We don't have much to show this week but most of our work will carry over to future updates. We spent a lot of time trying to counter sensor drift but our algorithms are not stable and tested enough to release them. Expect more news on that next update.
Desktop client version is 0.5.4.3, mobile app version is 0.8.6.
Changes
- Log me in automatically should work more reliably. Let us know if RiftCat client forgets your password again.
- VRidge should no longer fall behind and crash when encoding 1440p on previous generation NVIDIAs with NVENC checked on. See 1440p compatibility paragraph below.
- RiftCat Client should no longer freeze while connecting to phone (MTU discovery timeout freeze).
- RiftCat Client should no longer crash during phone discovery (System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener.AcceptTcpClient crash)
1440p compatibility
After last week's 1440p update we received some reports about 1440p not working with some video cards. Here's a list of compiled results and reports.
| Generation | Example hardware | 1440p @ 60 FPS | 1440p @ 50 FPS | 1080p @ 60 FPS |
| AMD GCN 1.2+ | R9 285, R9 380, R9 Fury X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NVIDIA Maxwell | GTX 750, GTX 830M-860M, GTX 930+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Intel HD & Iris (Haswell+) | Intel Core i3-4xxx+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NVIDIA Kepler | GTX 650+, GTX 740+ | ❌ | ✓* | ✓ |
| GCN 1.0 & 1.1 AMDs | R9 240, R9 290, HD 7700+ | ❌** | ❌** | ✓ |
| Intel HD (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Core i3-3xxx | ? | ? | ? |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Intel Core i3-2xxx | ? | ? | ? |
* Use 60 FPS option. VRidge will try to encode at highest possible framerate.
** According to AMD developer it's not possible to encode video with resolutions beyond 1080p with GCN 1.0 & 1.1 AMD.
*** There are two 390 variants. One is GCN 1.1, other is GCN 1.2. Removed - 390 is GCN 1.1.
** According to AMD developer it's not possible to encode video with resolutions beyond 1080p with GCN 1.0 & 1.1 AMD.
We did not test all of this ourselves. If it's wrong, please let us know so we can correct it. Please keep in mind that some laptop (-M suffix) variants use different chipsets than non-M variants.