[Crazy Idea] Upgrade to HP Reverb G2

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

My current main equipment is a MSI laptop with the following spec:

Processor    11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz   2.30 GHz
Installed RAM    32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
GPU: Nvidia RTX-3080 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6

Can I "push" the HP to full resolution while maintaining "reasonable" performance as per my Meta (cough) Quest 2?

 

[speed-of-heat]

Likely not. Depends on what you mean and at a guess you run at 72hz, so 37hz functionally with ASW? the physical resolution is 2160x2160 and it’s upscaled to 3000x3000 and change per eye so an extra 1/3 pixels, at 90hz or 45hz with motion smoothing so an extra 1/3 the number of frames.  so if you are just getting good enough now, it will be suboptimal with the G2. Or you will need to lower some settings.

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

First, thanks. Second, I mean I can maintain 36fps at most of the time. I guess until I can get a true RTX-3080, I would stick with software solutions to please my eyes for now.

[speed-of-heat]

So at the same resolution you would have to be able to drive about another 10fps, and operate at about 70% in steam… 

[edmuss]

Now I'll go the opposite and say potentially yes

If you're happy to run at 60hz then I'd say yes, I can run high settings barring water, visibility and clouds at medium with MSAA 2x with steamvr at 100%. For reference A10C easy instant action I get 14-17ms unless the bomb crater bug pulls it down.

This is with a discrete 3070fe so I'm not sure how that compares to the laptop 3080 but I'd hazard a guess that they're not too dissimilar.

To boost the performance I run vrperfkit fsr @0.77  render scale with the standard settings fixed foveated render, the clearwater version of kegetys shader mod and the A10C low bit depth normal maps by Taz.

edit: if you need 90Hz then no, not reliably. I have read that the G2 isn't that much of a jump better than the Q2.

Edited February 5, 2022 by edmuss

[speed-of-heat]

Good shout, I always discount the 30hz option because of the effect it has on me.

[edmuss]

It's very hard to quantify the 60Hz refresh rate flicker, I think it mainly only affects the reverb screens as I never experienced it with my Lenovo explorer at 60Hz. I did notice the change initially but it's never bothered me and is completely invisible now.

 

[Svsmokey]

I'm very happy running 60 hz . Allows me to run high Dcs settings and 100% resolution , and runs butter-smooth very low over cities while rolling , pulling and panning the view without any shader mods . Only time motion smoothing kicks in (seamlessly) is on airfields/supercarrier . 

[DeltaMike]

Kinda surprised your Quest 2 works.  If it does, I'd stick with it.  G2 is better on paper but it seems like most people with anything less than a 3090 are undersampling anyway.  Also the user interface for the G2 is a pain in the gonads.  Also the motion reprojection works better in the Oculus (ahem "Meta") products IMO (I went from Rift S to G2)

[Svsmokey]

I'm running DCS pd 1.0 and Steam VR res at 100% .