ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1050 Ti STRIX Video Card Review
VRMark
VRMark is a relatively new benchmark aimed at those that might be thinking about buying an HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift and knowing what hardware will give them the best VR gaming experience. VRMark includes two VR benchmark tests that run on your monitor, no headset required, or on a connected HMD. At the end of each test, you’ll see whether your PC is VR ready, and if not, how far it falls short.
The Orange Room benchmark shows the impressive level of detail that can be achieved on a PC that meets the recommended hardware requirements for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. If your PC passes this test, it’s ready for the two most popular VR systems available today. The orange room rendering resolution is 2264 x 1348, which is 1132 x 1348 per eye and the target desktop frame rate is 109 FPS.
Benchmark Results: The ASUS Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ROG STRIX OC Edition never claimed to be a VR ready graphics card and you can see why it was never marketed as being one. The goal in this benchmark is to get 109 FPS as that is the number deemed ‘needed’ for VR gaming. Our 87 FPS result doesn’t meet that desired performance threshold.
The Blue Room is designed to be a more intense test with a rendering resolution of 5012 x 2880 (5K) and the goal is for a desktop PC to maintain a consistent frame rate of 109 FPS or above without dropping frames to pass this test.
Benchmark Results: None of our cards can get close to passing this test and the ASUS Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ROG STRIX OC Edition gets hammered.