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My internet connection is good. Between my computer and internet connection I think I am in good shape for VR. Now it's to decide which unit. Quest 3, Pimax Chrystal Light or the new about to arrive Steam frame.

6 hours ago, AJZip2 said:

I own - and use - both the Quest 3 and the Pimax Crystal Light.

me too, but haven't used the Quest 3 yet. what do you use it for when the Pimax video is so much better?

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.

2 hours ago, dbw1 said:

My internet connection is good. Between my computer and internet connection I think I am in good shape for VR. Now it's to decide which unit. Quest 3, Pimax Chrystal Light or the new about to arrive Steam frame.

My recommendation - if it is primarily MSFS Flight Sim that you are planning - is the Pimax Crystal Light.  The Steam Frame is, of course, an unknown quantity and I'm sure will be very good - but I can't see, with the specs I've seen, that it will visually surpass the Crystal Light.

If you are planning more general VR as well as flight sim - especially where you need to move around - then the Quest 3 is quite competent and, with decent wifi, will not restrict operation of MSFS2024.  Ref the Steam Frame, I would personally wait for some proper reviews (genuine user, not sponsored) of it once the production version is out before choosing that over the Crystal Light.

@turbomax - in the earlier days, soon after the Pimax Crystal Light first came out, there were both quality issues and multiple software glitches and updates with lots of settings tweaks.  At that time, the Quest 3 was a perfectly competent option so that I could at least keep flying while Pimax were getting their act together.  Nowadays, I pretty much always use the Crystal Light for MSFS and use the Quest 3 for other stuff.  The visuals in the sim from the Crystal Light look more natural to me and - subject to a bit of tweaking and experimenting - are capable of being quite a bit sharper.  

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Ryzen 7 9800x3D @5.2GHz; ASUS X670-P Motherboard; nVidia 4080 (factory o/c); 32G 5600MHz DDR5 SDRAM; Pimax Crystal Light VR Headset; Quest 3 VR Headset

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