The challenge with a Mac is that almost all internal components are proprietary. At a bare minimum an Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470 card will get you in the game.

In order to run Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, you’ll need USB 3.0 ports and a much more powerful graphics card. This card came out nearly five years ago. The most powerful graphics card setup currently available from Apple is in the Mac Pro 6,1 (late 2013 model) – a dual D700 GPU that is the equivalent of a dual AMD Radeon 7970 GPU. Apple has always taken the safe and arguably low-cost route when it comes to graphics cards, also referred to as video cards or GPUs (graphics processing units). Oculus’ founder said he would have liked to make the device compatible for Mac users but that unfortunately none of the Mac computers in Apple’s current lineup has the graphical horsepower to run it. The biggest name in Virtual Reality right now is the Oculus Rift VR headset and sensor. Are you a Mac user who’s intrigued by the idea of Virtual Reality (VR) gaming? I was too but quickly realized there’s currently no support for VR on the Mac platform.

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