4 hours ago, Fielder said:

As for wifi, go to Ookla and see how much strength as expressed in bits per time you are getting. I always get from 250 to 300. All day or night. My neighbors are on the same cable as I am. My cable plan says 300 nominal.

That test reported
DL 836.82 Mbps
UL 89.78 Mbps
and I have not yet connected the PC to router with a cable

4 hours ago, Fielder said:

If I was buying a Quest 3, then I would also buy Bobovr S3 Pro Battery Relief Strap for Meta Quest 3 $89.99

Premium halo-style head strap that features a built-in "head air-conditioning" system. It blows silent, adjustable cooling air directly across your forehead and face to prevent sweating and lens fogging.

• Cooling Feature: Includes a 100-level flexible wind speed adjustment wheel right on the side.

• Battery & Comfort: Features a 10,000mAh hot-swappable magnetic battery pack on the back that balances the headset.

• ships from Newark, New Jersey

https://vr-expert.com/en-us/vr-headsets/meta-vr/bobovr-s3-pro-head-strap/

In my budget for the Quest 3 I have now that strap included. I included it in first hand because of the battery. Does the fan make a noticable difference ?

I have a BoboVR S2 and originally used batteries with it until i got sick of having to charge everything. Now for flight simming I just use the S2 as a head strap and don't even put the battery on the back and instead run a 90 degree USB cable to the Quest 3 power port and plug that into a phone charger. I don't even turn the headset off, just letting it sleep when no in use and instantly powering back on when I put the headset on. I has been fine like that for over two years now.

VR Flight Sim Guy now likes the AMVR3 headstrap instead of the Bobo (which he used to always use). I don't have a Quest , only a Pimax Crystal Light. It does get hot.

https://www.amazon.com/Rechargeable-Compatible-Hot-Swap-Adjustable-Extended-Sessions/dp/B0FPLQJ12C

I'm still using a Quest 3 and till now it's been excellent for me in all games

However, since sim update 5, I have what looks like a persistent single frame drop per second. It's like there is a framerate mismatch between the headset and sim (both meta app cabled and in VD). I'm guessing others aren't experiencing this as I don't see any other reports of it

Other than that, I think the q3 is great, especially for it's features and price

13 hours ago, AJZip2 said:

Oh - and I'm in the non-London part of UK where full fibre Ultra-fast broadband is missing the 'Ultra' bit as far as many other nations would judge it. Just checked my speeds on Ookla - 113 Download.

Your internet speed is unrelated to using wireless VR. It's dependent on the latency between your PC and your headset within your own network.

To answer your question.

I do not have a dedicated router for Wireless VR. I currently have a single Unifi U6+ paired with a Unifi CloudGateway Ultra. Having a separate AP gave me the confidence in that I didn't need a dedicated router for this setup. It deals with my household needs as-well as PCVR needs perfectly. If anything I need to by another AP as the signal is a little weak for the television upstairs but that's irrelevant. My PC is connected via Ethernet.

I use Virtual Desktop (Fantastic piece of software) and my hardware is a 5800X3D paired with a 7800XT. Performance is acceptable enough where I genuinely refuse to go back to flatscreen, despite it being a much smoother experience. I have AutoFPS managing my settings as necessary to keep a stable 36 NFR fps.

This is using a Quest 3 with a Bobovr Strap for extra batter life, though I only have the headset on for preflight, takeoff, approach and landing. Other times I switch back to flatscreen and turn on cinematic mode with Chaseplane and go about my day.

If you are looking for a dedicated router, something like the Beryl AX for Glinet is a great performer.

On 6/13/2026 at 4:04 PM, Reset XPDR said:

I run MSFS 2024 at default high graphics settings and DLSS 4.5 Balanced Preset M. I have VD set to max bitrate AV1, which it has no problem maintaining smoothly at all times, with godlike render resolution with 150% scaling, giving me roughly 4000x4000 per eye that, combined with my DLSS settings, gives about the best clarity possible from the Quest 3 while maintaining 40 FPS locked (to give 80 FPS with SSW) and up to 400 TLOD with AutoFPS.

I have the same CPU and a 5080 instead of 4090. Running similar settings, DLSS 4.5 Preset K and DLSS Quality, godlike at 36 with SSW. I am curious to try the higher render resolution and Balanced. How are you upscaling to 150%, through the VD render scaling settings or through some hidden MSFS config (I have read about that somewhere), OpenXR toolkit? Do you have Foveated rendering selected in MSFS? Can take to a private conversation if more appropriate. Thank you for everything you do for the community.

Jim

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by Jeld
Slight edit to question

"How are you upscaling to 150%"

Would like to know this as well...

18 hours ago, jfri said:

In my budget for the Quest 3 I have now that strap included. I included it in first hand because of the battery. Does the fan make a noticable difference ?

The fan makes a night and day difference on both my HMDs.

It's absolutely needed on the Pimax Dream Air, as it has really bad hotspots unfortunately, including the cable splitter getting toasty.

In 2026 Quest 3 is still by far the most useful and reliable HMD, pair with with some quality audio like the latest Bose with Immersion Mode and prepare for a great sim experience. Unfortunately NO I do not recommend anyone buying these current production runs of Pimax Dream Air. Far too many issues with heat, warping and motion blur for the current price.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by blueshark747

5 hours ago, Jeld said:

I have the same CPU and a 5080 instead of 4090. Running similar settings, DLSS 4.5 Preset K and DLSS Quality, godlike at 36 with SSW. I am curious to try the higher render resolution and Balanced. How are you upscaling to 150%, through the VD render scaling settings or through some hidden MSFS config (I have read about that somewhere), OpenXR toolkit? Do you have Foveated rendering selected in MSFS? Can take to a private conversation if more appropriate. Thank you for everything you do for the community.

Jim

3 hours ago, flyblueskies said:

"How are you upscaling to 150%"

Would like to know this as well...

I set it in the VD PC app settings here:

You can see I also adjust horizontal and vertical FOV tangent, as this is not visually noticeable to me and offsets some of the render resolution increase from the VDXR render resolution.

Warning, setting VDXR render resolution to 150% in conjunction with all my other settings sees my GPU load and VRAM use in the region of 80-95%. While a 5080 is roughly the performance equivalent of a 4090, it only has two thirds the VRAM hence it is very likely my specific settings will overflow VRAM on any GPU with 16GB VRAM or less and make performance unacceptable.

The point I am trying to make with posting my settings is that it is possible to even further improve the default visual quality of the Quest 3 for a given FPS target but it requires tuning those settings to your specific hardware and supporting apps. Even at default settings, the Quest 3 has very good image quality so I would not worry if your system is unable to push it much past that, particularly since it is in the region of diminishing returns.

Oh and yes I use FFV in MSFS, set to the default 50.

3 hours ago, blueshark747 said:

The fan makes a night and day difference on both my HMDs.

It's absolutely needed on the Pimax Dream Air, as it has really bad hotspots unfortunately, including the cable splitter getting toasty.

In 2026 Quest 3 is still by far the most useful and reliable HMD, pair with with some quality audio like the latest Bose with Immersion Mode and prepare for a great sim experience. Unfortunately NO I do not recommend anyone buying these current production runs of Pimax Dream Air. Far too many issues with heat, warping and motion blur for the current price.

I dismissed the Pimax Dream Air right away when I saw the price. I never expereienced any problem with heat using my HP Reverb G2. If you use the Quest 3 as PCVR does its component still heat up ? I think I remember a review with the Bobo S# being compared to the kiwidesign k4 and preffered the latter in spite of no fan