Will this video card make the difference?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

My GT460 on my alt box runs 4 Rifts at 1680x1050 (ISBoxer resized) at 30fps on all 4. Low-quality renderer, ground clutter and detail objects set to zero/zero.

[Apatheist]

Try tweaking your rift .cfg file. There are a lot of tweaks available that aren't in the in-game video settings (allowing rift to use all CPU cores, configuring occlusion and adding VFX culling, etc). Google, "Rift tweaks" and you'll find a bunch of stuff that will help you perform better.

My system can run 5 on high settings easily, but the first thing I do when I install any MMO is disable all the optional settings and tweak everything to minimum. The only settings I leave on medium are particle density-like effects and view distance. I'd rather run smoothly and not see frame rate loss in big PvP fights than see sparkly water and my shadow following me around the rest of the time :P

[Krago]

Try tweaking your rift .cfg file. There are a lot of tweaks available that aren't in the in-game video settings (allowing rift to use all CPU cores, configuring occlusion and adding VFX culling, etc). Google, "Rift tweaks" and you'll find a bunch of stuff that will help you perform better.

My system can run 5 on high settings easily, but the first thing I do when I install any MMO is disable all the optional settings and tweak everything to minimum. The only settings I leave on medium are particle density-like effects and view distance. I'd rather run smoothly and not see frame rate loss in big PvP fights than see sparkly water and my shadow following me around the rest of the time :P

That reminds me, I never redid the Rift tweaks after reinstalling Windows and Rift.

Tonight's project I guess.