system requirements help
haven't gamed on a PC in probably 20 years so i'm very out of touch with current standards and could use some help.
getting a Quest 3 as a gift soon and wanted to figure out if i can get alyx going on my workstation/server by adding a decent GPU to it.
i have a couple of HP Z640 systems being used as servers which I'm thinking of repurposing one temporarily for this game.
- E5-2637 v4 (quad-core, supports HT)
- 48GB RAM
- option to use SATA3 SSD or PCIe NVME for storage
- true PCIe3 x16 slot - can have up to 225W for GPU
- 925W PSU
minimum alyx requirements per steam is an i5-7500 which is a generation newer than mine so i'm mostly concerned about this and how much of a bottleneck it might be.
gtx 1060 is the minimum GPU requirement and i don't mind getting a 1080 or better but unsure if a much newer gen GPU would make a difference as the xeon probably won't keep up with it anyway.
i am also constrained by how much power i can feed the GPU as the system has dual 6-pin connectors which i'm going to combine to a single 8-pin connector using an adapter, so i can't get anything fancy like Ti cards which need dual 8-pin connectors.
can this configuration run alyx, and will i get to at least Medium gfx performance in the game?
thx in advance.