Drop in resolution since 2.8 hotfix(Pimax 8KX)

[Panny]

Hi there,
I've noticed, for whatever reason that without me touching any settings the resolution in the headset has dropped. I could tell since numbers on displays I used to be able to read are now smeared and hardly legible; and FPS has rapidly improved and a huge reduced load on my 4090 due to some change somewhere.
I've reviewed any strange changes in Pimax or SteamVR settings but couldn't find anything leading me to believe this is something on ED's side. 

Has there been any change for VR performance, and what do you need from me?

Thanks,
Peter

[Nuggetz]

I noticed the drop in resolution also. For me I updated my NVIDIA driver to the latest and reinstalled OXRTK at 3840, Normal FOV and 75hz with 45% sharpening and clarity appears to be restored. Hope this helps. 

[Voyager]

Do you have fpsVR? You can use the "Detect Resolution" button under the Basic tab to check what resolution Steam is actually running the headset at. Over on the Il-2 forums we've discovered that it seems to be capping resolution at 3240*3240

Thing is for me now, I'm finding that my headset resolution has now been locked at 3240*3240 regardless of what resolution I set it to in Steam. 

I'm wondering if a recent Steam VR patch broke the Steam Super sampling. 

[Nuggetz]

I do not use fpsVR or Steam. I would recommend switching to OPEN XR and OXRTK where you can override the pixels values to suit your system  

 

VR Flight Sim Guy on YouTube has just released a video with all the links you need. Not using Steam allows me to get between 50-75 fps depending on map and altitude etc. well worth giving a try and easy to do. 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Nuggetz

[Panny]

I've heard people talking about openxr, I'm just skeptical when the guide says not to look at FPS and work by feeling instead.

I ended up increasing PD in DCS to 1.2, and resolution felt similar to before.

Just so strange the resolution was dropped. When I have more time I'll try openXR, I just feel skeptical and don't want to dump hours for what is a marginal gain at best and more instability. Too often I've seen claimed magic fixes that don't really mean anything!