Falcon Northwest Announces Oculus-Ready PCs featuring Nvidia 1080 GTX
Back in April, Oculus announced its partnership with custom PC manufacturer, Falcon Northwest, as part of its ever-growing Oculus Ready PC program—joining alongside the ranks of top manufacturers Asus, Dell, Alienware, and Lenovo.
Now, Falcon Northwest has revealed its Tiki and Talon custom desktop PC lineup will feature Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce GTX 1080, which offers the latest Pascal architecture to deliver well-beyond the minimum specs required to power the Rift. Oculus also followed up the announcement by posting a tweet of new Oculus Ready PC configurations from Falcon Northwest.
The newest #OculusReady PCs from @FalconNW feature the @NVIDIAGeForce 1080 GTX! https://t.co/qDVKVzTym2 pic.twitter.com/va9gFm6xOr
— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) June 29, 2016
While the Oculus Ready Tiki and Talon configurations are starting at a premium price that may not fit everyone’s budget looking to jump into VR, keep in mind these systems are configured with the very latest and top-of-the-line hardware currently available on the market to deliver the “smoothest Rift experience imaginable” to users.
The Oculus Ready Tiki configuration:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8GB GDDR5X graphics card
- Liquid-cooled Intel® Core™ i7-6700K processor
- 16GB of 2,400 MHz DDR4 memory
- 1 Terabyte Micron SSD
- 3 Year Parts & Labor + 1 Year Falcon Overnight service
- Starting at: $2,849
The Oculus Ready Talon configuration:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8GB GDDR5X graphics card
- Liquid-cooled Intel® Core™ i7-6700K processor
- 32GB of 2,400 MHz DDR4 memory
- 512 GB PCI Express SSD main storage + 4 Terabyte WD Hard Drive
- 1 Kilowatt Power Supply
- 3 Year Parts & Labor + 1 Year Falcon Overnight service
- Starting at: $3,149
If you’re looking to upgrade to a custom PC from a reputable company, and want a system with no comprises that will surpass the necessary demand to deliver a high-end virtual reality experience, then you may be interested to check out what Falcon Northwest has to offer.