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You could spend less on a VR-ready desktop (such as the $999-after-bundle-discount Dell XPS 8900), but trading down to a Core i5 processor or an Nvidia 970 GPU is just asking for trouble if you want a VR rig that will last at least a few years. For the launch of the Vive and Rift, however, any of the systems profiled in our guide to VR-ready PCs will run the first generation of apps and games at the required 90 frames per second per eye.