Elite Dangerous Valve Index vs Pimax 8KX image quality

Pimax Hardware P2: 8kX
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Well, it always depends on where you personally set your priorities concerning

  • FOV
  • resolution
  • lack of SDE
  • image quality
  • 3DOF vs 6DOF head tracking
  • FPS.

My personal priority is

  1. lack of SDE & resolution
  2. image quality & FOV
  3. 6DOF head tracking
  4. FPS.

That’s why I already was very happy with the old 4K: It had noticeably less SDE and a resolution superior to any other HDM at that time - and I was happy with only 3DOF head tracking and 30-50 FPS (Radeon Fury and later on GTX 1080).

With the 5K+ then, I was able to increase image quality further, SDE got less, too, I had that larger FOV, and a couple of months later, I bought a lighthouse and had 6DOF tracking. Still 35 to max. 60 FPS (GTX 1080 and later RTX 2080 Ti with SS 140%).

The 8K-X now has a better native resolution and image quality with SS 100% the 5K+ had with 140% - but it takes GPU performance for breakfast :wink: Still 35 to max. 60/65 FPS perhaps (RTX 2080 Ti, SS 100%).

End of Decembre I was lucky and got an Outlet 3080 in a lcoal Online Shop. Since then, FPS increased significantly to 45 - 75 FPS :smiley:

tldr; :
If you prefer max FPS over FOV, then you probably will be happier with the Index as it needs less performance.
If FPS aren’t as much important to you as they are for me, then a 8K-X might be worth a try. As you can see from my example data above, you should be able to achieve 35-60 FPS with SS 140% (60 in space, 35 on planet approach and surface; worst is Galaxy map => ~15-25 - but well, it’s “only” the Galaxy map :wink: ). With less SS probably up to 70 FPS in space; I can just guess here.

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