2x GPU 1x VR HMD 1x 4K TV 1x PC Possible?

mikeyinstant

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Hello and thank you for your time.

Im wanting to make a VR room with one PC and the oculus rift or htc vive and i what friends to be able to see what happening in the HMD on a 4k tv without hindering the fps of the VR HMD.

My question is can i achieve this by having 2x 980 ti one for HMD and one for 4k tv?

If this can not be done, how would i go about achieving my goal?
Note: if 4k is pointless as the games are not in 4k what resolution would you suggest?

Thank you
Mike
 
Solution
You don't need a second GPU to get an image on the screen/TV of what's being shown in the VR headset, it does that by default.

It will be less than 4K on the TV, but a high resolution TV may still be beneficial.

mikeyinstant

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Would there be a performance difference for the VR user between not showing the image on a tv than to show it?
I think somehow if the GPU has to output the HMD and the TV surely it requieres more GPU power to do that instead of just the VR HMD?
 

mikeyinstant

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What about if i had a projector instead of TV? Would the same apply?