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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.

Cool. May I ask, what are your settings for Brightness and Local Dimming in Pimax Play for DCS? I think DCS (and MSFS 2024 for that matter) are very bright, and perhaps could use some more contrast - at least for daytime. I have reduced brightness to 99 like in the video above I posted. Local dimming I have set to max. I reduced the gamma from 2.2 to 2.1 in DCS graphic settings, which I think gave the picture some more contrast, darkened a little bit. Tallymouse says in his video that it is bright "up there".. and yeah - guess so. But I'd like to know other Super owners settings, how they handle "all that brightness"

I haven’t done this. I change things globally each time But check this out, is this the solution? At about 3:35 into the video: Otherwise an excellent video. I followed it, and my DCS has never before been so smooth - even with my less demanding headsets. Only thing I changed was to go for 72 hz so that could bump things up even more and still hit the target fps.

Good to hear! Pardon my lack of knowledge, but what i Pimax CPR? For now I am sticking with previous version of Pimax Play with Quadviews there turned off, eye tracking ON. And then I use mbucchia's Quadviews and TallyMouse Quadviews companion app instead. The performance and clarity in DCS is amazing with these. I know Pimax Play latest version gives some more control of over Quadviews settings, but from the screen shots, not as much as Tallmouse companion app.

Thanks Calvin. Then it is not just me But please, take a look at your own page for how to mount it, scroll down to the last picture where it is finished… see how it is pointing forward? Now, all well and good..but the headset on that picture does not how the face gasket mounted. So try to insert the face gasket back in and one will experience that this new top strap collides with the face gasket…more or less. : https://pimax.com/de/blogs/blogs/how-to-install-dmas-and-the-comfort-top-strap-for-the-crystal-super I will try to find a third party solution I guess. The headset is otherwise excellent! And for anyone worrying about this, waiting for their shipment - don’t… I used my Super for hours yesterday and it sits pretty good on my head without the new top strap.

I got my Pimax Crystal Super yesterday. From before I have a Crystal OG and are also somewhat familiar with the Crystal Light. In my house I also have Quest 3 and Pico 4. I also have Playstation VR 2. And eariler I have had HTC Vive, Vive Pro, Reverb G1, Reverb G2. Pimax 8KX (which actually still have, but don't use). I remember when I first got my Crystal OG quite some time back it could be troublesome to get it to connect and start up. No worries with the Crystal Super. Downloaded and installed Pimax Play, and plugged in the USB cable and Display port cable, and connected the power plug - and Voila - just worked like it should. And nice to forget about the battery too... Yesterday I played around a bit in Microsoft Flight simulator 2024. I didn't know that I had to turn off Quad Views in Pimax Play to get MSFS 2024 own Quadviews to work - so my performance wasn't very good. So - Moira - ever since the first VR youtubers did their videos about the Crystal Super and its "terrible Moira" problems I guess many "ordinary" customers have worried/are still worrying about their Super - will it have moira? The good: We know Pimax have been working to improve the quality control. At least they say so, and that eventually led to delays in shipping for many customers when Pimax got panels from production that wasn't good enough to be used in their Super headsets. And, yeah - not nice to get your shipping delayed. But, be glad that it's happening this way. Because I believe them. You don't have to if don't want to of course. BUT- I can not see any Moira during game play. On my old Reverb G2 and especially on my PSVR2 I could see moira during gameplay quite easy - but I forgot about it in the heat of the action of course. I was expecting that the Crystal Super might be this way too. It is not. It is much better! Is it completely gone? Don't think so, but then again, I can find moira on my other headsets as well (Crystal OG, Pico, Quest 3) if I care to spend time looking for it. So, Moira is a non issue now on the Crystal Super. IF you find the level of moria I have (which I can not see unless I spend time trying to defocus my eyes against a clear bright one colored background - which is in itself a bit tricky to do) - then maybe take up bowling and stop playing VR games Chromatic aberration - well, my original Pimax Crystal has some. It is easy to see, but I forget about while playing. This Crystal Super though - oh, my oh my - these lenses are good! Not a problem. Also the edge to edge clarity is much better than my Crystal OG (and the Crystal Light I tested for a while) and that combined with the much improved field of view... The level of clarity I get in DCS is just incredible with the Super. I will write more about how I did later on here. But let me tell you - the clarity, the brightness... Flying a F-16 at full afterburner over cities, houses, trees... the sense of speed is very, very good now! The bigger FOV helps with this, but I would think the improved clarity also come into play. The eyes and the brain notice a lot more on the ground while flying. And bear in mind - I am comparing against to Crystal OG. (The Quest 3 is nowhere near this of course, (it is not in the same neighbor hood - or even the same country). The clarity improvement shows itself very good when looking down, scanning for things/objects on the ground. It is easier to pick out the small details. Also things in the distance is sharper. Noticeably so. And it is bright! Very bright. I have not tried night flying yet. So can not say how that turns out. Sound - the speakers that it comes with are "ok". But my order came also with the DMAS speakers included, so I mounted them and now the sound is quite good. For me, the face gasket is a good fit. Rather comfortable. The front part of the the headset is not as wide or wobbly as the Crystal OG, and that is in improvement! Hand controllers - nah. I Don't use them. Headset Tracking - in my environment today - no big issues. It has worked good I think. Things that are not perfect: Auto IPD - gave me a strange value. So I turned auto IPD off and adjusted manually to my IPD. No biggie, but it is an advertised feature so I have to mention it. The cable from the headset to the PC is a bit thick and stiff. I don't like that. But getting the full lossless Display port image is more important to me than the small issue living the somewhat thick cable. The headset is a bit front heavy. Not more than my Pimax Crystal OG. And the total weight is OK. But like most headsets (except for Pico 4) it is a bit front heavy. My order came with the Comfort Top Strap, but - I have yet to figure out how to mount that in a sensible manner. I had no problems mounting a Pimax top strap on my other Pimax headsets, but this one is somewhat different, and.. well. I will investigate this further later on. It is possible to use the headset without it of course, but I'd like to get it fixed. The front part of the headset do get a bit warm, but I don't feel it unless I move my hand to touch the front plate - so it is nothing serious. The experimental Wide Fov mode in Pimax Play for this "non wide" Crystal Super... I have not felt so dizzy in VR since started using VR in 2017! 5 minutes and I had to turn it off. The normal FOV on this Qled 50PPD Crystal is so good that I don't miss it. The wide FOV version of the Super that comes later, that is physically made for wider FOV, will be different of course. But this software solution was not for me at least. VR Flight Sim guy did longer session with it - and congratulations to him I never bought this Super for a software fix wider FOV, it even was not a thing when I ordered so... this does not influence my opinion about this headset. Conclusion: Wow!! Just wow! For me this is a clear upgrade from the Crystal OG. The Crystal OG also had eye tracking. But - the clarity improvement is .. I would say big. The lenses are way better, chromatic aberration is as good as gone. The edge to edge clarity is bigger. The field of view. The brightness. The battery is gone. The ability to pick out fine details in the distance is well improved. Expensive. But this is my hobby. My PC is an AMD 9950X3D and RTX 5090, 64Gigs of 6000Mhz RAM. To get the best picture an maintain steady over 72fps in full resolution is followed Tallymouse guide on youtube. It it is execellent! Tallymouse settled for 90 FPS. I restrained myself to 72fps to have some overhead.

Thanks Calvin! Got my Crystal Super yesterday. I have been playing DCS today. I turned off Quad Views in Pimax Play (still had eye tracking enabled though) and downloaded the "old" external Quadviews from Github, and its Quad views companion app, and tuned it for my system. Got incredible sharpness and perfect fluid gameplay that way. So good news that the new Pimax Play will allow players to tune Quadviews more. Can you please tell us more about the "several known issues" with the Crystal Super - that is now being fixed?

I used over an hour trying to fasten the strap.. hehe. I had to remove it eventually. Like I wrote in my first post - my fingers some days are bit stiff - and... not going through that again today.... been flying instead Maybe I will try again tomorrow and I can take some pictures then. Don't let this dishearten you... I am a bit clumsy.... - the headset otherwise is excellent!! At 50 PPD it is incredibly sharp! And bright. Now, I have a somewhat larger FOV than you will get, but even the 57PPD will have good FOV compared to most headsets out there. I can't even imagine how sharp it will be at 57 PPD! I will post in another thread about my first impressions.

Is that even possible? I found the left and right markings to make sure I didn't. But clearly I must have something strange because I can not imagine it is supposed to be like this. I had no problems fitting a Top strap on a Crystal Light some time back, but this one is a bit different it seems.

Ok, got the Crystal Super yesterday. The comfort top strap and DMAS speakers loose in the box - like they are supposed to be. So, I easily mounted DMAS speakers. But now - the Top strap is very difficult. My finges are a bit stiff, I am 56 years and have some finger joint problems - and the screws and the holes are the smallest ones I've ever seen. Took me over 30 minutes. Someone with smaller fingers and no finger joint problems (and good eyesight) might do this more easily. But for me... aaaargh!!! Also mounting as suggested on the official help page for this: https://pimax.com/de/blogs/blogs/how-to-install-dmas-and-the-comfort-top-strap-for-the-crystal-super makes the top strap actually touch the front of the headset. The angle seems way off. There are several holes on the top strap, but it doesn't open for much adjustments as far as I can see.. The top strap is very much needed. The headset is front heavy. So, I might be the stupidest person - and the most clumsy non-technical person out there.. or ... how did you other guys manage this? And yes - I have checked for correct L and R sides.

Ok, If it is the same thing, a «solution» (until they fix it) might be found here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/jittery-unstable-vr-experience/728950/7 I hope to get my Crystal Super today - hope it works the older Pimax Play too.

These freezes and stutters you guys are talking about, for Crystal Super, OG Crystal and Light - are you talking about in DCS? Or is it in every game you have testet?