This video is really appreciated, as I am a rl pilot myself and have 1000+ hours in the sim, sporting my Reverb G2 for the last 3 years. And I will be getting my Crystal in 2-4 days from now. I have a 4090, which is pretty much double (or a little above) the power of the 3080, so things are looking really promising. I will be happy around the 45fps mark, so I think I'll be able to tweak the in-game settings and the resolution quite a bit. I hope my I7 13700k also will be up for the task. If not, I can always sell my trusty G2 and buy a 3d AMD cpu. Thanks again, m8! Love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥
@tomgromko56416 ай бұрын
How do you like the Crystal? I also have a 4090 and Reverb G2. How does the crystal compare to the G2?
@poolhallshark6 ай бұрын
@@tomgromko5641 There is absolutely NO comparison tbh. The clarity, the colors, the FOV, the BLACK black... I was super happy with my G2, but there definitely are levels to the game. None much higher than the Crystal though. Not for the price point at least 🙂
@scanx6163 Жыл бұрын
Nice to have VR test with "normal" accessible GPU...
@sascenturion Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video ...always interested in your pimax crystal vids 😊 As a note to what you mentioned in the video...im getting a lot of stuttering and frame rate drops since the latest msfs update 😢
@iliketurtles7947 Жыл бұрын
Fpsvr history viewer is a neat thing provided you have that enabled in fpsvr. The location path for it (assuming youve enable it) is in documents>fpsvr
@GT1GT Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Job and I am so glad you published this video its a great guide for me for my 3080TI. not picking up my Crystal at the airport today July 29TH because FedEx are A-holes will be delivered monday or wednesday .....so excited!! Is the Eye Tracking working for all now?
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
Eye tracking is not yet active for everyone unfortunately. I’m not sure how long it will be, but it feels like it’s very close to being ready. In fact if it was up to me, I think it’s ready to throw out there for people to try.
@RobFisherUK Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobotwhat's the deal with that? Reviewers get preview software?
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
@@RobFisherUK it’s not exclusive to reviewers. There’s a beta group testing features of upcoming software updates.
@TheHog107 Жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@hesynergy5 ай бұрын
Great stuff… I’ve been singmmng for 40 years and recently in the VR and I have not been able to figure out a way of getting a single screen like yours here recorded in my Nvidia streaming or for that matter simply the recording area and then streaming that I know that OBS has been used and you’re probably using OBS as well so that you can zoom in on the other of the left or right eye, but I’m afraid that using OBS on my 3080 machine with a generation less than what you have CPU will slow me down too much. I remember you mentioning that you had the video signal going going to another PC so that you wouldn’t affect the performance of the one you’re on . can you elaborate on that ? I’ve b streamer as you have here, but I can only record 1024x763 in SBS-3D. As you can see on my channel… but that is only 500 pixels per eye. How the hell did you give us such a beautiful 1440HD video?? Could you give me some tips as to what you’re doing to achieve this recording, which is really superior and quality thank you, Namaste Chas
@ImmersedRobot5 ай бұрын
I record in a couple of ways, depending on if I just want to capture a bit of quick footage, or if I want to record via a separate PC in order to give an accurate representation of performance. I'll quickly outline them below: 1. Recording on the same PC I'm playing: I have two monitors on my PC and always use the second monitor to display a full screen view of my mirrored VR. I usually do this by using the 'Display VR view' option in SteamVR, but also sometimes use an OBS plugin to capture the OpenXR mirror (this is required when playing OpenXR native titles such as MSFS). This means that I have a full 1080p display which can then be captured in OBS while playing. I usually upscale this when redering it out to 1440p (this is a trick to force KZfaq to use the higher quality video codec, since it won't always do so for 1080p videos), but it's effectively a 1080p capture of my left eye in VR. 2. Recording on a second PC: With this method, I basically set things up in the same way as above, with my second monitor showing a fullscreen display of my VR view. But this time I route this through an Elgato capture card to a second PC and record this display using the Elgato software. This way, there is no performance hit on the PC I'm playing on. This is slightly more hassle, but frees up my main PC to play the game. Recording in SBS-3D is something I've only experimented with briefly, so can't really speak too much of a way to improve that aspect unfortunately.
@hesynergy5 ай бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot Thank yew sir…keep up the great work
@oldrockerthegamecat1720 Жыл бұрын
Great video Gary.3080ti here so interesting to watch.BTW I'm sure you didn't have any grey in your beard when you ordered the Lynx back in the day 😊
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
Haha! That might well be true.
@RobFisherUK Жыл бұрын
Interesting video! From other videos I think it's supposed to be object LOD and clouds that have a big impact of frame rate. And resolution. I wonder if there's a way to lock things at 45fps but smooth. Motion reprojection fixed on 1/2? I'm worried about the black bars. Is the cause understood? I don't think I get black bars on the G2 no matter how low my frame rate gets.
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
I’d like to try locking things to 45fps, and that may follow if the motion reprojection or smart smoothing is confirmed to be working as it should. The black bars are definitely associated only with performance issues. In minor situations you would really have to jerk your head around to see them, but they become more noticeable at lower framerates. It also isn’t exclusive to MSFS. I wouldn’t be too concerned by them if you can tweak and get framerate to a reasonable level.
@channelvr1293 Жыл бұрын
Did SW Squadrons yesterday...was amazing.... however when i startup msfs2020 the games crashes once i press the buttons to go into VR....
@driflysh4597 Жыл бұрын
How many weeks do we see youtubers having Dynamic Foveated Rendering now? It's just a shame that I can't decide in Pimax Play to get the beta drivers as well. So many other games and apps allow me to opt for beta so I can decide between stable or new functions. Having paid for the Crystal and seeing others having more functions makes me very disappointed. Because it's not like all I'm getting from my Crystal right now represents the final state - it's all still beta anyway. My jittery controllers (no change from last firmware) are proof of that. Sorry for this rant...🥴
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
No problem. I can definitely understand the frustration of people not able to use a feature which, to me, feels ready to deploy. However, I believe there are some concerns over rolling out an update which could cause other issues behind the scenes which cannot be easily rolled back (at least this is one of the reasons I’ve heard). I believe they want to be sure no permanent issues are caused by the update, but it’s still difficult to see that when beta testers appear to have very few issues.
@driflysh4597 Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot I see that but I just compare it with Steam apps where you can switch back and forth between betas, release candidate and stable. But of course, integrating this feature into Pimax Play isn't easy and we are probably better off letting them put the work into actual features for the Crystal. But they could provide Beta software with the note that you might need to re-install in case it doesn't work... Anyway, big thanks for your words and for your helpful videos!
@cyborgty Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your videos, as I have an RTX 3080 TI. I was working with my Crystal for around two weeks before it died. For the past 7 days it's been unusable with flashing red power light. I submitted a trouble ticket online to Pimax support 6 days ago, but they have not responded yet. I also sent an email, and posted in their community/forum. But no response. Worse product support that I have ever had. Do you have any ideas of what else I should try?
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that. I’m not sure what else to suggest as I don’t really have any special contact with Pimax support. I have a contact for Pimax, but they don’t have any involvement with the support side. I’ve heard this several times now, and feel like they really need to get this resolved - it is definitely damaging their reputation.
@cyborgty Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot Thanks anyway, Gary, I fixed my Crystal by satisfying my curiosity regarding what would happen if I held down the Power and Volume buttons as I applied power (plugged in USB). The power light started bright white (now blue) and when I looked in the HMD I saw the Pimax home!! All is well again.
@poolhallshark Жыл бұрын
Btw, the London photogrammetry has been absolute CRAP since its release, and has very little to do with your settings 🙂 It's a shame really, that they haven't been able or wanting to fix it. I just thought I'd let you know 🙂
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
Good to know! Thanks.
@poolhallshark Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot And also, London is THE most demanding place in the whole world to fly (in the sim at least). As such it is a great place to dial in your set and forget settings. If it works good THERE, it will work great other places.
@poolhallshark Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot And volumetric cloud is the single most FPS hungry setting,apart from the terrain level of detail. The objects level of detail is also costly, but the volumetric clouds will easily eat 10 FPS, at least if you crank it up a bit.
@anthonypinder9384 Жыл бұрын
I received my crystal on Thursday got it setup on Friday night it died a slow death on Saturday morning after around 6 hours of total use…..
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
How come? Is it a permanent issue?
@anthonypinder9384 Жыл бұрын
@ImmersedRobot at first the screens were flickering so I lowered the resolution down which seemed to cure the problem, then it would freeze and totally lock the machine out or screw with my other USB devices. Then I had an issue where if it was connected to the computer when starting it wouldn't allow the machine to post. And finally it muted all its sound output in Windows and just sat turning its lh screen on and off. I've emailed the issues to pimax and am awaiting a response however the unit is now removed and waiting to send back. The mighty hp g2 is now back on duty for the time being. But the short time I had with it working correctly was good, but the g2 is much better to wear.
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
@@anthonypinder9384 sorry to hear that. Hope they respond quickly!
@anthonypinder9384 Жыл бұрын
Let’s hope so one quick question are you suppose to get an extra set of lenses with the crystal as I only got the ones on the headset.
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
@@anthonypinder9384 they are sending out the 42PPD lenses separately, although Pimax are also now giving the alternate option of upgrading to the wide FOV lenses for a reduced cost instead. I don’t know the specific details of that at this stage however.
@rocknrollcrazynites Жыл бұрын
Enough with the unskippable ads
@ImmersedRobot Жыл бұрын
I don’t do mid-rolls, give me some credit at least.
@RobFisherUK Жыл бұрын
Buy Premium.
@rocknrollcrazynites Жыл бұрын
@@ImmersedRobot Fair enough mate
@Titanum7899 Жыл бұрын
can u make more videos with another games with rtx 3080 please? i just would like to see performance.