You can always get a counterweight that goes on the back of the head strap. I got one for my Reverb G2 and a comfort head strap and it went from being mildly uncomfortable to wear to nearly unnoticeable.
You seem a really good guy, and i appreciate your review, but I will say, from one mans perspective: 1. 4 mins in, and you've told us nothing we didn't already know. 2. What about smoothness? Stutters? 3. What about the hz modes? 60,72,90,120? 4. OpenXR settings? 5. Colours? 6. FPS in regards to your card and cpu? 7. MSFS settings? All the above is essential information for anyone across the board, taking into consideration the vast PC specs. Just an opinion. Thanks.
I’ve got the Pimax Crystal for just about a year now. It is rather heavy, especially if you’re older and have some neck issues. However, I do like some of the features that the light does not offer. But if I was purchasing it today, I would probably go for the light.
I have the Crystal Light as well but not OpenVR Tool kit in use. Much more smother without the OpenVR. My specs RTX4090 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. I really love it. A bit tweaking it goes like crazy cool. 60FPS super clear over New York.
I purchased a HP Reverb G2 last year for DCS combat sim. I have been away from flying for a few years and only now getting back into it. While I've had the Reverb for 2 years, I have only flown twice for an hour each time and now I hear it will no longer work in DCS because of a Win 11 Update :( SO I am considering the next Pimax (released later this year ?). I hope it's worth the wait and the price ?
So my question is, how is the FPS? I am still trying to figure out VR and it is my belief that the higher the resolution of the headset the more it impacts the performance of games like MSFS. I am not sure what you are seeing in the headset but in the video the FPS looks very suspect.
Since laying out my cockpit peripherals to work easily with mixed reality on my Q3, I cannot go back to normal VR. The visuals of the Pimax light sound great, but now only interested in a future upgrading to a better mixed reality headset.
The video doesn’t look too smooth, I get better video using a quest 2. Is this because the pimax crystal light needs a powerful computer to make smooth video possible? Another I noticed is the scenery is not very heavy on the system and the aircraft is ga. Is it possible to see a review using a Payware aircraft airliner like the Fenix A320 or an aircraft that’s comparable?
Ok i been subbed to you for a while now but it time to leave.. u admit your a pimax fanboy and thats fine... however its very apparent you cant put your bias aside and give and objective review. Its to much now.. you listed 0 negatives of this headset. No chromatic abberation. No distortion. No quality issues. Cheep feeling in fact. The fact that it absolutely unnecessarily massive. You even recommended the standalone crystal for standing vr titles... no mention of the meta quest 3 as a suitable alternative.. couldnt even bring yourself to mention them... This is very clearly an advert for pimax that your presenting
i returned my crystal because off the geometry warping at the left and right sight,it too me out off immersion.I heard this pimax light version has it too?
Thank you for the nice review. Hoping to be able to convince my wife to let me purchase the Chrystal Light, but no luck so far. In the meantime, I would like to know how many of you out there have received your new headset and are using it with a laptop ? I just purchased an Alienware M 18 r2, 32 gigs of ram, 14900 hx, and 4080. Have any of you experienced any connection issues when using the Light with your laptops ? From the reviews that I have seen so far, my guess is that I would need a display port to mini display port adapter. Any suggestions on which one to get ? Any advice that any of you have, would be greatly appreciated. HL
3900xt? wow, I went from a 5900x to a 7800X3D and what a difference with a 4090, a CPU upgrade will really help your VR experience, if you want to go on the cheap, 5800X3D should work on your current motherboard with bios update. If you want to go balls to the wall, 7800X3D, Aorus X670 Elite AX motherboard (less expensive but a great board), and 32 or 64 gigs of DDR5 - 6000 at cl-30. Try and stay with 6000 with AM5, some boards may not like higher rated ram and can cause stability issues until you turn it down to 6000 or thereabout. I get really good frame rates in MSFS using OpenXR with my G2v2 (resolution of 3160 x 3092). Crystal light on order, expecting it mid to late August, the wait is killing me! LOL
Hold up..hold up.. you say it doesnt come with an audio source... doesnt it come with piped audio fron the strap.. the dmas speakers sold seperately on light and normal crystal. Or are you reffering to an audio jack that you can connect other headphones to??
I do not use Steam VR. I found it less stable that using on my OpenXR. Try MSFS with AutoFPS ☺️ Crystal Light is a fantastic experience. The best I had in VR.
Has anyone experienced both Pimax Crystal Light and an Index? I'm an Index owner but im looking for an upgrade, wondering if this is worth it? It seems odd also to upgrade to a lower cost headset - even if it is a lot newer.
This new Crystal Light, is basically the Crystal minus stuff. I mean, displays and lenses are the same. What we really want to see, is a review of the NEW Crystal, with new displays, aka, no dimming zones. please.
Nice Video as ever.. I have the Pimax sinc one year. The visual is great but the comfort not!! It is too heavy. Thelight version ?? only 250 g lighter.. therefore i use my Pico 4 more often..😅
Worth every penny the only thing I did not like about my Crystal Light is the face foam is like a sweat sponge and there's a lot of side to side movement also I didn't think the controllers track very good for shooting games
Comfort is great??? I DO NOT BELEAVE. The light version weights nearly 1 kilogram.. not much better than my crystal.. the visual is and greater FOV is fantastisch and better as my Pico 4..
The best thing about the Crystal Light is that it is only 5 calories per flight!
You can always get a counterweight that goes on the back of the head strap. I got one for my Reverb G2 and a comfort head strap and it went from being mildly uncomfortable to wear to nearly unnoticeable.
Sold my G2 a while ago and kept the counterweight, not sure if it will fit the Crystal Light, but it was a gamechanger indeed.
You seem a really good guy, and i appreciate your review, but I will say, from one mans perspective:
1. 4 mins in, and you've told us nothing we didn't already know.
2. What about smoothness? Stutters?
3. What about the hz modes? 60,72,90,120?
4. OpenXR settings?
5. Colours?
6. FPS in regards to your card and cpu?
7. MSFS settings?
All the above is essential information for anyone across the board, taking into consideration the vast PC specs.
Just an opinion. Thanks.
Dude, you can keep the nice talking and successfully landing at the same time, you're pretty impressive lol!😄
Great review! And fantastic meeting you at the Expo :-)
You as well!!!
Great first impressions buddy. Best wishes.
Nice review. Expecting mine later this month.
I’ve got the Pimax Crystal for just about a year now. It is rather heavy, especially if you’re older and have some neck issues. However, I do like some of the features that the light does not offer. But if I was purchasing it today, I would probably go for the light.
That's so cool! Thank you for the review
I have the Crystal Light as well but not OpenVR Tool kit in use. Much more smother without the OpenVR. My specs RTX4090 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
I really love it. A bit tweaking it goes like crazy cool. 60FPS super clear over New York.
ok but most do not have that setup, hopefully when 5090 comes out you'll get that and get 90FPS
Thanks for the review! 😁
9:30 I'm guessing the $4000 headset you can't think of at the moment is the Varjo?
Somnium VR1 maybe?
Look forward to using my psvr2 later this year when the connection kit is released for pc
Where is your dof h3 😢? Ur not using it anymore?
I purchased a HP Reverb G2 last year for DCS combat sim. I have been away from flying for a few years and only now getting back into it. While I've had the Reverb for 2 years, I have only flown twice for an hour each time and now I hear it will no longer work in DCS because of a Win 11 Update :( SO I am considering the next Pimax (released later this year ?).
I hope it's worth the wait and the price ?
So my question is, how is the FPS? I am still trying to figure out VR and it is my belief that the higher the resolution of the headset the more it impacts the performance of games like MSFS. I am not sure what you are seeing in the headset but in the video the FPS looks very suspect.
great video, thanks for the review.
How is the edge-to-edge clarity?
Since laying out my cockpit peripherals to work easily with mixed reality on my Q3, I cannot go back to normal VR. The visuals of the Pimax light sound great, but now only interested in a future upgrading to a better mixed reality headset.
Do you think a 3080 12gb will work well with this and I have 7800x3d
The video doesn’t look too smooth, I get better video using a quest 2. Is this because the pimax crystal light needs a powerful computer to make smooth video possible? Another I noticed is the scenery is not very heavy on the system and the aircraft is ga. Is it possible to see a review using a Payware aircraft airliner like the Fenix A320 or an aircraft that’s comparable?
Agreed it seems very glitchy
Ok i been subbed to you for a while now but it time to leave.. u admit your a pimax fanboy and thats fine... however its very apparent you cant put your bias aside and give and objective review. Its to much now.. you listed 0 negatives of this headset. No chromatic abberation. No distortion. No quality issues. Cheep feeling in fact. The fact that it absolutely unnecessarily massive. You even recommended the standalone crystal for standing vr titles... no mention of the meta quest 3 as a suitable alternative.. couldnt even bring yourself to mention them...
This is very clearly an advert for pimax that your presenting
Do you have head tracking problem? Mine has it. Any solutions? Please advice.
i returned my crystal because off the geometry warping at the left and right sight,it too me out off immersion.I heard this pimax light version has it too?
Thank you for the nice review. Hoping to be able to convince my wife to let me purchase the Chrystal Light, but no luck so far. In the meantime, I would like to know how many of you out there have received your new headset and are using it with a laptop ? I just purchased an Alienware M 18 r2, 32 gigs of ram, 14900 hx, and 4080. Have any of you experienced any connection issues when using the Light with your laptops ? From the reviews that I have seen so far, my guess is that I would need a display port to mini display port adapter. Any suggestions on which one to get ? Any advice that any of you have, would be greatly appreciated.
HL
Are you using Microsoft store version of the sim or steam version. Also was steam vr running ?
3900xt? wow, I went from a 5900x to a 7800X3D and what a difference with a 4090, a CPU upgrade will really help your VR experience, if you want to go on the cheap, 5800X3D should work on your current motherboard with bios update. If you want to go balls to the wall, 7800X3D, Aorus X670 Elite AX motherboard (less expensive but a great board), and 32 or 64 gigs of DDR5 - 6000 at cl-30. Try and stay with 6000 with AM5, some boards may not like higher rated ram and can cause stability issues until you turn it down to 6000 or thereabout. I get really good frame rates in MSFS using OpenXR with my G2v2 (resolution of 3160 x 3092). Crystal light on order, expecting it mid to late August, the wait is killing me! LOL
considering I still have the oculus rift.. I think when I upgrade it is gonna be a huge change :)
Hold up..hold up.. you say it doesnt come with an audio source... doesnt it come with piped audio fron the strap.. the dmas speakers sold seperately on light and normal crystal. Or are you reffering to an audio jack that you can connect other headphones to??
I do not use Steam VR. I found it less stable that using on my OpenXR.
Try MSFS with AutoFPS ☺️
Crystal Light is a fantastic experience. The best I had in VR.
Has anyone experienced both Pimax Crystal Light and an Index? I'm an Index owner but im looking for an upgrade, wondering if this is worth it? It seems odd also to upgrade to a lower cost headset - even if it is a lot newer.
Thank you so much with this excellent vidéo 👍🏻
Quick Quick the test with Crystal Light and the CLS-60/ Flitsim 😍😍👍🏻👍🏻
Aplushhhs/Laurent 🇫🇷🇫🇷
What resolution are you running and how many frames do you get?
Hold up.. you believe eye tracking may be possible to add later on.?? Can you elaborate?
That got my attention. I didn’t believe this was the case
It’s not an option, at least not from Pimax.
This new Crystal Light, is basically the Crystal minus stuff.
I mean, displays and lenses are the same. What we really want to see, is a review of the NEW Crystal, with new displays, aka, no dimming zones. please.
Please please stop the boring and lengthy sales pitch
You know you have an option here? You’re allowed to not watch it, to just click and go somewhere else, if you don’t like!😂
Wilco!! Bye
Überflüssig 😂
I always check if there’s a sales link in the description. If there is one, I don’t even bother watching. YT is turning into a shopping mall.
Hey man saw you at the fsexpo 2024
Great times at the Expo! :-)
From what I read, the QA is lacking and it's a lottery if you get a 100% working headset.
I soooo hope that the main thread will be a little less of an issue with Msfs2024 - but I am skeptical....
OverKillSimulations were you testing the Pimax Crystal Light on a Ryzen 9 3900XT processor? Thanks!
In this video yes
Nice Video as ever.. I have the Pimax sinc one year. The visual is great but the comfort not!! It is too heavy. Thelight version ?? only 250 g lighter.. therefore i use my Pico 4 more often..😅
Worth every penny the only thing I did not like about my Crystal Light is the face foam is like a sweat sponge and there's a lot of side to side movement also I didn't think the controllers track very good for shooting games
Looks like a stutter fest
Yeh the video is not smooth at all.. I wonder how it feels in the headset?
Comfort is great??? I DO NOT BELEAVE. The light version weights nearly 1 kilogram.. not much better than my crystal.. the visual is and greater FOV is fantastisch and better as my Pico 4..
And Do not forget.. you need a 2500 € Rig to run it smoothly.. but that is a must have for every flightsimner 😂😂😂😂