2 hours ago, threexgreen said:

The new Pimax headsets are significantly lighter, e. g. the Crystal Light is only negligibly heavier than the G2.

@Bozdog Are you looking at the current Pimax Crystal? There are two new ones coming out, one of which (Crystal Light) is available for order and the Super is coming in Q4. I don't think it makes a lot of sense to go for the older Crystal at this time, unless it's a budget question.

The Super will probably not work well with a 3080 since it's very high resolution, although dynamic foveated rendering will alleviate the performance impact. If you want to upgrade your GPU in the future however, maybe it's something to look into. Otherwise, the Crystal Light seems to be very good.

The light seems the best option but looks like may have  to upgrade the GPU think will be sensible to wait for a bit esp with msfs2024  coming out soo. 

On 6/22/2024 at 10:52 AM, JacquesBrel said:

If you don't want to get a new GPU, you can test how your 3080 might handle the Crystal Light resolution by cranking up the Quest resolution to 2880 pixels and see how it performs. And likewise with the Quest 3 resolution (2208 pixels).

I doubt that a 3080 will give you a remarkably great experience when pushing 2880 pixels...

I'm pushing 2100 pixels per eye on a 3070Ti with my G2. It'll probably be fine.

 

The Crystal Light will give you many more fps than the Quest 3 and a better picture.

Latest review on youtube:

 

2:56 "you still have the option to do a tap on the headset (for temporary pass through camera)".

Crystal uses a display port, Quest 3 uses a USB port. This is why it takes more horsepower to run a Quest 3, even though the resolution is lower.

4 hours ago, Fielder said:

Quest 3 uses a USB port

Quite a few are obtaining more than acceptable VR performance using wireless AirLink or Virtual Desktop,

Still getting great wireless VR performance with Quest Pro - even though about 2yo HMD,

Just need to know how to tune it properly…

That's true. But flightsimguy on YT says crystal light gives him better fps than Quest 3. I never owned either. But my HP G2 gave far better fps than my Quest 2.

5 hours ago, Fielder said:

But flightsimguy on YT says crystal light gives him better fps than Quest 3

raw FPS is maybe not the best measure,

the excellent Quest ASW - motion smoothing - is the best IMO for smooth VR performance,

& I must note that it is quite apparent that ‘flightsimguy’ does not do many/any reviews of heavy VR scenarios like KLAX/KSFO/EGGL,

it is in these heavy scenarios when it is very important to tune well,

the Quest Pro still excels for me in these situations - YMMV 🙂

I have the Pimax Crystal (not light). I am very satisfied with it and the performance. I run nearly everything maxed out at full native resolution with Auto FPS and DLSS 3.7. I average 35-45 FPS even in the most dense cities. I am using an AMD 7800X3D and 4090 GPU. For those with lower specs you can reduce the resolution by 20% and modify some of the settings that free up performance but don’t have s significant impact on visual quality. If I do this, my FPS jumps to 55-65 FPS. But I prefer better visuals and it still usually runs pretty smooth. And I fly helicopters 60% of the time for which FPS is more important than planes in VR.  I would not hesitate to buy a Crystal Light and that’s what I would have purchased if it was available last summer. 

2 hours ago, Gulf76 said:

If I do this, my FPS jumps to 55-65 FPS.

Personally, just lock frame rate whilst using motion smoothing (Oculus ASW),

far better result for intense helicopter flying in dense scenarios…

1 hour ago, craigeaglefire said:

Personally, just lock frame rate whilst using motion smoothing (Oculus ASW),

far better result for intense helicopter flying in dense scenarios…

My helicopter experience is just fine the way I am running it. 

Quest 3 vs. Crystal Light. This guy has probably seen them all for thousands of hours. 12:24 is the place for his considered opinion.

 

By the way, he does love the Quest 3 in MSFS. But thinks the Crystal Light is an even better choice. It does cost more, however. But you don't need a better strap or anything like that in the Crystal.

Thanks all.just picked up prescription lenses for my quest 2 so going to stick with it a bit longer with my current GPU