What VR headset to get for around $1000 AUD

[Kila iceman]

Hi everyone I currently use the rift s but its been playing up for months and months, it keeps lagging , pausing in games, constantly comes up it cannot find the floor and I have to redo the guardian .  I can’t use oculus desktop as it goes all weird pictures and colours .

so I’m looking at the HP Reverb G2 V2 but will it run on my pc: the GPU is overclocked and I run msi after burner 

Processor            Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700KF CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz

Installed RAM    32.0 GB

System type       64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

GPU – NIVIDIA Geforce GTX 1660 Ti overclocked version

Any suggestions on VR headsets thanks 

[DeltaMike]

Sorry to hear that, Rift S is a very decent headset with DCS and doesn't need a lot of horsepower to run decently.  Are you sure it's the headset?  Might be worth trying it on a different computer just to be sure?  A bad USB port or a bad GPU overclock can cause a lot of problems...

For the money, G2 is a great headset for DCS, the central resolution really makes the game shine and I'm willing to overlook the narrow field of view and small sweet spot.  Biggest problem with the G2 is the software, which is truly horrible.  We have a good work-around now, in the form of an open source OpenXR solution, but that process is not very user friendly.  Helps if you enjoy tweaking stuff.  There are times I wish I'd gone with Pimax but I really like the G2's sharpness and for $500 US it's almost a bargain.  

Here's the problem, though: that sharpness comes at a cost.  You have to render a lot of pixels, and that takes a certain amount of GPU horsepower.  You're gonna need more GPU.  A lot more.  3080 or the equivalent is about right for the G2.  You don't need more and don't want much less.  

It'll also put a strain on your CPU.  I'm not an Intel guy but you might want to look into overclocking your CPU.  Gotta think about cooling solutions and you'll need a good enough PSU to handle all that.  

VR is a pain in the rear end.  It's a pain in the wallet too.  

Edited July 23, 2022 by DeltaMike

[KoN]

G2 or Quest2

[Awger]

I have a Reverb G2 and 3080ti ... was good before, but even better with the latest OpenXR tweaks.

[Thinder]