Are you ready for an optimized VR gaming?

With VR gaming swiftly gaining momentum in the market, it is essential for avid gamers to keep up with the specs needed in order to have the optimized experience for virtual reality games. But while some tech companies are already putting up VRready devices, only a few of them are capable of handling VR games in max settings.

NVIDIA recently launched its GeForce GTX 10-Series Notebook GPUs worldwide, bringing gamers the next step in high speed and high definition gaming. Incorporating NVIDIA’s new Pascal architecture, the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060 have a significant boost in performance compared to the previous GTX 900 series (launched in 2014) which has Maxwell architecture.

The most notable aspect of Pascal architecture is its 16nm FinFET fabrication technology, and with 150 billion transistors built using this technology for each GTX 10-series GPU, which is the largest FinFET chip ever built, it is expected to have higher capabilities than any other GPUs in the market.

Pascal architecture-based GPUs also deliver 75% higher performance than Maxwell-based GPUs, which could significantly be seen upon playtesting, and to prove that the GTX 10series could provide the most powerful GPU performance to date, they held a media demo during a briefing in Bangkok, Thailand in order for the media to experience the graphical capabilities of the new GPU through a few laptops from MSI, Razer, Lenovo, HP, ASUS, and Acer that already have the GTX 10 built-in.

NVIDIA showcased the prowess of the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060 through a number of games like DOOM, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and VR games such as VR Funhouse and Raw Data.

Upon testing the GPU while playing DOOM and Overwatch, which are action-packed first-person shooters, the games run fluidly without any noticeable lag or delay, and with the GPU capable of boosting the graphics of the game for up to 120Hz, playing any other FPS is more enjoyable to play through the GTX 10 because of how easy it is for players to spot fastmoving enemies, which is essential to have better aim in the game. While playing Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, a fast-paced first-person action game that lets players use parkour to maneuver through obstacles and enemies, runs seemlessly on the GTX 10 GPU, and through the GPU’s capability to run more than 60fps which offers almost life-like graphical speed, players have more control in movement because they can react quicker to the environment.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt also runs significantly smoother compared to playing it on consoles. In addition, an interesting feature that NVIDIA applied into The WItcher 3 is the NVIDIA Ansel, a video game photo capturing software that lets players not only take a photograph of their favorite moment or location in the game, but to also control the camera where they want to place it and edit any more changes afterwards through the software itself. What’s cool about the software is that you could also capture 360?photos that you can view through a VR peripheral like the HTC Vibe. Speaking of VR, the highlight of the NVIDIA GTX 10’s potential in terms of running high quality VR games is showcased through the the VR Funhouse, a simple game that NVIDIA developed which incorporates many features found on their NVIDIA GameWorks software, which provides developers with several tools like PhysX and VisualFX that boost graphics and speed in their games.

The next leap towards the future of VR gaming has come with the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 GPUs, not only does the GPU provide players with the highest performance when it comes to HD gaming, but it also allows VR games to be played on-the-go. The NVIDIA GTX 10 gives numerous possibilities on what VR gaming could be capable of doing as well as the impact that it could bring to the market in the near future.