kevman

This is a relief to hear. I'm currently a HP user, but eyeing off the Aero as my next headset. Seeing problems such as these with "there will be no fix" come through was concerning and I was wondering how much these will affect me for a premium headset, or whether the Crystal would be the better choice. Your response has the Aero back on the cards again as my next replacement, so thanks for the update. I think it is all quite personal how you react to these things. If everyone felt it was a major issue i think there would be much more discussion on it. I have not noticed much about on this forum. Quite a bit of ranting on the varjo discord however! At least with varjo you can have confidence that if you really want to send it back there is no problem.

Having a good few hours with the headset yesterday i feel much happier and am starting not to notice it so much. I am amazed at the spotting coming up from the index - i always thought that a lower res would improve spotting but i was wrong there Going back to my index the headset had the same issue its just that because the sweet spot was much smaller you moved you eyes with your head so never noticed it

Thanks - i guess it is something i will just try and get used to. See how i feel before 14 day return period is up. I intend to use aero for sim only

The red problem is easy there is a bat file to fix that not a problem i am experiencing... i have the "red" problem... not quite sure how to fix it... agree the clarity is amazing! https://forum.dcs.world/topic/300065-varjo-aero-general-guide-for-new-owners/page/43/

My aero finally arrived! Clarity is amazing but it seems I am sensitive to the motion blur issue. I did not see too much of this topic in the dcs forum but it seems quite rampant on the varjo discord. Anyone else experience this and got used to it? It basically occurs for instance if you look at some text on screen and move your head around - there is some slight ghosting. Apparently varjo havr confirmed there is no fix - its a limitation of the hardware

I also just bought an aero but am coming from an index so it was an easier decision as i have the base stations. The only real benefit i can see with the crystal over the aero is the additional vfov for flight sim. However even if the extra fov of the crystal over the aero is 30 degs that is only an extra 15 above the horizontal and 15 below. I cant see it making as much difference as some people make out. And actaully the index which has a high vfov has most of it below the horizon. The other added cost i would have bought for the crystal was the faceplate as i like the lighthouse tracking. Thats around $100

And Varjo is doing a -10% Black Friday sale right now! Pays for most of the cost of a lighthouse! I have the base stations already so even more value for money!

Hey cow-art - thanks for your response. I have a 5900x so not too shabby. As you say i can turn down the settings for now and sounds like it will still be a lot better. Need to get the executive decision making cap on!

Anyone running the aero with a 3090? So tempted with the current bf sale Im still on an index and am loving the vr fps performance at the moment. I wont be upgrading gpu until 5000 series and am bit nervous that i will be going back to chasing fps again if i pick up an aero with the 3090?

Thanks for the update - v useful. Just trying to decide if should get qp or wait for the quest 3. I the qp could do DFR then it might be worth not waiting

Thanks - is this a limitation in dcs software, meta software or the openxr toolkit? In theory this should be something that could work on the qp no?

Can anyone confirm if dynamic foveated rendering works with the quest pro and dcs? Recently saw a video of this working on the varjo. I cant easily find out if this is working on the qp though? Thanks

Has anyone been using the new FPS lock facility with this update to get more stable performance. I have an index and you can now select a lower fps target within the video settings. Question is does this use reprojection to hit the FPS target. I was trialling DCS at 60 fps and it seems smooth without the warping from the reprojection technology. Just wondered if anyone know how it works? Also does the additional prediction slider do anything - not sure what it is for? Thanks for any help Kevman

TBH i dont think that 24 Gb Ram will help much with DCS or any game. The reason I bought a 3090 is because I did not want to reduce my ram to below my current 1080ti. The 3080 should have been at least 12gb in my opinion. Sure I could have waited for the mythical 3080ti but the 3090 came up on NV website for the RRP of $1499 so I was like what the hell. The 3080ti is likely to be a better deal but I am not sure when it will come out plus it will be in strong demand so it could be well into next year before I could get one. Sometimes time (and not waiting) is more important the money. AMD also looks promising but I am locked in with G-sync and decided I dont want to give it up. I plan to make the 3090 last at least 4 years and skip the next gen (so having decent ram is more important). As long as I dont get tempted by higher res displays (currently running index and 3440x 1440) I think this is completely reasonable.

Managed to snag a 3090fe today - should be here on Monday aswell.

Really not sure why people are disappointed - sure its not the unicorn values of 50% better than the 2080ti but it is still MUCH better than what we got with Turing on a performance to price front. I mean the 2080 was no better than the 1080ti on release for $800 - complete joke. I agree that it would be difficult to upgrade from a 2080ti though - but the ti upgrade is the 3090 (or awaited 3080ti)

In the UK we have been at ~ 1$ - 1£ on electronic goods for so long now. We also pay 17.5% tax so are used to these high prices.

Would be useful to know how much ram DCS actually needs during VR gameplay. It may just fill up the coffers when it is available but only use half of it.

Dont think it is that straightforward - 2080ti has only just saturated PCI-E 3.0 x8 https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-pci-express-scaling/7.html "We are happy to report that the RTX 2080 Ti is finally able to overwhelm PCIe gen 3.0 x8, posting a small but tangible 2%–3% performance gain when going from gen 3.0 x8 to gen 3.0 x16, across resolutions. Granted, these are single-digit percentage differences, and you won't be able to notice them in regular gameplay, but graphics card makers expect you to pay like $100 premiums for factory overclocks that fetch essentially that much more performance out of the box. The performance difference isn't nothing, just like with those small out-of-the-box performance gains, but such small differences are impossible to notice in regular gameplay."

Evga cards are up on the website now - unfortunately they look dreadful

Yeah it was odd that they did not show it on the graph - on paper it will only be about 20% faster than the 3080 so probably not gonna be worth the extra cash unless DCS can use that Ram

3090 sounds like an absolute beast at over 30 tferaflops Think I am gonna wait out for the 3080ti model or 3080 with more ram than my 1080ti. All good news out the outset though - pricing seems reasonable. 3070 > 2080ti

It's difficult to judge because the reviews will say circa 50% uplift but you just can't tell with dcs. 2080ti was 35% better on pancake than 1080ti but not sure this was the case for dcs vr

My last 4 gpus have been with evga so will be keeping a careful eye also. Sounds like quite a few of us will be hoping on a few dcs players picking up a 3090 a watching the results come in (with popcorn)

Well 3080 is unlikely to offer more than you already have with the 2080ti. I would also say that you would only see any benefit from the 3090 if you were running pancake 4k. Currently VR is definitely a sacrifice of graphical fidelity and frame rates vs immersion. If the first two a more important to you then as Dburne says you may not be wholly satisfied. Maybe pick up a cheap CV1 and just crank up the pixel density to see if you get into it?