Best Settings for High FPS In VRChat 

I'd like to clearify something about oculus killer Although killing the dashboard does save a bit of performance, i noticed that running virtual desktop increased my performance by 60%, this is because even though you kill the 3d environment, you still need to translate from oculus drivers to SteamVR drivers, which takes a long time, I'd argue you would be rendering each eye twice but i cant proof that theory My testing was beat saber, i could run it on the oculus dashboard or from virtual desktop at 2000x2000p (rounded) 120fps, but if i did oculus to steamVR (Oculus killer skipping the dashboard) i needed to drop all the way down to 1400x1400p to run at 120fps Also that virtual desktop can improve the quality a bit with its upscaling feature, but either way, its best to either run the game on oculus, or VD for steam (and in my experience launching vrchat from oculus is extremely buggier)

If there is anyone I can trust with VRChat knowledge, it's a furry with a custom avatar and face-tracking.

Another tip - certain poorly optimised VRChat worlds have a ton of real time lights that can lag you out. You can mitigate this in the VRChat graphics settings and turn pixel light count down or off. This can be the difference between 20 fps and 60 fps, at the cost of making lights look glitchy.

Hi, IT technician 25years experience here. I free'd up more than 3.5gb of vram simply by lowering the Oculus resolution (vram reduction here) and Steam VR resolution (double vram savings!) settings down to 60%, and maxing AntiAliasing to compensate for jaggy edges. Im on a RTX 2060 super 8gb, and have been to furry DJ gigs with around 80 unoptimized avatars all visible. Sure my fps was lowered by this point to around 16fps, but i could see everybody. A huge achievement for the 20## series. Lowering resolution is a HUGE Vram reduction but barely anybody seems to talk about it, thank you for partially covering it. Because of this i have no need to upgrade my Vram anytime soon. Same rule goes for my desktop games, im perfectly happy at a lower res. 1080p is fine i dont need 4k.

valiant you saved my life with the oculus killer. i thought the being underwater effect for a split second randomly was just a part of life and thats how it would always be.

i used to play with a 1050ti before changing the specs on my computer, i did some of the things on this video before this video going out and i can tell that it helped me a lot

Love the insight, now hopefully I can get more frames from this. Thanks Val!!!

yeeeessssss!!!! Thank you so much for the very clean and to-the-point overview!

I didn't know about the Oculus Killer, thank you so much!

Awesome tutorial, planning to get into vr soon and this was really useful thank you!

Man that was a very clear and concise, I'll definitely try the things mentioned in the video, also gonna save the video in case I need it.

Thank you for the tips! Actually helpful, clear, and concise. I appreciate that a lot!

Thank you . This guide helped me a lot I went from less then 60 fps and 250 ping to the exact opposite thanks to this guide

The oculus killer is a godsend. Thank you so much for making this video!

Ain’t no way this video only has 11k views! Good job my man!

Thank you Valiant, this helped out alot!

Thanks for the video, it used to always crash when I used multiple softwares in vr, but now it can run them, and stay at a stable 72 fps most of the time. Something else is that the battery for my quest stays at 100% when using pcvr.

Thank you for the guide, this helps alot explaining to my friends hahaha.

greatness from small beginnings!

I'm rocking a Ryzen7 5800x and a 3060. I've been a desktop warrior for 3 years now snd I'm finally getting vr tomorrow snd I'm praying to god i get half decent PFS in vr 😭

something that was glossed over that id like to point out btw is the overlay render quality option in the steam menu settings just right below the super sampling thing you went over, for some reason that thing is rather demanding despite the visual shift being minor from high to low, do set it to low!

Thank you so much, it helped me alot from 80 FPS to 120 FPS(MAX)

Lets go got this in my main feed so I'd say u doing pretty good. 👍 great video too

Those are some good advices, thanks

Great tutorial here, thank u!

There is also steam launch options, especially "-force-d3d11-no-singlethreaded" forces unity engine to run on directx 11 and use multithreaded rendering

Even on my 4090 vrchat struggles to run, thanks for the video!

Something else that you can do, if you have multiple monitors, there is a function in Windows that will disable connected displays. Use either Win+P or go into Settings, then under System, go to Display. I disable two of my three displays while in in VR.

Thank you so much~!!

I use a Rift CV1, i9 11900KF and 4060Ti on maxed out settings and it’s still smooth with low VRAM usage the only reason why is because the resolution on my headset is extremely low. You can manually change the resolution in SteamVR and it does help a lot.

Thank youuu! :3

this actually helped out quite a bit, maybe I can hold out from upgrading from my RTX 3070 for just a bit longer (despite 8gb VRAM limitations) so thanks for the tutorial! though if i do choose to upgrade to a better gpu, do you think it'll be better to get a brand new RTX 4070, or a second hand RTX 3090?

Subscribed❤ Still trying to fix the lag on my quest 3. So frustrating

I didn't know VRchat is such a graphics demanding game, considering it was launched back in Early 2014 (10 years ago). I recently got a new gaming laptop (not for VRchat), but for other AAA games like "Witcher 3", "NieR: Automata", "Elden Ring", etc. I got a Laptop with 16GB DDR5 RAM, i7-12650H CPU (10 cores, up to 16 threads maximum), RTX 4060 [8GB Vram with 105 watts TGP (total graphics power)]. The reason why I chose RTX 4060 was because it was a newer GPU with "DLSS 3", which is good for offline games for extra frame generations (if needed). I don't plan to play VRchat with VR Headset, as I'm not a big fan of wearing a headset while playing games. BUT after watching your video, it seems like my laptop can barely run VRchat (on Ultra High Graphics Setting). I'm shocked!

Thanks, you seem really nice :)

I have a laptop with a 4070 inside it, it works fine in VR with my quest 2, But I decided to try some of these tips so I’m not overworking my laptop for hours, Changing the resolution inside the oculus settings was good and I locked it on 90hz because my GPU keeps trying to run it at 120hz but at the cost of heavy stuttering. So far it’s very smooth and no other changes were needed

virtual desktop is WELL worth its $20 pricetag. Infinitely better than link, even with killer. Also still has more features than steam link does :) Also, I recently updated my rig to a 7800xt, but I used to run a gtx 1650, and heres my advice for lowspec users: Run 1 monitor at 720p, its enough to still do on screen things if you need and will DRASTICALLY increase preformance from higher resolutions. Turn all vrchat graphics settings off and definitely set a cap to the amount of avatars loaded at once - especially if you have low ram or vram (even on a 16gb vram and 32gb ram build it feels necessary) Always use spacewarp or upscaling (not both) in virtual desktop, it helps a ton. And dont be too confident in your resolution either, follow the guide it gives you for gpus in the app. If you have a headset with eye tracking, use foveated rendering. Period. Turn your nvidia gpu settings all the way down for vrchat as well. And also set the VR optimization settings to max - increased (hardly noticable) latency for a smoother experience. Generally, I could manage 60 to 90fps in most circumstances on that card with all of that. 120fps in the home world, even.

what is the different between vram and just ddr5 ram? is vram prioritized more than just ram it self for vr chat?

is doing steam vr through the steam link app equivalent to using oculus killer?

tried using steam link on my quest 2, it didn't work on my old laptop since "it wasn't strong enough" i suppose. and *now with a new pc* got 30 more fps just for switching from air link to steam

might be nice to know if my quest 2 didn't gave up on me a year or 2 ago

To quickly disable or enable your extra monitors, press Windows + P and then select "PC screen only" or "Extend". This is known as the Project menu.

What does super sampling do and how hard is the hit on graphic fidelity ?

If you have a computer with an integrated graphics card as well as a high performance graphics card be sure to set vr chat to run on the gpu you want it to

VRChat is actually extremely well optimized in general. It's people's avatars that screw you over. I can still run VRChat at a serviceable framerate in VR on my ancient gaming PC that has an i7-4790K and an R9 390x as long as I only show the avatars of my friends and the people I am directly speaking to. VRChat and SteamVR have so many optimization settings that you can tweak to make such a huge range of hardware work, but people with unoptimized avatars just muck it all up. For reference, with said ancient system, I run SteamVR at 90% resolution and VRChat on low settings WITH 2x anti-aliasing. I've never had any trouble with actual worlds other than those infamous for extremely poor optimization.

a little tip but this one is just for 4070 users you need to overclock the GPU is very memory bandwidth bottlenecked when I overclocked my memory I got much lower frame times and moved from 75-80 frames to 105-110 frames in my home world ⚠-1 if you do follow this guide be sure to keep the memory temperature under 84c this is what the operating temperature rating by Nvidia (rated 84c - maximum 88c) 88 is where it's gonna thermal throttle although the memory is rated by Micron at 95c with a max of 110c still keep it under 84c just to be safe and not lower the lifetime of the GPU ⚠-2 GPU temperature and memory temperature are two different things make sure to not mix them up while monitoring ⚠-3 Memory temperature will be affected by room temperature so make sure to retest in summer/while you have your heating on test for half an hour to thermally load the room ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A4DKnY2Yodo.htmlsi=8F7iM1MD5Qn53v1n

I have an RTX 3070 with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600. I'm only getting 20-30 FPS with my HTC VIVE PRO on low settings. What else could I do?

I really liked the video, useful stuff! On the "index headset settings", I'm not a fan of your suggestion. In every other game(VR or not) the last thing you want to downscale is the resolution. already there's distortion on the lenses and 100% native resolution is below the number of pixels the headset can show, and the worse headset you have(quest 2, pico 4, other pancake lenses etc) the worse it looks. This option should be as high as your GPU lets you, and at least 3000x3000 if you have something as strong as a 3070 ti, with the best image results being 3000x3000 for quest 2, index 3500x3500 for pico 4 or similar and 4000x4000 for bigscreen beyond or anything more expensive - native per-eye being 2500x2500

i do have a question, oculus killer works really well on my end. however i encounter freezing on my pc after i turn off / unplug my headset. like its trying to catch up on what i just did. then it goes to normal. is there a spesific way to close stuff before hand or is the freezing after disconnecting part of it?.

from my experience with my computer which is CPU bottlenecked, removing antialiasing and supersampling my game at 125% resolution makes it run way smoother and better. I also dont understand how lowering the refresh rate of your HMD can increase computing performance. doesn't it only affect power consumption and data transfer speeds between your HMD and your pc?

As a rule, and this is actually the case with VRChat, the image is only calculated twice because the window on the desktop reflects the left or right eye.

Hello, i'm planing on buying a quest 2 or 3, to play with steamlink,(am poor), but i'm actually on a Ryzen 3 1200, Rx6500xt OC (FMF and FSR enabled), and 8 gigs of ram, it does a pretty good job for the desktop version (160 fsp avg) but i wonder if using a headset will make it drop to much to actually play ( i do have diqcord and spotify open while playing)

i trust this guy

Bro I’m so poor, I can’t afford a pcvr I have a quest pro though so I guess this helps, thank you blue dog man

Alternatively/additionally on the shield point: If you go into the avatar settings you can disable all "very poor" avatars. This will replace people's avatars with their optimized fallback avatar (or impostor if you have the open beta) instead of leaving you with a world full of colorless robots. Clicking show avatar will still work. This will still be marginally less performant than simply turning all avatars off but *much* more performant than leaving them all on. Note on top of note: The "don't show avatars further than x meters" is misleading. It does improve performance yes, you aren't rendering physics and all that. But, if your main issue is VRAM usage in VRChat, it is completely useless. Avatars are still stored in VRAM to allow the game to readily access them when you get close. This is a feature that is more useful if you have a low-end CPU but a mid-range to high-end graphics card and completely meaningless the other way around.

there's one thing that I can't understand tho. I used to play VRChat on a laptop with a GTX1650 and I got around 39-42 fps but that laptop died when I was cleaning it out, and now I have a laptop with a RTX4050 and in the same world with the same settings I only get 35-40 fps. And when playing any other game this laptop is wayyyy more powerful then my old one, because most game's I play run at 110-125fps with ultra settings and sometimes high ray tracing at 1080p on my new laptop, while my old laptop could only run those same game's at 45-50fps with mid-high settings at 1080p. So why am I getting less fps on my new laptop then my old one that had a GPU much weaker then my new one, does VRChat favor GTX cards?

Bad thing, oculus killer doesnt work, it kicks you out of the oculus link application on your quest and if you try to go back on, steam vr closes and kicks you out again, sorry

bro i was having fps on 10 fps and i turned on 240 fps and is so smooth with high graphic

need the wallpaper pls

since valve released steam link for quest headsets, would you recommend that?

actually the problem i am having is with my CPU (i5 12400). for some reason its at 100% utilizaton when i am playing vr chat while my GPU (RTX 3070 8GB), even tho it just has 8GB of vram is just chilling.

this 'Oculus Killer' stopped my oculus from running any steam games the game would open on my pc but i would be stuck in the steam vr hub staring at the empty space with nothing appearing :/

i clicked on this vid beacuse of the thumbnail. Then i see this one cute/hot looking furry boi standing there starting to explain.. my brains getting juiced up bro.. that was such a damn flash my god

Good skin

[This comment about VRchat PC, I don't have VR] My potato pc can run VRchat, but playable I think this option is helpful, but I just hide all of players avatar became crystal, don't play in full screen also change resolution to lower 800x600(if VRchat PC). I got 30-60 FPS depends the worlds you visit. even my pc (120$) I5 core 3300 GTS 450 Nvidia 8gb ram 250gb SSD

got 10-15 fps more, thanks!

5,000+ hours? Holly crap. I have like 1,045.2 Hours in VRChat

amd control panel guide is down :(

the quest 2 canbarely run vr chat as it is lol i wanted to do it on my ryzen 3 laptop it runs okish but choppy still i have 16gb of ram lol

For me VRChat is just really demanding on my CPU... GPU is fine even though it's a GTX 1660

What headset is that on your thumbnail?

4:06 the game is working better for me with anti-aliasing enabled, GTX770

the sad thing is that VR chat will never do anything to fix their performance issues and for some reason VR chat performs really bad on Nvidia gpus locked at 45 FPS on a 4090 after an hour

ngl i wish this could be possible on quest, bc the graphics settings are useless

you're only rendering the scene 2 times in vr, not 3. Once for each eye, the desktop view is just a projection of what has already been rendered

And here I am waiting on my quest 2 to come in think my rtx 2060 laptop is gonna be good enough for this 🙄

My pc is fucking potato dude after i do the setting is not change is still soooooo lagging

I'm sorry I deleted my other comment. I mostly wasted my time and your time on that. I looked into things to find sources figure out the reasons for what I said, and all I could find was stuff related to high refresh rate desktop monitors. It turns out VR has a lot more nuance like reprojection and uses variable refresh rate which kind of made a lot of what I was saying pointless. I was trying to compile a response to you clarifying but I think I just defeated myself in the process and would rather not waste peoples time with the original comment. Sorry for the confusion. I'd rather you make an updated video if you need to, than people maybe read my comments anyway lol On entry level GPUs or very constrained systems, it turns out you actually can benefit by capping the framerate if your FPS is constantly swinging up and down as you move your gaze, and the latency and stutter it is causing is making you nauseous, or you just find it annoying. That could definitely happen if your GPU or CPU is 100% pegged or hitting other limits, like thermal limits. I downplayed this because it typically isn't a huge problem on a desktop monitor unless it is very egregious, but I can definitely see how it could be a problem with VR when you have the screen strapped directly to your face! I haven't tried VR on a lower end system in a while, so my experience is biased in that regard. I got too caught up in your words about lowering Hz or capping FPS "decreasing latency" or "improving FPS", when what I think you meant to say is that is reduces stutter by smoothing those out. I guess the biggest critique I have is that it wasn't very apparent that you were suggesting this for entry level systems, so I worry people with an otherwise good setup could get the wrong idea and limit their Hz or FPS when they don't need to. This video goes pretty in depth on the GPU and rendering pipeline: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5hAy5V91Hr4.html I was wrong about the Nvidia control panel FPS Limit not having an effect on VR games. I tested it out and it did limit my FPS if I set the limit lower than my headsets refresh rate. Still, even without an FPS limit, your VR FPS shouldn't go above the headsets refresh rate. They limit it to avoid tearing. Here's an article/video that goes into this and other things: gamersnexus.net/guides/2678-how-vr-works-frametimes-warp-misses-drop-frames Having said that, I still think that it is better to set an FPS limit instead of lowering your screen refresh rate. The reason is reprojection, which is that black border around what you see in VR that you might have noticed if you turn your head really fast, or you game ever froze. It is there so that, as you are turning your head between frames or lost frames, you don't get the sense that the visuals are stuck to your face, which can be very nauseating. This video, although focused on a desktop implementation, gives you a better idea of how it works, and why you would want your refresh rate as high as it can be so the reprojection is as smooth as it can be: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f8piCZz0p-Y.html Here's the one good part of my previous comment if you wanted to reference it for a vid: I can think of some valid reasons to limit FPS and refresh rate though. Limiting FPS will reduce your computers power consumption and generated heat, that way you don't cook your room. Lower refresh rate on your headset will reduce the amount of heat your headset makes too, which can help with comfort if it is getting too hot on your face. Capping your FPS can also help If you have a connectivity problem while using a Quest wirelessly over Air Link, VD, or Steam Link, like if your network doesn't have the bandwidth or latency to handle it, which could cause stuttering or noticeable compression. But to be clear, leaving your headsets display hardware at the highest refresh rate it can be, then limiting FPS via your streaming or game settings, is better for display latency. The only good performance reason to lower refresh rate in headset is to extend battery life for wireless play.

me happy with 45fps at 1080p in vr

i wonder if this video got like a boost in views DURING Furality xddd

I have a 4090 and it still kills my computer

VRC added anticheat a year ago removing all possibility of good performance and still have not added real graphics options... I used to get 60-144 FPS now like 20-30 ish SAME GPU! VRC settings has all the stupid stuff turned on under the hood. And its slated for Nvidia i guess just screw Radeon owners. Like I had a Radeon VII and bought a 6900XT for 1k and got the exact same FPS then I use a tool to add real graphics settings tuned the settings and got 60-144 fps with 8k mirrors and textures and stuff just by changing things like the AA method so something RX GPU friendly and turning off motion blur and stuff. Seriously why dont they just add graphics settings.

dont lower your headset hz, this is the refresh rate at which your headset displays fps and doing so will result in lower fps being displayed through your headset... don't believe me look it up

i have 4090 and i still get 40fps

I do wish VRChat would switch from built-in RP to URP (Universal Render Pipeline) & Vulkan so that they can squeeze more performance, even on Quest headsets but... as usual, VRChat claimed that it would "require re-upload of all content". :(

i dont know why but Oculus killer has realy bad performance for me its constant stuttering etc :/

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what i say about this if you saw a bad wifi you should get a router

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0:00 omygosh you so cute :3

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You are such a cutie

Best settings are to delete the game lmao But no in all seriousness vrc has to fix their game

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