DCS World on Pimax 8K & 5K+ with GTX 1080Ti

[HiFlyer 9,343]

A look at performance by SweViver

 

[Guest]

He posted another video suggesting that the 5K+ is the better buy because counter intuitively the panels seem to produce a higher definition image! I watched the video and it's obviously the case the 5K+ produces the better image. Looks like Pimax really screwed up there!

 

[HiFlyer 9,343]

Yup, I posted that one too. If I was going for one of these, I think the 5K would be the most practical.

 

[chass32 138]

Hmmm. really really interesting. Thx guys!

[VeryBumpy 272]

After seeing these videos, why would any one want the 8k version?

Wait for the 8kX, maybe that will be truly better than the 5k.

[GHarrall 494]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pimax-5k-m2-headset-vr,5818.html

Pimax 5K+ - Eating GPU's for Breakfast

Edited October 10, 2018 by GHarrall

[HiFlyer 9,343]

8 minutes ago, GHarrall said:

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pimax-5k-m2-headset-vr,5818.html

Pimax 5K+ - Eating GPU's for Breakfast

Hahahahahah!!!! 😈

I agree though. The reviewers and backers are putting a good face on it, but it's clear that you should probably be using a 20-series card at least, when trying to run these HMD's

[GHarrall 494]

VR is clearly the future for flight sims. I was considering getting a large 4k monitor and a 1080ti or a 2080 to power it but I think my current setup will do until the full VR experience is a reality. I had a rift for a while and whilst the immersion factor was great, the inability to actually read displays or make out an enemy fighter in DCS was just too limiting. Wont be long though........

[GHarrall 494]

20 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

Hahahahahah!!!! 😈

I agree though. The reviewers and backers are putting a good face on it, but it's clear that you should probably be using a 20-series card at least, when trying to run these HMD's

Lol, sorry!

[aidanlegras 7]

Hi guys, 

I'm a P3D FS Labs A320 user and I'd like to have a crack at DCS also, but I've got a question if anyone could elaborate. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of good info out there on the Pimax with P3D and DCS as yet at notwithstanding what SWEVIVER has put out and to be honest a lot of that is well beyond my understanding.

I've been happily plugging away at P3D with a standard 1080p monitor but I've been looking to get the VR side of things going for a while and it looks like now is possibly just about the right time to pull the trigger.

I'm currently operating a i7700k Processor with a GTX1070 GPU. (4.6GHz) The CPU is NOT overclocked and I would like to avoid doing so if that might be possible.

Am I correct in assuming that I could get the Pimax 5k+ going well provided I upgrade the GPU to a 1080ti 11G card to match or am I going to have issues with the processor. 

Cheers, Aidan

[HiFlyer 9,343]

39 minutes ago, aidanlegras said:

Am I correct in assuming that I could get the Pimax 5k+ going well provided I upgrade the GPU to a 1080ti 11G card to match or am I going to have issues with the processor. 

The thing about the pimax is that it demands a LOT from the video card, and to be honest, I'm not sure even a 2080 ti has enough oomph to push enough pixels fast enough to keep the Pinax 5k's and above fed at its highest settings.

I think it's going to be a learning experience for all, and that the Pimax may be a bit ahead of its time.

Ymmv

[aidanlegras 7]

Thanks HiFlyer, 

Thanks for the response. I get the impression from what Sweviver says that in fact it’s pretty good now it fact albeit not perfect because the support hardware is some way off its full utilisation. 

I was hoping some other may have received there 5k+ by this stage so perhaps they might have been able to back up what Sweviver was saying but it looks a bit soon for that. 

I’ll check in a few weeks when a few others have had a chance to look  

Thanks again.