Crystal Super Vs Quest Pro

[Qcumber]

Does anyone have any direct experience with both the Crystal Super and Quest Pro? Is it worth an upgrade? 

[Mr_sukebe]

You already know the answer:

• You'll need a 5090 to drive it
• Visuals will be a good deal clearer and with a wider FOV
• It'll have Pimax's famous reliability baked in

[Dawgboy]

9 minutes ago, Mr_sukebe said:

You already know the answer:

• You'll need a 5090 to drive it
• Visuals will be a good deal clearer and with a wider FOV
• It'll have Pimax's famous reliability baked in

"Famous" or infamous?  <wink>

[scommander2]

24 minutes ago, Mr_sukebe said:

• You'll need a 5090 to drive it
• Visuals will be a good deal clearer and with a wider FOV
• It'll have Pimax's famous reliability baked in

an expensive investment, sounds like...

[Qcumber]

I'm not sure if I want someone to persuade me to buy one or not to buy one. 

Cost is a big issue as is reliability (or so it appears on this forum). That said they do appear to be very keen to develop what we need for DCS so that's a big plus. 

With foveated rendering my 5080 should be OK. I run my QP at pretty high resolution settings so that I offset DLSS ghosting. 

 

[Peedee]

3 hours ago, Qcumber said:

Does anyone have any direct experience with both the Crystal Super and Quest Pro? Is it worth an upgrade? 

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. 
 

[Qcumber]

42 minutes ago, Peedee said:

The Quest PRO is a very low resolution headset. Not sure how one can even start to compare them

On paper it seems that way but in reality the QP a very good headset. I have 12 months experience with the Pico 4 and the QP is much better even though the resolution is much lower. Weirdly the screen door was effect is worse on the P4. 

Ideally I need someone with significant experience with the QP who has upgraded to the super. It is a lot of money for something that seems very buggy at the moment.

How is the resolution for distant objects? Will the Crystal Super run on my specs (in signature)? 

[Nedum]

3 hours ago, Mr_sukebe said:

You already know the answer:

• You'll need a 5090 to drive it
• Visuals will be a good deal clearer and with a wider FOV
• It'll have Pimax's famous reliability baked in

No, you don't need a 5090, that's simply not true, not at all! You'll need a 6090! 

But joke aside.

A 4080 or 5070Ti is a good start to have more fun with a Crystal Super as with a Quest Pro.

 

[Qcumber]

Which one to go for? 50, 57 or Ultrawide? 

The other thing I would like to know is how good the Super eye tracking is compared to the QP?