C3PO Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Having a really hard time trying to source a G2 here in the UK ... the HP UK site is pretty useless ... anywhere else anyone could recommend? Edited May 6, 2021 by C3PO Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Master Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 They are available in the US if you're willing to pay additional shipping: HP Reverb G2 Virtual Reality Headset 1G5U1AA#ABA B&H Photo Video (bhphotovideo.com) HP Reverb G2 Virtual Reality Headset (1G5U1AA#ABA) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Thank you - will investigate. Probably will get charged a bomb on import duties here! Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evanswillo Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Try contacting Bestware, they were part of the original much delayed Europe roll-out. Bestware HP Reverb G2 1 AMD 7800X3D, MSI PRO X670-P WIFI (AM5)32GB RGB DDR5 6000MHz Nvidia 4090 HP Reverb G2 HOTAS Virpil CM3 Joystick Throttle & Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Thank you - nearer to home! Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 I so nearly pressed the button on a purchase just now, after putting in all the details for Bestware .... will hold back a little until the clouds are singing in VR! Thanks though super site. Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fenton Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 1:58 PM, C3PO said: Having a really hard time trying to source a G2 here in the UK ... the HP UK site is pretty useless ... anywhere else anyone could recommend? I have one for sale (no controllers) here in UK. Hardly used. Happy to take an offer on it if you are interested and want to PM me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Message sent Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Super excited - about to join the G2 OWNERS CLUB ! Cheers Jon the sale! 1 Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Look what arrived today! Thanks so much Jon! 4 Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Will try this out later in the week when I have some time. Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcus Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Your going to love it, best vr headset I’ve ever had 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunX Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 hours ago, C3PO said: Will try this out later in the week when I have some time. The G2 is indeed fantastic, but, will tax even your rig (see my signature). If you haven't already, do yourself a favour and study this thread and apply the optimisations and mods to get the best experience out of it with a 3090.. Also, be aware that many Ryzen 5000 series users (myself included) struggled to get the G2 to work with any of the USB ports on their motherboards (a known problem with certain x570 boards). I had to solve the problem by plugging the G2 into an unpowered USB 3 hub, with that hub plugged into a mobo port which works perfectly. 1 RYZEN 5900X | 32GB | ASUS Strix RTX3090 | 500GB NVMe OS 1000GB NVMe DCS | Warthog HOTAS | HP Reverb G2 | VA & ViacomPRO My DCS Apps: Radio KAOS for DCS KB Quick - Quick and Easy Kneeboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugel Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, ShaunX said: Also, be aware that many Ryzen 5000 series users (myself included) struggled to get the G2 to work with any of the USB ports on their motherboards (a known problem with certain x570 boards). I had to solve the problem by plugging the G2 into an unpowered USB 3 hub, with that hub plugged into a mobo port which works perfectly. It seems to me that the G2 simply does not like USB 3.1 3.2 ports and the X570 boards only have 3.1 3.2 ports at the back (or at least mine does). My case has a front plate with two USB 3.0 ports and both work fine with the G2. I had the same on my old Intel board, the G2 would not work with the 3.1 3.2 ports. Concerning the performance... you have to consider that the default 100% render resolution in Steam VR for the G2 is set to 19.5 million pixels, or close to a 10K resolution. So it´s not that by some "voodoo" the G2 needs more power than other headsets, if you set other headsets to such resolutions, it will be the same. Edit: meant to say 3.2 instead of 3.1 Edited May 11, 2021 by Eugel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklar Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, Eugel said: It seems to me that the G2 simply does not like USB 3.1 ports My G2 is connected to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C and it works without any issues. Mind I have Intel mobo. i9 9700K @5.0GHz; 2080 Ti, 32GB RAM. Reverb G2; TM Warthog on VPC WarBRD Base, MFG Crosswind V3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunX Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Eugel said: It seems to me that the G2 simply does not like USB 3.1 ports and the X570 boards only have 3.1 ports at the back (or at least mine does). My case has a front plate with two USB 3.0 ports and both work fine with the G2. I had the same on my old Intel board, the G2 would not work with the 3.1 ports. Concerning the performance... you have to consider that the default 100% render resolution in Steam VR for the G2 is set to 19.5 million pixels, or close to a 10K resolution. So it´s not that by some "voodoo" the G2 needs more power than other headsets, if you set other headsets to such resolutions, it will be the same. My understanding is that it relates to the way x570 boards use PCIe 4.0. HP and AMD are apparently working on a BIOS solution. There's a beta BIOS release for it for my ASUS board but the reports I've seen state it's still not fixed. My x570 has 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 ports and the G2 doesn't like any of them. The G2's native resolution is approx 3168 x 3096 per eye. You'll get this if set overall steamVR SS to 100% I personally run at 80% for DCS in SteamVR application specific settings which is approx 2836x2768 per eye and only notice a tiny difference from 100% which is worth it for the bump in framerate (This is obviously with DCS PD left at 1.0) If you have the rig, it is absolutely worth setting SS to at least 80% for the clarity...and that is what he G2 is all about. 1 RYZEN 5900X | 32GB | ASUS Strix RTX3090 | 500GB NVMe OS 1000GB NVMe DCS | Warthog HOTAS | HP Reverb G2 | VA & ViacomPRO My DCS Apps: Radio KAOS for DCS KB Quick - Quick and Easy Kneeboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklar Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, ShaunX said: The G2's native resolution is approx 3168 x 3096 per eye. Wrong. Native resolution is 2160x2160 per eye. SteamVR default setting is 3168 x 3096 only because it needs more pixels for barrel distortion correction. i9 9700K @5.0GHz; 2080 Ti, 32GB RAM. Reverb G2; TM Warthog on VPC WarBRD Base, MFG Crosswind V3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunX Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Marklar said: Wrong. Native resolution is 2160x2160 per eye. SteamVR default setting is 3168 x 3096 only because it needs more pixels for barrel distortion correction. My bad..sorry you're absolutely right of course...curse that barrel distortion Either way, 80% is the sweet spot for me. 1 RYZEN 5900X | 32GB | ASUS Strix RTX3090 | 500GB NVMe OS 1000GB NVMe DCS | Warthog HOTAS | HP Reverb G2 | VA & ViacomPRO My DCS Apps: Radio KAOS for DCS KB Quick - Quick and Easy Kneeboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fenton Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 23 hours ago, C3PO said: Look what arrived today! Thanks so much Jon! You are very welcome! And thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Had a peek inside and it’s in tip top condition and brilliantly wrapped. Am off tomorrow and so will put some proper time into setting it up etc… Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 HOLY SH1T - I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW AMAZING VR IS …I actually lost a breath in the cockpit 2 Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fenton Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 You'll never go back! Just wait until they fix the clouds!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Haven’t done any tweaking - will look at that now! But oh my god….wtf time 1 Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) Quick Q - cannot see DCS exe in the per application video settings … I added the exe to steam and it seems to be there but not in steamVR app? This is what i get … Edited May 13, 2021 by C3PO Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Uurrgghhh … now the cursor won’t move with the mouse … only when i look around and when i left click nothing happens! Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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