October 14, 20232 yr On 10/11/2023 at 12:02 PM, Ianrivaldosmith said: Returned mine today after 1 day. Ordered a Pimax crystal to try instead. Awful shimmering, brightness, poor quality distance looking. If you only stare in the cockpit, it's great quality within the cockpit. Look out the window and it's mush. I even forced the resolution to its maximum, which helped a bit, but shattered the performance. I have 7950X and 4090, performance was poor. Tried with and without cable. Reminds me of the old HP G2 I had 2 years ago, just without the sweet spot issue. Here's hoping the Crystal is better. You had setup issues as running a Quest3 on Virtual Display at Godlike runs and looks great on my 7800x3D and 4090, it looks so good and is far more versatile and comfortable than the Pimax Crystal I Was running.
October 14, 20232 yr 44 minutes ago, clayton4115 said: wow something is not right ! I'm seeing far in the distance and seeing things I never saw before with my G2 on a humble RTX 3070. Your system is close to mine...I'm thinking of getting the Quest 3. How are you connected? WiFi or USB? I really don't have a clue as to which software to install, general software settings, and general steps to initiate VR in MSFS 2020. Do you have any suggestions or tutorials to point me in the right direction? Edited October 14, 20232 yr by flyblueskies PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
October 14, 20232 yr 54 minutes ago, clayton4115 said: wow something is not right ! I'm seeing far in the distance and seeing things I never saw before with my G2 on a humble RTX 3070. I was a running a Quest Pro and when I had my Pimax Crystal I noticed the rendering resolution had increased to where I could see further out from my Homeport. When I got the Q3 I noticed it rendered out to similar distance of my Crystal. Been running the Q3 as my daily driver now.
October 14, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, ohsirus said: running a Quest3 on Virtual Display at Godlike What’s that mean in layman’s terms?!
October 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: What’s that mean in layman’s terms?! Oops.. Quest 3 runs and looks great if you use Virtual Desktop and it's Godlike and HVEC 10-bit encoder setting. With a 4090 and Wifi 6 router it looks like a native display.
October 14, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, ohsirus said: Oops.. Quest 3 runs and looks great if you use Virtual Desktop and it's Godlike and HVEC 10-bit encoder setting. With a 4090 and Wifi 6 router it looks like a native display. Native display means as good as monitor quality? I7-10700F RTX 3070 32 Gig Ram
October 14, 20232 yr 57 minutes ago, flyblueskies said: Your system is close to mine...I'm thinking of getting the Quest 3. How are you connected? WiFi or USB? I really don't have a clue as to which software to install, general software settings, and general steps to initiate VR in MSFS 2020. Do you have any suggestions or tutorials to point me in the right direction? I was new to all of this as well, alot of fa$rting around but finally got it. Still when I turn my head it shimmers / shakes which is the most annoying part. My G2 didnt have this problem because it was DP connected. I'm connected to wifi on 5Gghz with my old 10+ year old router. I'm quite impressed with the Q3. Buy VD for Quest 3 and following the instructions here Edited October 14, 20232 yr by clayton4115 I7-10700F RTX 3070 32 Gig Ram
October 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, clayton4115 said: Native display means as good as monitor quality? Yeah. The thing about the Quest3/Quest Pro is that you can make it as ugly as you want or as pretty as they can get. Can be confusing on what gives you best performance quality. Wired, Air Link, VD, SteamVR, OpenXr, Occulus, bit rate, encoders, so many tweaks people swear by. After some time and coming from a Quest Pro, I know what works best for my system. Those pancake lenses are a huge upgrade to me as you don't have to worry about sweet spots. My Pimax as a easier setup and it's DP connection yielded better performance, but it's aspherical lenses and constantly trying to balance the weight and keep the sweet spot centered made me appreciate pancake lenses even more.
October 14, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, clayton4115 said: I'm connected to wifi on 5Gghz with my old 10+ year old router. I'm quite impressed with the Q3. Buy VD for Quest 3 and following the instructions here So, if I understand correctly, the basic steps are: 1. Download and install the Oculus APP (on PC or Android Phone?). 2. Purchase and install the Virtual Desktop for Quest 3 (follow instructions in video). Edited October 14, 20232 yr by flyblueskies PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
October 14, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, ohsirus said: Oops.. Quest 3 runs and looks great if you use Virtual Desktop and it's Godlike and HVEC 10-bit encoder setting. With a 4090 and Wifi 6 router it looks like a native display. Interesting and you say it’s better than a pimax crystal doing that?
October 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: Interesting and you say it’s better than a pimax crystal doing that? The Crystal has a great picture and requires less of a rig to get a great picture, no hacks/tweaks needed and when in it's sweet spot gives a "fuller/more dense" texture-view when up close. Can't deny if you are coming from a fresnel based lens you will be blown away by the new gen headsets. My take away from running them both is I can get near-close quality to the Crystal without slapping 2lbs of unstable weight on my head for a third of the price and more features. Some people will swear by the Crystal being the best, and more power to them, but for me it was hot and heavy and I could not keep my sweet spot centered.
October 14, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, ohsirus said: The Crystal has a great picture and requires less of a rig to get a great picture, no hacks/tweaks needed and when in it's sweet spot gives a "fuller/more dense" texture-view when up close. Can't deny if you are coming from a fresnel based lens you will be blown away by the new gen headsets. My take away from running them both is I can get near-close quality to the Crystal without slapping 2lbs of unstable weight on my head for a third of the price and more features. Some people will swear by the Crystal being the best, and more power to them, but for me it was hot and heavy and I could not keep my sweet spot centered. You’re tempting me to try the Q3 again now…. Visuals of outside scenery to me are just as important as a sharp cockpit. Edited October 14, 20232 yr by Ianrivaldosmith
October 14, 20232 yr AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
October 15, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, flyblueskies said: So, if I understand correctly, the basic steps are: 1. Download and install the Oculus APP (on PC or Android Phone?). 2. Purchase and install the Virtual Desktop for Quest 3 (follow instructions in video). Yes that's correct I was a newbie to it and I figured it out. I7-10700F RTX 3070 32 Gig Ram
October 15, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: You’re tempting me to try the Q3 again now…. Visuals of outside scenery to me are just as important as a sharp cockpit. Not trying to influence you, I don't have referral codes nor am I given review units..lol My opinions are my own.
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