Callsign.Vega

Oh thank god, don't want no stinking plastic lens.

Ugg, Pimax sent me Fedex shipping notification and a day later says cancelled. What the heck is going on over there.

Lol that guy is a "VR Chat" guy. He's going to prioritize everything opposite a sim person. Like my Asian girlfriend critiquing a Ferrari's driving dynamics.

Why wouldn't someone just go with new for a few Euro more? lol free bump.

$$$

Went with the 7950X3D.

This is a swing and a miss. Not many are going to want to wear goggles all day at work. And very few people are going to want one for $3,500 to watch movies or "facetime" their friends. No wonder Apple cut the production numbers. And no mention of using it as a VR headset is laughable.

No they aren't. Varjo is 15.7 mil pixels, Crystal is 16.6 mil pixels. If the 4000x4000 resolution panel rumor in the Apple is true, which is likely, that's 32 mil pixels. Double the demand of the Aero and Crystal.

If you could connect it to PC for VR, it's going to be an instant buy for me. But alas, I think the chances of that are almost zero. Apple really hate's PC/Windows.

It's quite drastic the difference between what the game looks like quality wise between some users like on Youtube and what I see in game with graphics maxed. My graphics look pretty bad with a 4090 and max in-game settings compared to something like this:

So if that's the case, your results are basically saying just get the 7800X3D over the 7950X3D for DCS MT?

A follow up to that question with regard to RAM.. I currently have 32GB and thinking about upgrading to 48GB. Does DCS like/use anything above 32GB is demanding scenarios? I run a 4090 and like high graphics.

I'm getting into DCS Beta because of the new Multi Threading and my Pimax Crystal getting delivered soon. I currently have an Overclocked 7950X. Would I gain anything by upgrading to the 7950X3D with the extra cache on one CCD with eight cores? How is the performance of AMD CPU vs Intels 13900K? Does it noticeably prefer one or the other? Thanks.

Oh my god make sure to split up your order for each under $800. I ordered $1,400 worth of Virpil stuff and got hit from Fedex with a $358 freaking US import duty. JESUS CHRIST.

Ya I definitely feel like they are trying to blow me off. Are you thinking about returning yours too?

So Varjo keeps ignoring my return emails. Getting close to a credit card chargeback.

Just tried my Index at 90 Hz and even 80 Hz. Both were WAY smoother than Aero at supposed 90 FPS/Hz.

I've sent the diagnostic data. I also made a video of what I'm seeing through the headset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdDZdyge3g It's almost as if the headset was running at like 45 frames per second instead of 90. I've also tried different USB 3.1 ports on the motherboard, turning off eye-tracking, different Displayports on my RTX 3090. Nothing seems to fix it. Reminding: My Valve Index on the exact same system using the same ports runs 144 Hz with 200% super sampling completely butter smooth. I'm curious for other Aero users, if you go into Varjo Base and slowly look around, is the image really smooth or does it stutter like in my video above?

Problem is I'm super sensitive to any kind of stutter/frame pacing issues, stuff that most people probably wouldn't notice. It's almost like the Aero is trying to do Asynchronous Reprojection and failing at it, even though I have that garbage turned off. Plus I'm coming from a buttery smooth 144 Hz Index experience, so 90 Hz with some slight stutter/shimmering will be quite noticeable. One thing I forgot to do is turn off foveated rendering to see if that helps at all.

So this is my quick run-down of Pros/Cons versus the Index: 1. Clarity: Obviously the Aero blows the Index away here. Although with the Aero I really cannot see individual pixels, I can still see vertical rows of the pixel structure. So not perfect. 2. God rays: Pretty bad on the Index, none on the Aero. 3. Distortion: Holy smokes a lot of barrel distortion in the Aero. Maybe not as noticeable in flight sims, but really bad in standing/FPS games like Alyx. The Index has a little bit of warping, but almost unnoticeable compared to the Aero's distortion. 4. Smoothness. The Index blows the Aero away here. 144 Hz on the Index and it's smooth as glass. The Aero at only 90 Hz starts at a deficit, and yet there is still some stuttering that I cannot solve. Even in the Varjo Base software, not even in SteamVR I get this stutter. It's super annoying, and if I cannot get it solved with Varjo support, I'm afraid it's heading back. NO way should a RTX 3090 running a VR headset with basically nothing going on in a loading room be stuttering. And I've tried just about every combination of Varjo Base settings to no avail. 5. Fan: Pro is that it helps keep your face a little cooler but con is it's definitely audible with the Aero. 6. Colors: Aero wrecks the Index here. I've always thought the Index looked washed out, but ya the Aero colors pop quite a bit more. 7. Contrast/blacks: Both suck. Non FALD LCD sucks. Grey blacks and poor contrast on both. Really need a OLED. I'll also be looking into the new Panasonic MeganeX. 8. Comfort. Both to me seems to be about equal. 9. Sound. I use IEM on both, so tie. 10. IPD adjustment: Aero's automatic is cool if you have different people trying the headset. But if you are basically the only one that uses it, kind of a waste. You can manually set the IDP in the software, but every time you turn on the head-set, it moves the lenses. Kind of pointless, as it just wears out those motors more for no reason. I prefer the set-it and forget-it slider of the Index. 11. Field of View: Horizontal; they are about the same. Both leave some to be desired. Vertical, the Index crushes the Aero. When I first put on the Aero, I was kinda taken-aback by how small the "view portal" of the world is. 12. Chromatic aberrations. I really really hate you. Aero has a ton of it. Index just a small bit. Basically as much as the god rays in the Index piss me off, the Chromatic Aberrations in the Aero take their place. 13. Usability. With the Aero, you have to manually unplug the headset to turn it off. You also have to manually unplug your base stations to turn them off. There is no Bluetooth communication between the Aero and the base stations for power management like there is on the Index. The Index also powers itself off after you close down SteamVR. I know, super advanced! So I am pretty torn. There are a lot of tradeoffs with the Aero. In order to get that great clarity, good colors and no god-rays, you have to put up with narrower FOV, Chromatic Aberrations everywhere, only 90 Hz (and with stutter for me, TBD), the same poor blacks and contrast as every other LCD HMD, and barrel distortion out the Wazhoo. For $2,000. I think I am on the fence on returning the Aero, using the Index a bit more until the MeganeX comes out. If I cannot get the stuttering resolved, it's 100% going back. Too me that is too distracting.

I haven't used my Aero since last night and I'm sitting at my desk and the Aero fan keeps turning on and off. This is with the Varjo Base and SteamVR software not running. There is a orange on indicator on the side, but when the fan is running there is a green light seen through the bottom of the vent ports and the LCD panels are on. Only way I can find to completely turn off the Aero is to unplug it. Seems quite the oversight. Update from Varjo: "Thank you so much for reaching out. The Aero doesn't have a power button so in order to shut it down you need to either unplug it from the adapter or pull the power from the adapter. Please let us know if you have any other questions, Thank you, Hannah/Varjo Support"

Cringe. Embellishment. Bait and switch. Hyperbole.

Ordered the Varjo Aero early this morning. Hopefully I am not too far down the list!

Why is the price point ridiculous? It's only $149. That price for a low-volume, niche, highly functional device doesn't raise any flags for me.

Uhh, because the Warthog HOTAS came out ten years ago: https://www.simhq.com/_technology3/technology_174a.html DCS A-10C was their first modern jet sim after the highly successful Blackshark.