Part of m1 test Group Backer Number 444. Test Group given Priority to receive.
Shipping Details
Email Received: Oct 10 2018 with Tracking Number
Courier EMS
Processed Oct 11
Received In Canada Oct 15 by Customs
Released Oct 16
Delivered to Guelph Oct 17
Picked up on Wed Oct 18
Now have recieved both 8k & 5k+.
My Rig Setup
Windows 10 Pro
I5 6500 (stock) 16g ddr2400
Zotac 1080 ti mini
Gpu Driver: 416 (current)
UPDATED RIG SETUP
Windows 10 Pro
Ryzen 7 2700x (stock) 16g ddr4 3200
Zotac 1080 ti Mini
GPU Driver 416 (Current)
THOUGHTS
After spending a decent amount of time exploring both headsets. I can say this BOTH are fantastic! For me I favor the 8k. The lessened SDE compared to the 5k+ is just better overal imho & those I have shown. Lettering is softer but not as blurred as through the Lense made it seem.
The 5k+ is indeed sharper but I find lettering to have the appearance of horizontal lines stacked on top of each other forming the letters. But as they still a great experiences. White larger lettering shows the flaws so to speak of both headsets pixel arrangements.
The 8k surprisingly for me was performing better than the 5k+ at equal settings in terms of framerate & both similar in visual quality.
Both headsets though really shine with higher settings & more stable with higher frames once I upgraded cpu to Ryzen 7 2700x!
You can get decent results with an i5 6500 with sacrifices on either headset. The 8k had fuzzier lettering on the i5 but was still decent. The Ryzen 7 2700x though really improved everything overall.
I would Reccommemd an i7 & ryzen 5 to get the most out of these headsets. Good cpu to ensure your card can have full bandwidth & no restrictions.
Firestrike reg run gained over 4000 in score compared to the i5!
SteamVR:
Video Auto
Ap SS 100%
Per Eye Resolution: 2556*2251
In Game Settings
Film Grain: Off
Real Time Reflections: Off
Anisotropic: Partial
Texture Quality: Med
Anti Aliasing: Off
Draw Distance: Near
Shadow Quality: Med
VR Render Scale: 0.95
FpsVR Results
Average FPS: 79.4
Fps Fluxuates but not Jittery.
Will we be entitled to have your impressions on the first headset 8K in Canada? I’ve the idea of asking you the same question about the SDE on the 8K 0 to 10 vs vive or rift?
Working on it. But still learning setups. What I will ask though I can’t get SteamVR to load Dashboard or BigscreenVR mode to launch aps inside of the headset. I have the steamcontroller which worked fine but it seems some update from steam has messed this up. Steamvr home loads but can’t get it to work with the gamepad.
Received Headset last Wed. In the process of prepping for a move so time has been fleeting & due to mistrust of my Cats don’t leave it connected as one of them likes chewing thing cables.
@Ludiks
8k SDE using @spamenigma’s base I would say probably similar to his 5k+ or slightly better maybe a 3.0 or 2.5. With current settings I would place the 4k slightly better but might be due to getting used to diagonal pixels vs rainbow. SDE primarily notice it more on bright white & like colors. But overall impressed. I would say the 4k is about a 0.5 better to 0.75 than the 8k; but the lack of ghosting makes up for it.
Backer # 444 however as being part of the m1 test group as support role like other testers was bumped to receive sooner. Still waiting on the 5k+ as i backed both.
Package received in really good condition. No real complaints. Received within 10 days. Used Aftership to track & my Canada post apt registered it here when it hit Missisauga office.
Haven’t got The Forest yet. Give me a couple of days & will post some info what I have tested with what all settings I have been using. Plus will need to create a new topic so I am not hijacking @spamenigma’s thread.
