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‎02-21-2017 04:45 AM

HP Recommended
Product: Pavilion 15-p158sa
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)
I just bought Oculus Rift but I can't make it to work with this laptop. How can I upgrade the video card or which low budget (£300) external graphic card to buy. And after that will my laptop work with its processor? Or should I buy another laptop.
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‎02-21-2017 05:31 AM

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It's difficult and expensive to make a desktop that will run Oculus Rift, let alone a laptop. 

 

Oculus Rift

  • Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better
  • CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or greater
  • RAM: 8GB or more
  • Video port: HDMI 1.3
  • USB port: 2 USB 3.0 ports
  • Windows 7 SP1 or newer

Your laptop is not even close and there is no external video card you can add with the ports available on your laptop. 

 

HP makes a few laptops with the necessary video power. The newest ones with the nVidea Geforce 10xx graphics will drive the OR. But ideally you might consider a desktop. Or a purpose built gaming laptop from a specialty maker like Sager

 

http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=&langId=-1&storeId=10151&catEntryI...

 

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8177.html

 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

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‎02-21-2017 05:31 AM

HP Recommended

It's difficult and expensive to make a desktop that will run Oculus Rift, let alone a laptop. 

 

Oculus Rift

  • Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better
  • CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or greater
  • RAM: 8GB or more
  • Video port: HDMI 1.3
  • USB port: 2 USB 3.0 ports
  • Windows 7 SP1 or newer

Your laptop is not even close and there is no external video card you can add with the ports available on your laptop. 

 

HP makes a few laptops with the necessary video power. The newest ones with the nVidea Geforce 10xx graphics will drive the OR. But ideally you might consider a desktop. Or a purpose built gaming laptop from a specialty maker like Sager

 

http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=&langId=-1&storeId=10151&catEntryI...

 

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8177.html

 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

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