But what I have done thanks to here and your input has gave me something that I never thought I would get.
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Hi All,
I ordered the Quest 3 and got it delivered today and it seems to be working great.
Iām thinking of getting Virtual Desktop but iām a bit concerned about itās requirements. How critical is it that you have gigabit ethernet cable connected to a 5Ghz Router? I do have a 5Ghz WIFI network, my network is only using CAT 5 cables and a 100 mbit switch. The software costs $40 here in Australia so I just want to ensure it works so I can use it for FS2020 and FS2024. I donāt have Wifi 6 in the house.
Will this software still run okay? I have a mesh network and really donāt want to upgrade everything and having my PC near the router is not an option.
i my setup VD did not work. too much latency. could be bad wlan setup or too many wlans in our building.
i have the orginal link cable and very happy now.
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You need to have your PC ethernet wired to your router and with a dedicated 5Ghz channel. Also need to be close to your router, preferably in the same room. You donāt need to buy Virtual Desktop. Just start off using Air Link and see how that works first.
It sounds like you arenāt going to get good wireless PCVR performance. So you should probably get yourself a decent usb3 link cable and use that. Do a bit of googling to find how to set this all up. For example;
Same, wasted Ā£20 on VD but could not get latency below 70ms. I donāt know how some Q3 users find this latency acceptable.
i got my 20 EUR back, i did use it short enough that my claim was succesful !
maybe if you live in a single house with no other wlans disturbing then it might work. wlan 6 or 6E standard maybe on 6 GHz then it might work.
Make sure you fully understand the requirements, if you canāt match the requirements donāt go that option. Ignore all the people who say you need a wifi6 e router,this is only necessary if you are in a dense WiFi area and suffer interference.
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Either your settings are too high or your hardware setup has an issue, did you post your performance overlay on their Discord for help?
I get much better results using VD than the link. Like a previous post highlighted, if you set it up following the recommendations then you shouldnāt have a problem.
I think this is a myth. I have a basic sky broadband router and an Ethernet cable and I donāt have a problem
Hmmmā¦ Okā¦ thabnks everyone. I might try the air link method first and see how I go.
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I personaly dont think its necessary. I started out with an Eero 5g Mesh router system with the closest node being one floor above and about 20ā away from my Quest 3. I was getting pretty darn good preformance with that.
I did however upgrade and replaced a couple of my nodes with two of their 6E nodes, and I do admit I get better preformance, but I did not NEED to be running the 6E nodes to get good preformance.
My gaming rig is hardwired to a gig switch, which is then hardwired to one of the nodes. My Quest is wireless of course. You can check your connection to the network on the quest, network settigns and selecting your network. Scroll all the way down, and you can see your send and recieve speeds. With the 5ghz router I was connecting at about 985mbps, with the 6e its 2400mbps.
I assume you are using CAT 6 cabling??? The network cabling in my house is using CAT 5 cable, so I would have to get a CAT 6 cable and drape it on the floor to even dream of those network speeds. Iāll give it a try tonight anyway, and see what speeds it says I have with my current setup.
to be honest, I will have to see what cables I have running between the PC to my router. I put the cables in place soo long ago, I think I origionaly ran some of them 7 years ago? I will peek at them tonight and see what I have between my rig and the router.
Remember that your Q3 will never, ever require 2400Mbps. Depending on your codec selection, it may use 100-500Mbps. The important aspects of the WiFi here are low latency and as little band/channel interference as possible. WiFi 6 and 6E can help with that.
Also, a good, short CAT5 cable from PC to router can often handle 1Gbps without issues.
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Define good performance because I saw people on this forum claiming 70ms latency was good. I could not stand so much latency.
What does the latency even mean? Between control input and the screens responding? Or between head movement and the view responding?
I have around that latency (it wavers) but have zero issues with it. Itās totally snappy and smooth and fine for me.
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Exactly which latency number you looking for? 70ms is really not that high for a sim where you are not trying to knock someone else out of the air.
My Quest3 connects to my Eero 6e node at between 2161-2400 mbps, so there is a ā ā ā ā ton of headroom available within the connection.
In general latency I average between 50-70ms.
breaking things down, Game latency less than 20ms, encoding latency, less than 5ms, Networking latency less than 5ms and latency caused by decoding between 15-20ms.
I average 80-90fps
I dont look at the numbers very often at all. The game runs buttery smooth, no micro stutters, no lag, no Ruber banding very smooth gameplay.
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Itās this value. If you guys think this is acceptable then fine, we have different expectations for VR. I just need to start reading such comments with a pinch of salt.
For those of you struggling with stable wifi connection, you might want to check this post. I was happy with airlink/virtual desktop for a year until my wifi network became unstable. I switched to Virtual Desktop with ethernet cables.