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Buyers are at risk of a legal procedure that results in Moza no longer being allowed to distribute the software. Of course then they can't take the software from you, but such a ruling would mean no more updates or fixes. How is that not 'our' problem? That first bit doesn't involve illegal behavior and is purely a personal preference, no different from not wanting to deal with a Chinese company or whatever. There is a fundamental difference between a personal (moral) preference and lawbreaking. And that second example is a bit silly to bring up. First of all, none of those people are still working there after 80 years. And both Ford and GM (and IBM and ...) had already built up manufacturing in Germany before the war, whose law allowed foreign companies to only have a minority stake. So they had little control and probably just hoped to not get their assets seized. Realistically speaking those factories would have been used by Nazi Germany no matter what. Do you really think that they would allow Ford to close down the factory and tell the Nazi's to get lost?

They sell a combination of hardware and software. And from what I've read on the forums, most if not nearly all people see it that way. You are the first person I've seen to state that he doesn't care. And I doubt that even basic DirectX FFB would work without software support...

Perhaps the reason they are taking longer to get to market is because they actually write their own software...

I would definitely get a Quest 3 in that case. You may want to get a power USB hub. If you plug it directly into the PC, then the power that is supplied to the headset may be limited. Especially if you also plug your other gear into the other USB ports.

The transfer speed is only one factor. The timings are generally at least as important for gaming. So your test doesn't paint the full picture, since going from 5200 CL40 to 6000 CL32 is going to be way more of a difference than the difference in speeds would suggest. In fact, timings are relative to the transfer speed, so having both worse CL and worse transfer speeds, means that the actual timings are a lot worse than they seem when comparing the CL-numbers. For example, 5200 CL40 has a latency that is a bit over 15 nanoseconds, while 6000 CL32 is a bit over 10 nanoseconds. So while the difference in CL is about 20%, the latency difference is nearly 50% due to this multiplier effect.

Just because it is common knowledge among some, doesn't mean that everyone will know it.

This was your mistake. You already had very slow RAM and you should really have replaced it, instead of adding more slow memory. I would suggest 2x48 GB DDR5-6000 if you can live with a little less than 128 GB, but otherwise 4x32 GB DDR5-6000.

The Quest 3 has major comfort issues, but this can be remedied relatively cheaply with aftermarket headstraps and the like. There are a ton of options, since the headset is sold in large volume. The Pimax seems to have better default comfort than the default for the Q3 (but this is not saying much), but there are fewer options to really tune it to your likes. The Q3 lenses are great, with little distortion and a big sweet spot. So it is relatively easy to get a nice sharp image, while the Pimax has a much more limited sweet spot. QA of the Pimax is poor, especially for the lenses and their fitment. The Quest has a USB C port, which means relatively low bandwidth, so the video signal has to be compressed. As a result, the visual quality is restricted. The Crystal Light can reach better quality, but this requires a strong GPU. However, the Quest has much more flexibility with getting shorter/longer or lighter cables. I've seen complaints that people consider the Crystal Light cable too heavy and too short. AFAIK there is no optical cable available, although it has been requested from Pimax, so perhaps they'll make one. The Quest has the option to be used wirelessly, that does not exist for the Pimax. From what I've seen, both tend to require more tuning/fiddling than the G2, which seems to be a common complaint by people moving over.

The Quest 3 is less risky, but with a 4090, you can get better quality with the Pimax.

This is a bit different since it is not a public statement per se, but seems to be more of an unofficial statement by an employee. Of course, employees still tend to overhype their own products a bit, but if companies exaggerate too much to reviewers, they tend to get poor reviews. And the price and power they published are both exceptional, so if they make good on that, then the hardware proposition is probably quite good. I'm more worried about the software side.

By then you will probably see a decent amount of GPU's flood onto the second hand market due to the new cards being released.

What I want from a company is to just offer a solid product for a fair price. Pimax has a history of dodgy pricing strategies, like promising full refunds for buyers of past products if they buy a certain future model which seems like an absurd strategy that they almost certainly will have to weasel out off to not lose a ton of money. With this weird membership I see no benefits to consumers, just all kinds of risks. If they actually wanted to just make the headset more accessible to people who have trouble saving up money, then a payment plan just for those users is the normal way to do that, not force everyone into a membership. Aside from all the dodginess, it speaks to the company having management that doesn't focus on making the best product for the money, but spends their time on nonsense like this. It's the same vibe I get from their attempt to make a handheld console and their attempt to make the Crystal into a standalone device with battery: management that doesn't commit to making a product line the best it can be, but instead is constantly trying to find a way to magically make a lot more money, whether it is by financial shenanigans, or by chasing different market segments, without actually doing their homework in advance. Note that none of this is a slight against Calvin and Jaap, who seem to do their best, but ultimately they are not in charge.

Something is wrong with your system if you get worse performance.

Despite being in Spanish, there are English subtitles. The most interesting part to me was the comparison to the Rhino (is this the first person to have both?), but even more that he's talked to Winwing and they feel that their upcoming offering will bury the competition.

Wow, that is...interesting. It's not like a warranty can actually be out of stock, so this doesn't speak to a lot of confidence in the longevity of the product.

It would be an upgrade, but a bit questionable with regard to how much you gain vs how much you spend. At the very least, I would wait a bit to hopefully see the prices decrease.

The gearboxes are connected to the motors, and they don't sell them separately, since they are worried about people messing up the install. There is an option for people with the old motors to either send in their old motors for a refurb, or to simply buy the new motor+gearbox combo (none of this is on the site, one has to contact them directly for this). Given the high shipping costs, the latter is probably the only one that makes sense. But if you are buying new for flight simming, then you should simply get the rig with the new motor+gearbox combo. And pretty much every testimony I've seen about the buttkicker has been extremely positive. The main downside is that the vibrations can travel to the rest of the room. For that reason, you should put the rig on anti-vibration legs that they sell for washing machines and such. And you might want to join the DOF Reality discord for better help. That's where the real experts are.

The seat is always an option for extra cost. OpenXR is the future and not getting discontinued. You are probably being confused with OpenVR (the SteamVR API). Keep in mind that shipping is extra and can be quite costly. For motion compensation there are different options, also depending on what headset you have. A Withmotion sensor coupled with a monthly SRS subscription is one way. They regularly have sales and apparently you can stack partner codes (5%) with the sales. The gearboxes matter most for slow movements and how sensitive you are to cogging differs per person, and having Buttkickers makes you feel it less. But I would just get the one with the gearboxes for flying.

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It shouldn't require a youtube-video that goes out to 5k people before one gets good customer service. Too many tech-companies already provide much better service to people that can or do generate PR-damage to the company, rather than all of their customers, including those who don't make a scene.

You know that this is not the VKB forum, right?

@HansPeter1981 1% lows is the average of the slowest 1% of frames. It tends to be a very useful metric to measure consistency, a lack of which tends to be visible as (micro-)stutters, which is very grating. Capping the frame rate is one way to reduce the gap between the average frame rate and the 1% lows, but the higher the 1% lows is in the first place, the less stutters you have without capping and the less you have to cap to lessen the stutters.

Someone with a 3D-printer could probably make a decent amount of money making those for people. Shipping should be relatively cheap, since it can be sent in a padded envelope.

On Reddit.