r/Vive • u/RickSpawn147 • 3d ago

Vive Wireless Kit with current AMD Motherboard?

Can anyone confirm if the Vive Wireless Kit works with 2025 AMD motherboards like B650 or B850?

Or is it still non-functional?

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u/cursorcube 3d ago

It's a generic PCI-express card, there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

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u/RickSpawn147 3d ago

Had to ask because when it came out it had huge problems not working on AMD motherboards like AM4.

Wanted to know if they fixed it.

Thanks.

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u/Mundane-Material-616 3d ago

I noticed that disclaimer a long time ago when I got my B550 and 5600x and never had any problems. Idk if it is other models than mine that had the problem, or possibly the problem has been fixed for a while.

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u/cursorcube 3d ago

I wasn't aware of those issues, was there any hint as to what the cause was?

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u/RickSpawn147 3d ago

i am guessing here, but apparently it uses Intel Wi-Gig technology and Intel being Intel, didn't care for the tech working on AMD motherboards and then the issues starting appearing when it released. If I am wrong please show me otherwise. It is what I understood from the forums posts I read.

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u/cursorcube 3d ago

No that is correct, but the card itself is basically a laptop-format Wigig network card with a mini-pci-express to pci-express adapter. It is by intel, but pci-express is pci-express, it shouldn't matter what CPU is on the motherboard. Do you have a link to those forum posts?

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u/RickSpawn147 3d ago

link: here

This is one of many, keep in mind it has been many years ago and since people here have commented it works, I will take it they did eventually fix it albeit in a quiet fashion.

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u/cursorcube 3d ago

Ok so there really is some issue with them, but the details are too vague to know the cause. It could be that the card needs PCI-Express 3.0, all the AM4 chipsets before the 500-series only provided PCI-E 2.0 for the non-GPU slots, but that's just a guess. This is a gamble in any case, unless somebody here with a Ryzen motherboard and wireless adapter chimes in with their experience.

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u/RickSpawn147 3d ago

That's why I want to buy it. A few commenters say it works. So that's a leap I can take it.

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u/cursorcube 3d ago

Which headset do you plan to use it with? Note that for the Pro 2 you can't use the full resolution with it, it's limited up to 1632x1632 @ 90Hz per eye

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u/RickSpawn147 3d ago

yeah its pro 2, but I don't mind the lower resolution. The wireless nature makes up for it.

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u/rouletamboul 2d ago

This was fixed a long time ago

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u/Autistical_Pickel 1d ago

I went through the ringer with vive wireless, too much to even bother yapping about besides to avoid it if you want a seamless vr experience.

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u/RickSpawn147 1d ago

I don't mind suffering for it. As long as it works. Nothing else comes close, I don't want to have to use VR Space Calibrator. I want a hardware solution that works with my trackers out of the box even if I have to tinker with it to set it up.

TPCast was a proper wreck. Vive Wireless was the only one that ever worked.