GPU
Making NVIDIA the preferred graphics card for KeyVR
Some PCs have several graphics cards - most noticeably, laptops with both an integrated and a dedicated GPU.
A dedicated NVIDIA GPU can be made the preferred graphics card for KeyVR as follows:
Right-click the Desktop and select
Display Settings.
Scroll to the bottom and click on Graphic Settings.
Click Browse, find the KeyVR.exe and click Add.
Select KeyVR from the
- If KeyVR is not available in the drop-down, Click Add and and point to the KeyVR.exe
HMD
Oculus Rift - enable unknown resources
If you use Oculus Rift, you may need enter the Oculus Settings and enable "unknown Sources", in order to run KeyVR.
- Launch the Oculus application.
- Go to the Settings menu.
- Go to the General tab.
- Enable Unknown Sources.
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list and click on Options.
Select High Performance and click Save.
Improving performance with AMD graphics cards
AMD graphics cards will by default match the FPS of the monitor, which may force the headset to run at a lower FPS than desirable. To make the graphics card match the headset’s maximum FPS or exceed it:
Right-click on desktop and select the AMD Radeon Settings
Go to the "Gaming" Tab
Click "Add" in the upper right corner
Browse to the KeyVR installation folder and ad the KeyVR.exe - Usually located at in one of the following locations:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\KeyVR\bin\KeyVR.exe
C:\Program Files\KeyVR\bin\KeyVR.exe
After adding the applications Profile in the AMD Radon Settings, edit the KeyVR Profile
Set "Wait For vertical Refresh" to "Always Off"
Restart KeyVR