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The edge to edge clarity on the Crystal Super is excellent! I have not heard that it is not good before! That argument against the Super is surprising to me. The lenses are very, very good. «Blurry outside the center of the lense» ?? Nope! Not at all. The negative things I’ve heard about the Super is that some have had tracking issues, and from the first batch of headsets some mura from the panels. I have not experienced any of this myself. But, I only do «sit down» experiences with my Super, flying or car games, so I don’t move around in my room. So no tracking problems for me. If I was to move around in my room I would prefer a WiFi connected headset like my Quest 3 anyway.

Resolution on distant object is insane! You see from my other post what headsets I have (or had earlier) and compare it to. But - I understand that the Quest Pro is a very special headset. Quest pro has 3.46 million pixels per eye. Pimax Crystal Super has 14.75 million pixels per eye. And a much bigger FOV. And a true wired Display port connection… But then again, I don’t have the Quest PRO…. A 327% pixel increase might not be noticeable for everyone Anyway, my Crystal Super is not buggy. If you think you will get a buggy headset, don’t buy it. It is expensive. That is correct. Also, one need the right hardware. I am not sure the 5080 is the answer with the amount of VRam it has. If you are happy with the Quest PRO - stay with until Meta announces their next headsets. They will probably be a good upgrade from what they have today- plus much cheaper than the Crystal Super - which is, I have to admit, a niche product.

I have experience with the Crystal Super. But not with the Quest Pro. BUT here’s a list of all the headsets I have had or still have: HTC Vive HTC Vive Pro HP Reverb HP Reverb 2 Sony VR(1) - PlayStation Sony VR 2 - PlayStation Pimax 8KX Meta Quest 2 Meta Quest 3 Pico 4 Pimax Crystal OG (the one with batteries and eye tracking…) Pimax Crystal Light And now the Pimax Crystal Super for a while… NOT ONE of the other headsets comes even close to the Crystal Super. The Quest PRO is a very low resolution headset. Not sure how one can even start to compare them. The Crystal Super is so sharp! All over the field of view. The Pico 4 is better when it comes to comfort and weight. But is low resolution like the others. BUT - make sure you have the CPU and GPU to run the Super.

I have Crystal Super. I'm using Pimax Play 1.40.04, Rendering resolution set to 1.0 in Pimax Play. Refresh rate at 72hz in the headset. Quadviews and Foveated rendering in Pimax Play OFF. Eye tracking on. I use the external Quadviews (from Tallymouse video) and the Quadviews companion app with the settings from Tallymouse video. I always launch DCS from from its own Launcher app. In DCS: Eye tracking and Quad views settings checked/ON. Crystal Super firmware 1.07. I mostly use Tallymouse settings, except that I use 72hz and not 90. Nvidia driver settings - as in Tallymouse video, the extra sharpness at 20% there and High Performance option. Everything else as default. My PC: AMD 9950X3D, RTX 5090, 64Gb RAM. I don't get stutters. The maps I have checked in solo player missions is Kola, Afghanistan, Syria, Caucasus. In Multiplayer I have only played on the Syria map. I have not done todays DCS update yet.

@Calvin.Pimax I am on V1.0.7 on the Super. What is actually fixed in V1.0.8?

I think it's a full version. I am on a previous version, and when starting Pimax Play it comes up as an available update. See my screenshot below from my windows desktop:

No SteamVR!! Do not use it. I plug in my headset. Then I see the background with stars… Make sure you have Pimax OpenXR chosen in Pimax Play. After that I click on the DCS icon on my windows desktop as you would do starting any program. And when DCS launcher program starts I make sure to chose the VR option in this launcher before I press start/launch DCS in the DCS launcher.

DMAS is "ok" I think. Better than the stock "speakers" at least. So I use them. I think the VR headset itself is heavy and warm enough, so I don't want to use another headset a top of the Super

If just have your headset "running" and launch DCS from its own startmenu - with VR option on in DCS - does it work then? Never bothered with adding DCS to Pimax menus.

I will provide screen shots later. I know it’s not as sharp as TGP. But it should be as sharp as on my other PC But busy days now so no time to fly. Maybe next week. Thanks for showing interest.

I think I have very slight astigmatism in my right eye. When people take pictures of me when I am drunk I can see it. Not much, but I can see it in those pictures. So that is why I have tried +1 the last few months on the right eye - and it feels better. But when I look in the mirror (when I am sober) I don't see it as much. I have not look myself in the mirror when I am that drunk for years. So - not sure how that will turn out. Try setting + 1 or -1 (or more) in the offset menu for your left eye. Keep the IPD as you have it now. See if it feels better or worse. No problem adjusting it back if it gets worse or doesn't help. Not sure if it is needed to calibrate eye tracking after this. I have not done that, and it works still as expected.

Many times I don't make sense - wifey says too ... so.. Well, I did a search in Steam Store, and a whole bunch of IL-2 games/versions/or addons (I don't know what the differences are) came up in a long list. So that confused me. Anway, got the Stalingrad game from Steam long time ago. So, I will install that one later. Thanks!

1. I only have very very little chromatic aberration on the very outer edges of the view. Maybe the best headset I have experienced when it comes to chromatic aberration. My Crystal OG has way more, and the Crystal Light I used for a while also had more. 2. I can not hear any fan. But the outside front of the headset do get a little bit hot after a while when I touch it with my fingers. Maybe my fans are too slow, or not working?? But the heat cannot be felt inside the headset. So, I am good for now anyway. (Also, I like to have an external small table fan blowing at my face and upper body regardless - feels good, and kinda adds to the immersion in some games. And then the outside front don't feel hot either). 3. Not experienced this. 4. Not experienced this. Have you tried to play with the IPD offsets values in Pimax Play? Because of my eyes I have put +1 on my right eye. Had to do that on my Original Crystal too. Or else I felt a bit cross eyed. But then again, it's my eyes that are that way I think since I had to do it on both headsets. I think you have been very unlucky I think I read or saw somewhere that Pimax stated that non-working or bad quality headsets will not be sent out to other users as replacements. Not sure. Hope you get your problems fixed soon. I'm in awe when playind DCS these days. My only problem is that I am not at home, but at my cabin - so I don't have my F-16 Cockpit and Hotas, Force sensing F16 stick - and all my stuff here Have to settle for a simpler flying solution. But still... the headset is good.

Ok, I have an IL 2 version... not played it for years! What version should I look for ?

Ok, bringing up this subject again. On my old PC the IR D F-16 mavericks is usable. Then I go on 3 weeks holiday, come back, and the a complete new, fresh install on a new PC. Now the D maverikc picture is so blurry that I can not make out what I am trying to target I have one PC monitor connected and one VR headset (Pimax Crystal Super). The problem is there when I am playing in 2D and also when playing in VR. In settings, Res of Cockpit displays is set to 1024 every frame. I have the same settings on this new PC as the old PC where I did not have this problem. Like I said, all I did was a fresh new install on a new PC. I have not installed any mods or done any strange settings on my new PC or in DCS.