Pimax Vision 5K Super

the headset is amazing whit its big FOV iam only using it to Simracing and thats where it realy shines.

but the PiTool softwhere is one off the worst i have ever incounterd it can crash 10 times before you even manage to change one setting or even just by clicking on the setting button

so headset 5stars but Softwhere -10 stars its realy frustrating

Headset came with player kit after 2 weeks of purchase. After that, I bought the 15mm Face Foam because the thin 11mm was very uncomfortable. After I set everything up, I became satisfied with my purchase. Setup was a little challenging though so, I watched YouTube tutorials on how to setup everything.

One thing I had trouble with was changing the base station 2.0's channels. Turns out I had to stick a sim card in that tiny hole behind one of them to change the channel to 2.

I suggest to anyone who wants to buy this headset, or any other Pimax headset, that they KNOW computers! And have great computer skills.

To conclude this, the Vision 5K Super is good. I give it an 8/10.

Pros: 170 Degrees H FOV, High Refresh Rates up to 180Hz, Overall usability for multi-media content. Hardly Noticeable Glare/God Rays.

Cons: SDE is slightly noticeable, IPD adjusting is confusing, Somewhat Noticeable Warping & Distortion with the outer Lens (I suggest a Face Foam replacement if it's too noticeable).

69th Review LETSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOO!!

It arrived in a plastic box. It didn't come with the headphones I bought.
Tried it out, wasn't comfortable, wasn't good quality, also felt like a brick due to it's weight and comfort.
Can take a whooping though. (Just like a brick.)
Overall, this is one of the worst headsets I have had (BELOW THE VIVE IN COMFORT).
This is not a call for support, this is a warning.

its a decent headset for sure. I got this and like it a lot better than my Quest 2 Advanced (I was still happy with the quest 2, just not in this headsets league)

Once you experience the fov, you will never want to go back. It makes all the difference in the world. The crazy high refresh rates changes the entire experience. No more jerking all over when i turn my head. It does have a noticeable screendoor effect (per its name, its like watching a movie throug a light screen door) but this doesnt bother me much depending on what im doing (gaming, netflix/youtube,/etc or playing a sim) What this device is perfect for is those who want a crisp, smooth and immersive experience. Perfect for Sims/sports/instensive/rapid games, etc. (im not worried too much about the screendoor for these purposes because your eyes adjust eventually. Have you evber messed around with advanced HDR10 settings? and then restored them after tweaking to the more natural settings right after? It looks weird as crap for awhile even though its more natural/realistic color.)

Now to address some of the sometimes slightly hilarious horrible complaints... I cant speak to the customer service team as i needed minimal interaction. All was as expected.

However, to those complaining saying the lens are of poor quality due to bluring on the edges...... the bluring on the edges isnt the lens guys......iits called foreveated rendering. its a vr setting. What it does is because you have "sweet spots" in all headsets, its produces the image in the center at a higher, crisper, smoother rate/settings tha the edges because the edges are in your rear peripherals and not in direct line of sight. This helps run vr/games/enviroments at sometimes much higher settings than they normally SHOULD be able to. For example, lets say on my pc-tethered hmd, say a Rift S, i try to run a flight sim at full 4k settings at the max hz (lets say 90) and my pc only has a Ryzen 3700x and a Nvidia 1080 or 1650 super... I'm sorry but you arent going to be able to play anything well at those settings with ANY pc-tethered headset. You could hook up the PIMAX 8kx up to that mid-level system and it would struggle at those settings. Your pc is not meant for that. Whjat foreviated renderings does is allow you to play/view at "higher/premium" settings at those cost of that blurring on the edge.

Its not the lens being cheap. At all Turn of foreveated redering or change it to a lower setting to rid of the blurriness, but you are immediately going to notice other issues now. Tearing, fps drops, artifcats, latency. Ever try to run a true 4k video on a oculus go at 80 hz or now, 90 i guess) before that didnt use eoncoding help? Yea, you get the picture.

As for your pc build, people over estimate thier pc ALL THE TIME! People like Valve/Steam dont help either with things like their minimum and recommended specs (always being listed WAY to low without stating that you have to run thje game at literal crasp settings to even get this game to run okay. Most people think if they have the "recommended specs" they can run stuff at 4k/5k/6k/8k at 60 FPS just fine. Its so far from the truth its not even funny. I wiill give you an example.

My "lesser" is a Ryzen 3950x with a 2060 Super and 64 GB CL 14 3600 Ram and two Corsair M200 2 TB NVME SSDs.
-I can game normally (tv) on my 65 inch 4k 60hz tv with HDR10 at settings around 1440p for frame rates of 60+. Some games I can hit up to 120 FPS plus with tweaked settings and overvolting my gpu and Oc'ing the Mem by a lot.. THATS IT! I mean thats a decently high end system well spec'd above most of what steam/valve say. I have yet to find a single game with either of those mentioned.And I cant even max out my 4k tv unless I want horrible lagging and tearing and artifacts ecverywhere and lots of crashing. I tried to play Far Cry 6 at 4k with Raytracing at modest levels and low texture qualities/aliasing... I got it to boot finally... but the FPS were 16-26.

If you want to be able to run anything at 4k settings with any opther settings like texture qualities or such set to medium or better, at aything above 75hz,and expect a "good experience" you are going to need a rig consisting of ATLEAST a 3070 TI but honestly you need a 3080 or better (no amd due to driver issues so far)

If you want 8k for anything at ALL you need a 3090 at decent settings. Things like dlss or aliasing technique or sampling can help you run at these settings, but you always trade off something (artifcats, bad lag, smoothness, clarity, overall quality)

So you need atleast a 3080 and a Ryzen 5900x at least in my opinion to fully "MAX OUT" the possible performance of this headset without running any special "tricks" like rendering or dlss, etc. So if you dot meet those specs, dont call this headset horrible or trash. You just have no idea what actually is causding it. You and your pc. Try to learn/think before acting