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My computer doesn’t meet the system specifications needed to power the Oculus Rift or Rift S.

Oculus Rift S

Graphics Card
Recommended Specs
  • NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 equivalent or greater
  • NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
Minimum Specs
  • NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
  • NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater

Learn more about the graphics cards the Rift S can support.

Memory
  • 8GB+ RAM
Operating System

The Rift S requires Windows 10.

CPU

The Rift S requires the following CPUs:

Recommended Spec
  • Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
Minimum Spec
  • Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
USB Ports

The Oculus Rift S requires at least one USB 3.0 port.

  • Confirm that you're running the most up-to-date version of Windows 10. You can do this by selecting check for updates from your computer's system settings.
  • The most up-to-date USB driver should automatically be installed with the latest version of Windows.

Oculus Rift

Graphics Card
Recommended Specs
  • NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 equivalent or greater
  • NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
Minimum Specs
  • NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
  • NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater

Learn more about the graphics cards the Rift supports.

Memory
  • 8GB+ RAM
Operating System

The Rift requires Windows 10.

CPU
Recommended Spec
  • Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
Minimum Spec
  • Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
USB Ports

The Oculus Rift requires at least three USB ports, one of which must be USB 3.0, to support the external sensors.

If you don’t have enough USB 3.0 ports, you can buy and install an expansion card. We recommend the following options:

Basic Oculus Rift 2-Sensor Setup:

Note: For these cards, use the latest ASMedia driver package.

Oculus Rift 3-Sensor Setup:

Note: For these cards, use the most recent drivers available from Microsoft and update to the most recent version of Windows.

Max VR Performance and Room Scale Setup:

Note: For these cards, use the most recent drivers available from Microsoft and update to the most recent version of Windows.

If your computer doesn’t meet the minimum or recommended system specs:

Note: If you need help installing new components for your computer, try contacting a computer specialist.

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