April 15, 20242 yr Frontier 2024. Pimax will announce their new headsets on Youtube (and probably elsewhere too). 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 15, 20242 yr That's interesting. Anyone know exactly what the onboard processor in the regular Crystal actually does? is it only used for stand-alone or does it take some load off the computer when you're doing something like MSFS? I would guess it doesn't, which makes the price and not having a big heavy battery on your head rather compelling for our purposes. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
April 16, 20242 yr Wowzer, Pimax is definitely making some waves. My MSFS 2020 repaints: Flightsim.to - Profile of HStreet Working on MSFS 2024 versions.
April 16, 20242 yr Author The brand new light version has no interchangeable lenses (Oled or Qled swap), no wireless capability or option, no eye tracking, no storage for games, no local dimming (but is optional addon) etc. The old Crystal still available at $1599 (no stations needed). Add wireless for $299. Or buy airlink bundled with a new old model Crystal it's $199 ($1798). New Crystal Super is $1799 ($200 more than the old Crystal). (But then the air link wireless dongle is extra on top of that, if you want it). New Crystal Light is $699 (includes controllers, does not use base stations). 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 16, 20242 yr If the base light model was a smaller size or had local dimming, I probably would have preordered. Will hold off for reviews and consider the 899 model. Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 64GB, Win 11. MSFS2020. Moza, MFG, Fulcrum & Virpil controllers. Quest 3 for VR.
April 16, 20242 yr Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV?
April 16, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, threexgreen said: Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV? I think this will depend heavily on foveated rendering so should get reasonable results with a current high-end PC.
April 16, 20242 yr 7 hours ago, threexgreen said: Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV? I'm oversampling at a higher resolution than that (I don't recall the exact figure) for my Pico 4 and I get mid 40s typically. So it might not be too bad. [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
April 17, 20242 yr 10 hours ago, odourboy said: I'm oversampling at a higher resolution than that (I don't recall the exact figure) for my Pico 4 and I get mid 40s typically. So it might not be too bad. What do you use to oversample? Do you use DLSS or TAA? Edited April 17, 20242 yr by threexgreen
April 17, 20242 yr 7 hours ago, threexgreen said: What do you use to oversample? Do you use DLSS or TAA? I set my resolution in OpenXR and use DLSS. I tried lower resolution with TAA versus higher with DLSS and settled on the latter for comparable image quality with a bit better performance. YMMV [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
April 18, 20242 yr 16 hours ago, odourboy said: I set my resolution in OpenXR and use DLSS. I tried lower resolution with TAA versus higher with DLSS and settled on the latter for comparable image quality with a bit better performance. YMMV Is that the override resolution option in OpenXR's in-game overlay or the scale slider in the app itself? Thanks.
April 18, 20242 yr 5 hours ago, threexgreen said: OpenXR's in-game overlay [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
April 18, 20242 yr Author This self promotion from Pimax was published on YT an hour ago... 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 21, 20242 yr good to always hear another second opinion by Sadly-it's-Bradley. He has always been critical of Pimax and questions if they will ultimately live up to their announcements/promises. just food for thought, I suggest to fast forward to ca. one hour into his speech around 01:00:00 if you have watched the original Pimax promo videos already. Bradley always takes too long, therefore Sadly it's Bradley 🤣 Edited April 21, 20242 yr by turbomax 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.
April 22, 20242 yr On 4/21/2024 at 2:45 AM, turbomax said: good to always hear another second opinion by Sadly-it's-Bradley. He has always been critical of Pimax and questions if they will ultimately live up to their announcements/promises. just food for thought, I suggest to fast forward to ca. one hour into his speech around 01:00:00 if you have watched the original Pimax promo videos already. Bradley always takes too long, therefore Sadly it's Bradley 🤣 This guy is a total weirdo, and he has diarrhea of the mouth. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, RTX 4080S, Ram - 32GB, 32" 4K Monitor, WIN 11. Eric Escobar
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