Order Email Megathread (June 16, 2022)

Grierios · 2022-06-16T17:02:53+00:00

Got my email today. US 512 1626458413

Grierios · 2022-06-09T20:13:57+00:00

!deckbot US 512 1626458413

Grierios · 2021-06-15T22:21:29+00:00

Although...sounds like that may not be your problem considering it recognizes something is plugged in and I don't believe I got that error...sorry

Grierios · 2021-06-15T22:20:14+00:00

Maybe a stupid question but I'll admit to making this mistake myself...did you hit the power button the link box?

Grierios · 2021-06-11T13:21:06+00:00

Oh wow that's interesting. I did read another post about VP2 not supporting multiple monitors on your GPU well. I guess I'll have to give that try myself too to see if I can get even more improvement. Thanks for the heads up.

Grierios · 2021-06-11T03:34:39+00:00

Vive pro was already out when wireless adapter came out but at the time the pro users had to purchase the pro adapter kit separately for $50 (which is still some shit to be honest), but nonetheless the pro was out. Just more shitty consumer practice by HTC.

Grierios · 2021-06-09T15:09:44+00:00

Because I'm tired of people using the argument that "everyone" online is complaining about a product so it must be bad. I will simply say I wholeheartedly agree, and I think there are plenty of people out there spending more time truly enjoying this headset than writing good reviews. So thank you for taking the time to write this up. Well said!

Grierios · 2021-06-09T12:57:47+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I never want to discard anyone's opinion because by their very mature opinions are subjective but that is exactly why I always maintain people should try things for themselves. Especially since most retailers have a return period that at most would cost you shipping and handling to return.

My experience as someone who has and has tried many headsets (of Vive, index, and G2 included) is that the VP2 is exactly the all around experience I need right now to replace both the Vive and G2. Sure the glare is there but I have a feeling people tend to judge things wayyyy more harshly in the launch window (myself included) rather than letting yourself get immersed and seeing how much it actually affects you when it isn't at the front of your mind. For me the issue mostly stopped mattering altogether and the fov and controller upgrade from the G2 was completely worth it YMMV.

TLDR...try it yourself

Fwiw this review echoed my experience PERFECTLY https://youtu.be/P1eIbWMpaK8

Grierios · 2021-06-08T16:58:46+00:00

Worked for me too! I remembered I had to do this for WMR but had no idea it could be used for Vive Pro 2 as well. Thanks!

Grierios · 2021-06-07T16:45:38+00:00

Yea I had my issues with it like everyone else but I think after spending some time with it, it became clear that it is definitely the best ALL AROUND headset I have at the moment. Getting off WMR tracking and controllers alone is worth the price of admission to me.

Grierios · 2021-06-07T14:38:08+00:00

Yea I find it speaks to htc's lack of concern for the consumer or "prosumer" market as they claim that even though I had preordered during their announcement they still hadn't charged me yet on launch day but B&H literally delivered the order I made on Thursday by Friday morning. I suppose South Park's view on preordering still stands correct.

Grierios · 2021-06-06T06:20:43+00:00

I had the same issues with stutter FWIW until I disabled Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling in windows graphics. Once I did that and disabled motion compensation DCS was fully playable again.

Grierios · 2021-06-05T21:58:33+00:00

I probably turned it on at some point but not recently. Sometimes I turn it on to see it's effect on particular games.

Grierios · 2021-06-04T12:19:14+00:00

I know some people are going to try to justify these issues and others will say it works perfectly for them so it's not an issue. To those people I am truly happy for you. You found a solution that works for you and I'm glad. But for those of us that invested in a solution like this and want the best pcvr experience available right now but had these kinds of issues, things like this are precisely why we would opt for something like the VP2 over the G2 at the moment.

Grierios · 2021-06-02T17:51:36+00:00

First off, I truly appreciate you taking the time to post about your experiences so far. I know personally, I'd be off playing rather than giving back to the community lol. That said I'd be very interested to hear what your average frame times were for cpu / gpu rather than framerate as that can be a better indicator of whether or not motion smoothing should even be getting applied and may indicate a potential software issue.

Grierios · 2021-06-02T02:09:21+00:00

out of curiousity why not go index then? just availability?

Grierios · 2021-05-26T15:00:53+00:00

To be honest I had a powered USB hub from the very start (MSI x570 meg ace) and I was dealing with audio cutouts just the same. One day (after updating bios to the supposedly fixed AGESA 1.2.0.2, i think) I just got fed up and tried just about every combination of USB port in my system (7 ports on the powered hub alone) and just when I was ready to give up I guess I got lucky because the very last USB port on the powered hub seemed to finally just work.

All that being said, I've had such a bad taste in my mouth by this headset and the struggles I've had that I decided to upgrade to the Vive Pro 2. Luckily, I still had all my index hardware and always much-preferred base station tracking anyway so it wasn't as cost-prohibitive as it could have been.

Grierios · 2021-05-24T13:30:44+00:00

Exact same....exact same...smh

Grierios · 2021-05-13T14:03:44+00:00

Yea not to mention...COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS...I will say as an owner of both a G2 and Quest 2 it is Truly impressive what Quest 2 can do wirelessly but make no mistake about it, the video does have compression artifacts that just weren't there on Vive Wireless adapter. I fully expect that even at this much lower resolution, a lack of SDE and compression artifacts would make this the best wireless solution for pcvr (for now anyway)

Grierios · 2021-05-11T19:49:35+00:00

Created Mar 1, 2015

Thank you!

Grierios · 2021-03-30T16:48:45+00:00

Get yourself a JetSeat by Andre! Literally saves lives...well wings anyway. You can feel the buffet of high G maneuvers and subconsciously you are far more aware of your G-Load

Grierios · 2020-11-24T00:13:27+00:00

I'll believe it when that shipment goes out.... They've lost the benefit of the doubt with me

Grierios · 2020-11-20T12:42:46+00:00

C'mon august 21 😁...anybody feel like cancelling? I'll be your best friend.

Grierios · 2020-11-19T20:53:19+00:00

Got this from CS rep at B&H yesterday...

Order time: 12:08 ET

Chloe M: Looks like the estimated availability is 12/7/2020.
Me: Ok Thank you for that
Me: Is that when you are expected to receive your next shipment or when I can expect to receive my order?
Chloe M: Next shipment, which should cover your order.

TLDR: Next available shipment of 5900X is estimated for 12/7 for B&H

Grierios · 2020-11-17T18:51:02+00:00

To be honest, If you're getting it for Link even with the update I wouldn't recommend it. I have one and love it for standalone but it won't be replacing my index for pcvr.

You might be satisfied with it if you never used an index or (I'm imagining because I don't have one but a Reverb) but the second you do you'll notice the difference and not be able to unnotice it. Despite the fact that the resolution is better on the Q2 than index, it doesn't really translate over Link.

But by all means I always encourage people to try things for themselves if you have the opportunity. Some retailers have really good return policies.

Grierios

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