Newegg is giving away a free graphics card with the HTC Vive - mullinsonew1945

Newegg has a deal precise nowadays that makes jumping into realistic realism easier. This week, the online retailer is giving by a on the loose GB Radeon RX480 4GB graphics card with the purchase of an HTC Vive. You still pay the full $800 for the VR headset and assorted peripherals that come with the package, but you'll save on upgrading your rig to a VR-affable graphics card.

The card in question is G's GV-RX480G1 Radeon RX 480, which Newegg sells for $185 and an Amazon marketplace vender offers for $196. We really likable the RX 480 when it eldest came call at June 2016. Information technology was the first Radeon card to use the 14nm Polaris GPU and the first budget-level graphics notice capable of handling VR.

The Vive computer software comes with the headset, wireless controllers, and two board trailing inferior stations.

If you'rhenium eyeing an HTC Vive to usage with SteamVR on Linux, this deal is likely not for you. Spell it's possible to use a Radeon card with SteamVR on Linux, it requires far more tweaking than Nvidia card game right now. That said, if you're cosy with downloading a trial driver from Github and compilation from source, rich person at it.

Newegg's offer lasts until Monday.

[ Nowadays's deal: free Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 with purchase of an HTC Vive from Newegg ]

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Ian is an independent writer based in Israel who has never met a tech subject he didn't like. He primarily covers Windows, PC and gaming hardware, video and euphony streaming services, social networks, and browsers. When he's not application the news he's working on how-to tips for PC users, Beaver State tuning his eGPU setup.