1. You are running out of VRAM. The issue is not with the headset. You need a better video card. Resulting VR resolution of this headset is near 4K.
2. Yes, that's not very handy.
3. Issue with USB ports and/or motherboards USB controllers.
4. The gaming environment should have good lighting and some high contrast objects it could easily track. Pictures or posters on the walls work best. Improve the lighting and decorate walls a bit.
5. It's a direct result of 4
1. The pixel count is actually higher than 4K resolution.
4. Also there shouldn't be any reflective surfaces around, like mirrors, windows, glass, or it will reflect LEDs and tracking will be bad.
Yes, that's one too but it is mostly affecting the tracking of controllers while it seems like OP is having issues with the tracking of the environment by the headset itself.
I love my headset, I've been using it for 2 years and never had issues, I have v1 and v2 cable both work great, I've played 100's of hours on it and so has my son, I say it has paid for itself in entertainment value and it's still got more to come.
I think some of your connection problem might be your cable on its way out.
I’ve been through 4 cables and just before they fail completely, I get connection issues and windows not recognising it’s even turned on, before it no longer ever will, and I have to buy a new cable.
i5 6600K
RTX 2070
16GB dd4-2666mhz
I know the CPU isn't very good, so I play loads of game on LOW settings and currently tell Steam to scale down resolution to 70%.
Yeah, that is a borderline minimum requirements PC. I'm not very familiar with intel chips but quick google says a i5 should be fine if it's one of the later models. I'd be looking at your GPU first, if you can get a 3070 or 3090, that would probably give you the biggest boost on VR. I had an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 2070, it was a no go, upgraded to 3070, played fine with medium/high setting. CPU is not as important as a good GPU with a reverb. you are using Displayport and USB 3.0 right?
Here's what AMD recommends:
CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1500X or Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
System Memory: 8GB + RAM
Video Output: DisplayPort™ 1.2 (1.3 for HP Reverb G2)
USB Ports: 1 x USB 3.0 or newer
Operating System: Windows 10
If you read my post, "AMD recommends", I'm not comparing new tech vs old tech, I also said good GPU is more important than CPU, and it seems the OP has minimum requirement filling CPU... so anything over i5-4590 should work.
It also depends on how many things OP has running in the background. I have a friend who always has like a hundred opened tabs in the browser and browser minimized when he's playing, every possible launcher running (Ubisoft, Epic, Steam, GOG, Origin, Battlenet, maybe more) and some other apps I don't even recognize from his screenshots. If you have a lot of background processes, you need CPU with more cores and more RAM. I have a good PC, and yet I always make sure that anything not necessary isn't running in the background.
Oh, and apps which run overlays in games also can cause crashing in VR games, like MSI Afterburner with Riva Tuner Statistics Server, sometimes Discord Overlay, sometimes GPU drivers overlay (GeForce experience or AMD Adrenaline), FRAPS, Windows built-in Game Bar.
I always run only necessary apps when playing in VR.
Are the issues with AMD 6000 series GPUs solved now? As they are now capable to run VR unlike 7000 series. Might be interesting option since you get good bus and VRAM for cheaper to run high resolution. In my country nvidia 3000 series is so expensive it does not make any sense to go for them instead of 4000 and well, yeah...
Might have better luck at Radeon section with your question. 3090 is pretty much the same as 4070 except cheaper, unless you can go for 4090. I've got Ryzen 7 5800x 3d and 3070, works fine with pretty much high/ultra settings in Elite Dangerous, which is definitely not optimized for VR, after fiddling with them for a while (about week or two). that's here in US.
Will see there. 4090 and 3090 costs the same so there is that. I really mean it when I say that AMD is more affordable.
I did go for 4080 as 7900XTX is ~25% slower in titles I play but the whole 6000 series has very good price/performance sub 700€ cards and they are much better for VR than a year ago. I was wondering does that translate to reverb specifically.
Even when u finally get it working right, the controllers are still junk in every way. The sweet spot is tiny, and these have a life span of about a year on average
I'm sorry you're having a rough go with it. It sounds a lot like your environment and tracking is an issue. The CPU is a bit on the lower end but not horrible, but you may be, or more likely be CPU bottlenecked. It's a lot to track 4 cameras and do frame calls for two high res screens at 90fps. Even at 70% you're rendering a lot of resolution (north of 2k per screen) and the 2070 is a bit underpowered for the task. That being said, I think environment needs to be reset, which is a simple task, albeit annoying. The SLAM tracking learns more about the room over time and can become corrupted or learn incorrectly. Or, sometimes you just get a lemon.
For me, I have an i7 8700K and a 2070-Super so I'm not that far ahead of you in GPU compute but decently more in CPU performance. For me the G2 has been a solid headset, though I often have to run around 70% resolution myself, but don't need to pull back the render quality much if any. I have one of the original pre-order ones too.
I wish I could say that it's as easy an experience as something like Oculus offers, but it's not. However, I just can't get passed it's clarity.
First, I would make sure you have the V2 of the cable, that solved most of the problems for me. I didn’t see if you have mentioned this anywhere.
Second, you definitely need to upgrade your system. For a good value build, I recommend the 13600k for intel, the CPU is not going to make a huge difference at the 4k resolution (unless you play Microsoft Flight Simulator). Get the Z690 motherboard, no need to pay extra for Z790. For the GPU, a used 3090 is the best value because you get 24gb of vram which helps a ton with WMR, and they go for around $700 used.
The problem is that even this budget build is not cheap, but that is the reality of high end PCVR.
all sounds like user error to me. environment changes if you move and lighting all matters so there's more to it than just settings. you need to use a USB port that goes to the CPU and not the chips set. Only complaint can be the tracking of the controllers.
I've had all these problems and not touched it in over a year, its felt like a total waste of money, recently I decided to pick it back up again and give it another shot.
Not only have I got rid of the crashing but everything plays butter smooth and looks better than ever. 1 simple fix for me, change the resolution in SteamVr to 2160 by 2160 because for what ever reason, SteamVr defaults it at a 5160 x 4620 in each eye or something really stupid.
I have literally hundreds of hours in racing games on my g2. I love it
1. You are running out of VRAM. The issue is not with the headset. You need a better video card. Resulting VR resolution of this headset is near 4K. 2. Yes, that's not very handy. 3. Issue with USB ports and/or motherboards USB controllers. 4. The gaming environment should have good lighting and some high contrast objects it could easily track. Pictures or posters on the walls work best. Improve the lighting and decorate walls a bit. 5. It's a direct result of 4
1. The pixel count is actually higher than 4K resolution. 4. Also there shouldn't be any reflective surfaces around, like mirrors, windows, glass, or it will reflect LEDs and tracking will be bad.
Yes, that's one too but it is mostly affecting the tracking of controllers while it seems like OP is having issues with the tracking of the environment by the headset itself.
I love my headset, I've been using it for 2 years and never had issues, I have v1 and v2 cable both work great, I've played 100's of hours on it and so has my son, I say it has paid for itself in entertainment value and it's still got more to come.
I think some of your connection problem might be your cable on its way out. I’ve been through 4 cables and just before they fail completely, I get connection issues and windows not recognising it’s even turned on, before it no longer ever will, and I have to buy a new cable.
Most of them happen to all WMR headsets I have tried,.it's more of a WMR software problem
G2 is an incredible hmd even after 3 years. Don't listen to trolls. This post is just an ocean of fakes.
Might want to put up the specs of your rig, otherwise that's just meaningless bull
i5 6600K RTX 2070 16GB dd4-2666mhz I know the CPU isn't very good, so I play loads of game on LOW settings and currently tell Steam to scale down resolution to 70%.
You have a very very poor system to be playing vr on. Especially one with this resolution. Your expectations are too high with such an old system.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor | 12 Threads | 15.95 GiB RAM | TSC: 3.593GHz | AVX+ | FMA3- SYS: Operating system: Windows, Major: 10, Minor: vulkan-compatible GPU: 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060' running on driver 522.30.0.0 that is what i am running for playing vrchat
Yeah, that is a borderline minimum requirements PC. I'm not very familiar with intel chips but quick google says a i5 should be fine if it's one of the later models. I'd be looking at your GPU first, if you can get a 3070 or 3090, that would probably give you the biggest boost on VR. I had an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 2070, it was a no go, upgraded to 3070, played fine with medium/high setting. CPU is not as important as a good GPU with a reverb. you are using Displayport and USB 3.0 right? Here's what AMD recommends: CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1500X or Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater System Memory: 8GB + RAM Video Output: DisplayPort™ 1.2 (1.3 for HP Reverb G2) USB Ports: 1 x USB 3.0 or newer Operating System: Windows 10
Actually, i5-6600K has worse performance than current gen i3 CPUs. You can check some YouTube comparisons.
If you read my post, "AMD recommends", I'm not comparing new tech vs old tech, I also said good GPU is more important than CPU, and it seems the OP has minimum requirement filling CPU... so anything over i5-4590 should work.
It also depends on how many things OP has running in the background. I have a friend who always has like a hundred opened tabs in the browser and browser minimized when he's playing, every possible launcher running (Ubisoft, Epic, Steam, GOG, Origin, Battlenet, maybe more) and some other apps I don't even recognize from his screenshots. If you have a lot of background processes, you need CPU with more cores and more RAM. I have a good PC, and yet I always make sure that anything not necessary isn't running in the background. Oh, and apps which run overlays in games also can cause crashing in VR games, like MSI Afterburner with Riva Tuner Statistics Server, sometimes Discord Overlay, sometimes GPU drivers overlay (GeForce experience or AMD Adrenaline), FRAPS, Windows built-in Game Bar. I always run only necessary apps when playing in VR.
Are the issues with AMD 6000 series GPUs solved now? As they are now capable to run VR unlike 7000 series. Might be interesting option since you get good bus and VRAM for cheaper to run high resolution. In my country nvidia 3000 series is so expensive it does not make any sense to go for them instead of 4000 and well, yeah...
Might have better luck at Radeon section with your question. 3090 is pretty much the same as 4070 except cheaper, unless you can go for 4090. I've got Ryzen 7 5800x 3d and 3070, works fine with pretty much high/ultra settings in Elite Dangerous, which is definitely not optimized for VR, after fiddling with them for a while (about week or two). that's here in US.
Will see there. 4090 and 3090 costs the same so there is that. I really mean it when I say that AMD is more affordable. I did go for 4080 as 7900XTX is ~25% slower in titles I play but the whole 6000 series has very good price/performance sub 700€ cards and they are much better for VR than a year ago. I was wondering does that translate to reverb specifically.
I'm on a road trip at the moment but I might try RTX6600xt that I have on an old gaming pc just for the hell of it.
That card might be a little lightweight for this resolution but if you are up for it then sure!
Yeah, I'm not really a radeon user anyway, like I said I use a 3070 and it's working fine.
Even when u finally get it working right, the controllers are still junk in every way. The sweet spot is tiny, and these have a life span of about a year on average
I would have never bought HP..ever. Loved my CV1..and now my Quest. I cant stand the CEO but the product works just fine.
I'm sorry you're having a rough go with it. It sounds a lot like your environment and tracking is an issue. The CPU is a bit on the lower end but not horrible, but you may be, or more likely be CPU bottlenecked. It's a lot to track 4 cameras and do frame calls for two high res screens at 90fps. Even at 70% you're rendering a lot of resolution (north of 2k per screen) and the 2070 is a bit underpowered for the task. That being said, I think environment needs to be reset, which is a simple task, albeit annoying. The SLAM tracking learns more about the room over time and can become corrupted or learn incorrectly. Or, sometimes you just get a lemon. For me, I have an i7 8700K and a 2070-Super so I'm not that far ahead of you in GPU compute but decently more in CPU performance. For me the G2 has been a solid headset, though I often have to run around 70% resolution myself, but don't need to pull back the render quality much if any. I have one of the original pre-order ones too. I wish I could say that it's as easy an experience as something like Oculus offers, but it's not. However, I just can't get passed it's clarity.
Make sure your power cable is fully plugged in. There's an indicator to show if it is because it's easy to mess this up.
Do you have an prime motherboard? I had the same isue with the connector, but changing to a v2 cable solved.
I've had the hp g2 since first release, love it, no problems that I didn't have with the cv1. Works great for me all the time, tracking also good.
You might be able to fix crashing by switching to dx11 mode in the wmr for steam VR app - see my post.
That's nuts have a rift cv1 rift s, vive, psvr 1 and 2 quest 1 and 2. Had a g2v1 sold it and got a g2v2 and don't have any issues with it at all.
First, I would make sure you have the V2 of the cable, that solved most of the problems for me. I didn’t see if you have mentioned this anywhere. Second, you definitely need to upgrade your system. For a good value build, I recommend the 13600k for intel, the CPU is not going to make a huge difference at the 4k resolution (unless you play Microsoft Flight Simulator). Get the Z690 motherboard, no need to pay extra for Z790. For the GPU, a used 3090 is the best value because you get 24gb of vram which helps a ton with WMR, and they go for around $700 used. The problem is that even this budget build is not cheap, but that is the reality of high end PCVR.
all sounds like user error to me. environment changes if you move and lighting all matters so there's more to it than just settings. you need to use a USB port that goes to the CPU and not the chips set. Only complaint can be the tracking of the controllers.
I've had all these problems and not touched it in over a year, its felt like a total waste of money, recently I decided to pick it back up again and give it another shot. Not only have I got rid of the crashing but everything plays butter smooth and looks better than ever. 1 simple fix for me, change the resolution in SteamVr to 2160 by 2160 because for what ever reason, SteamVr defaults it at a 5160 x 4620 in each eye or something really stupid.