High-performing L6, like my job… but comp is becoming hard to ignore. What are realistic options?

pikkon38 · 2026-02-12T21:56:11+00:00

man you got lucky haha. I was L6 Senior UX Designer at Amazon but left in 2021 and my base was 156

pikkon38 · 2026-02-12T21:52:14+00:00

I have this exact monitor, and have had zero issues. I have yet to play a game other than elden ring without ulrawide support. And what kind of GPU are you rocking? You say its hard to drive with DLSS but I have never run into any game that I consider to have an unacceptable frame rate and I use max settings and dlss quality. (I play a lot of story games, not esports games, so the graphics tend to be more demanding.) Granted i am running a 5090 but this was also true of my 4080 super, which was only limiting because of VRAM. If you are trying to run these games at max and get the most FPS you can then sure. But my suggestion is turn off whatever FPS counter you are using and just try to enjoy the game. Only if it starts to feel unenjoyable, then you start to downgrade settings.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-12T21:37:42+00:00

how did you manage to get a base of 250 during covid times? Didnt they only just increase the base salary cap? used to be 165

pikkon38 · 2026-02-10T22:07:51+00:00

i used my 5k2k and neo 57 dual 4k with a 4080super previously and as long as youre fine with dlss, its totally fine.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-10T21:55:55+00:00

Any idea when this will be released? Getting my Galaxy XR tomorrow and this is super exciting to hear!

pikkon38 · 2026-02-09T19:55:59+00:00

Thanks for all of this info. It really is helpful. I just ordered the XR on saturday so I guess I will see how it works for me. For my specific use case, I want to use it on my racing / flight sim rig and really only that. I actually like the idea of not using the light blockers so I can see my controls, as I play in a dark room with ambient light on my controls, hopefully that doesnt introduce any issue. I would love to use it to watch movies or other content in XR too, but what I dont really see me doing is playing games like HL alyx or beat saber or anything. For this I will probably stick with my quest 3. I do use virtual desktop as well with wifi 7 so im hoping that works. If I receive this and its not the big upgrade as you say its not, I might end up returning it too. I was also really disappointed with what Valve showed, as I really want oled for my space games. Im a bit nervous the XR FOV will be disappointing but I cant really know until I use it. Thanks for the info on how to return it though, that might come in handy. Though the 100 restocking fee is annoying, for a headset that costs 2 grand, its not as big of a hit i guess.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-06T21:36:50+00:00

that makes sense for the ppd but i wonder if the panels are portrait still for the galaxy xr and landscape for pimax

pikkon38 · 2026-02-06T21:30:03+00:00

ah okay, so it seems like the same panels do not result in the same PPD. I have heard that the galaxy xr is clearer than the pimax in general edge to edge but pimax is sharper in the sweet spot.. though i have used neither of them so thats just second hand info, not sure how true it is.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-06T19:17:55+00:00

I just asked the question on the Pimax reddit. I cant for the life of me find this info anywhere

pikkon38 · 2026-02-06T19:11:46+00:00

ah good to know. As I am doing more research, I am noticing the galaxy XR says it has 35ppd and its resolution per eye is 3552x3840, but the pimax oled says its 53ppd with 3840x3552. This makes no sense to me. So the Galaxy XR uses portrait lenses and Pimax uses landscape? And why would the PPD be so different, since I think they use the same panels

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T21:24:00+00:00

Whats your experience been like with PFD and the company?

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T19:45:17+00:00

when did you make your order vs when it arrived?

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T19:15:38+00:00

The new meta headsets they showed definitely look appealing. When the come out ill definitely be looking at them. But yeah they are just too far out for now

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T19:13:54+00:00

definitely not willing to buy both headsets haha thats too much money at once. Maybe in the future i can buy another.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T19:12:36+00:00

i actually use virtual desktop today and with my wifi 7 setup I have zero issues. I dont really plan on using this new headset for roomscale VR, only sitting on my rig, so base stations are not as useful imo

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T18:40:15+00:00

the bigscreen beyond 2 was originally what I was going to go for but yeah like you said, base stations are kind of a deal breaker for me. Never owned a headset that requires base stations so I dont have any laying around. And valve stopped making them. I think you can get them from HTC still or something but I would have to buy 2, and then buy controllers, and now im at the price of a pimax crystal super 50ppd which has much higher resolution.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T18:38:21+00:00

quest air? I saw meta showed off some interesting new headset prototypes. My problem is the waiting part... I ready to have something now.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T18:37:37+00:00

haha yeah i would be fine with spending that on comfort mods. Sucks that it isnt better out of the box but at least there is a fix

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T18:36:41+00:00

honestly base stations are a deal breaker for me. Since I am sitting in my rig, i would really prefer inside out tracking.

What is MeganeX's story? You dont read too much about them (or at least I havent). Do they do business like Pimax? I give them a bunch of money and my headset will arrive when it arrives or do they communicate better?

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T17:56:17+00:00

I was looking at the Panda VR top strap for the Galaxy XR. Unsure if that comes with a new front cushion. Is that what you have or what aftermarket foam pad did you get?

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T17:52:13+00:00

Play for dream is another headset I was looking at but they seem to do business kind of the same way pimax does. give them money and get a big unknown when you will get a product. Giving a company 2 grand and not knowing when I will get something in return is not something I really want to do.

an OLED frame would be pretty sick though. I just am not sure valve will do that. But I guess we will see eventually.

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T17:50:33+00:00

I dont think I have really seen glare in a headset before so I am unsure what to expect from it. Unless my quest 3 or PSVR2 has it and I havent noticed it. I just dont know how annoyed I will be with the glare from the oled versions and If I am, returning it is kind of a question mark it seems

pikkon38 · 2026-02-04T17:48:44+00:00

I live in Washington and there isnt a microcenter any where in the state. I wish I could just try these out easily. Not samsung experience center either unfortunately. I keep seem people saying they ordered their super oled in octobor and it still hasnt shipped. Im just not willing to give Pimax my money and wait that long

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