Pimax Users (8KX) Please share your settings. (Pitool, OpenXR, SteamVR, In Game settings) I just received the headset yesterday, Tried some of youtube videos but they post half of their settings. When i first connected the VR it was clear and sharp, but since i downloaded OpenXR and steam vr, the res is worst than oculus quest 2 and blurry. What I’m doing wrong?
My Specs are
11900K
RTX 3090 ASUS TUF OC
64GB Rams 4000mhz
1TB NVME for MSFS.
Thank you . Much Appreciated
I have no answer to this but I’m curious whether you solved your problems. I have a 3090 too and fairly high tolerance for low fps. Flying now with HP Reverb G2 and just learned about the Pimax 8K x; I don’t really have budget for that now but it would still be fun to hear whether it’s usable at full resolution and ultra settings. I haven’t found many comments on that post SU5.
Hi,
I use pitool 1 (75hz mode), smooth motion on, steam 100% and in msfs vr 70-80% render scale depending where I’m flying. Very smooth. I also change in the config file precaching to 3 (with the last update is on a slider) so I don’t see any popups when I turn my head. They fix it in monitor but in vr they forgot to put the slider so you need to change the config file (it is already fixed).
9900k oc 5ghz, 3080ti oc
Since the SU05 update something is wrong with the renderer in connection with the Pimax. Values that were previously crisp are now blurred. After trying something, I was able to find values that are almost equally sharp with an acceptable performance.
The in-game VR resolution must now be 100%. 110% or 120% cause deterioration. (150 and 200% are also ok)
Here are my settings:
I fly without PP (I live with the culling) small FOV.
Pitool: 1.5
Smartsmooth: off
FFR: off
Steam SS: 50%
In-game settings mainly on high
LOD 200
Objects 200
10850k/32Gb/TiRex24Gb
Unfortunately, I would also tell you more about Ingame Settings, unfortunately this Bugfest went crazy again after a Steam update and deleted itself.
what about openxr?
what about openxr? should i uninstall it?
never single installed. As i say, is part of SteamVR
what you mean “never single installed”?
openxr.
only steam installed
Why do you fly at 90hz if you can’t get 90 fps? Much better try to fly at less hz if you can get those frames or, at least, use smartsmothing to get half and then it will be more smooth. It’s my opinion.
Right now flying at 75hz with smartsmothing on.
I tried but somehow I saw all worse so I went back to the other.
My Pimax 8kx now installed. Question if ok please after following config tips on
SimHanger Flight Simulation, I start sim in Pitool which says continually that it s loading. On PC screen the sim opens fine and then on pc screen I click on go to VR. On PC screen can see the two VR images, but on pimax it just shows the steam radar looking screen. Any tips on getting it to run on Pimax screen please? Only issue is Flight Sim, all other games I can use pitool to open steam games ok and they run fine.
At the moment, I open pitool then I click on msfs 2020 from my desktop and later I click on ctrl+tab to go to VR. It always works. I haven’t tried from pitool to start it.
Why? Because it works for me. xD
90Hz is more calm, Smartsmooth / reprojection produces jittering when looking to the side in fast low-level flight, as the distances between the basic frames are too large.
If you don’t know what I mean, I can make a drawing.
Just loaded beta firmware 299 and pitool 272, the 90hz refresh rate works with latest nvidea 472.12 software
It’s much better fir you to download and install the last week’s pitool and firmware update instead. The enable the new smoothing function at “1/2” and you won’t ever see a stutter again. I still don’t understand how is this achieved but this new thing in the latest pitool changed the whole experience to another level. Try it
thx, will try it
Would really appreciate any help with following. I have read all the posts here to try and help myself but:
Problem – Switch to VR, in Pimax can see in VR but there is also a small box in front of VR image saying “FS2020 waiting”. And cannot get past this point, and eventually steam crashes. Have never been able to use VR mode with Pimax. My previous old HTC Vive worked perfectly in VR.
Pimax works perfectly with every other VR game, only Flight Sim has issues.
PC Specs currently are i9 3.6gh, RTX3080, Pitool2.72, firmware 299, SteamVR beta 2.20, Nvidea 472.1, Flight Sim vers 1.19.9.0 Retail Box.
Startup – PiTool, FS2020 and Ctrl Tab to VR.
I have tried many changes including; switch Pimax USB ports, switch video ports, disabled 2nd PC monitor, lots of reboots after each change. Also tried Widows Mixed Reality Steam beta v1.3.22 and non beta 1.2625, Steam VR beta 1.20.2 and non beta 1.19, running Flight Som in windowed mode and full screen. Reinstalled sim twice (each time 10DVDs and then 180gb updates), PiTool Home, PiTool Experience, plus all the other hints and tips in this post.
Reached out to Pimax last week, and I await response from their technical support team.
Reached out to Asobo who replied “Unfortunately, Pimax does not officially and natively support OpenXR. We cannot guarantee that Microsoft Flight Simulator VR will run properly on your setup. We cannot help you further with this issue as Pimax headset do not support natively OpenXR”
