.

Third, I often see supporters having framerate issues because they dragged the resoloution scaling slider inside of the game's performance settings beyond 100%. This scaling is extremely costly and doesnt yield image quality improvements that are worth the cost. Make sure thats not above 100%


Moving on from the common culprits, here are some ideas on how to improve performance for your setup:

- Make sure to set your proper clockspeeds for your RAM automated with an XMP profile or manually by setting timings. Clockspeed matters!
- Try using VirtualDesktops resoloution scaler (the one that uses the snapdragon APU from your Quest3)
- Try enabling Synchronous Spacewarp in the Virtual Desktop settings. This one can double your framerate - those are fake frames but your eyes dont care (Example, Redditlink)