INDEX: 80, 90, 120hz?

[WarPig_VR]

Hi fellow VR enthousiasts,

 

I've been flying with my INDEX for 3 months now and i'm curious what "way" other (INDEX)VR players fly this sim. I run the 80hz option for the fact that my rig can sustain 80fps for the most part in heavy servers like Combat Box or Knights of the Air. Yet when things get really interesting it usually slows down to the 40 fps becuase of the motion smoothing. I've tried the 120 hz a couple of times knowing that it would give me a 60fps most of the time due to motion smoothing but because its 20fps more then when using the 80hz option i'd give it a shot. 

Still not satisfied with that option though, 60 fps by motion smoothing still gives me the ghosting effect in heavy deflection dogfighting. 

I'm pretty much focused on dogfighting in wich the ghosting is more of an issue then ground pounding. I've also put a lot of effort, through use  the very good VR tips and tricks sections in this forum, in optimising my rig and getting the most out of it. The graphic settings i have in game and through use of the config file are optimised for me for visual fidelity and rig performance and i wont be changing much more in it. 

I'd like to know which refresh rate option other VR users are using and why? And maybe how other fighter pilots are coping with the ghosting effect.

 

Thanks guys

[SCG_Fenris_Wolf]

I also tried 120Hz (but on Pimax 5K+). The frametime requirement gets too tight and my CPU cannot draw geometry quickly enough. So, same experience.

 

The motion smoothing gives everyone ghosting / doubling of aircraft as well, so it's not a real option either imo.

 

I'm using 90Hz with lowered shadows settings, so that I can maintain high fps around furballs.

[chiliwili69]

I always use 80Hz mode. I think there is not too much you can do about that.

On the GPU side you are a the top line!.

The only thing you can do is to overclock your CPU as much as possible (with an 8700K you can reach 5.0 or more with good cooling), provide a fast RAM (2666Mhz is a bit slow) and avoid the most fps hungry options:

 

 

[Yuba]

We have similar systems, but I have 3200mhz ram and a 9900KF running at 5.05ghz(2080ti). I run at 144fps, but 90% if the time it is running in smoothing mode at 72fps. I find the ghosting to be minimal. I also run on settings that allow for 200% super sampling(don't need sharpen, blurring or AA). At times my fps will drop into the 60s-50s, but not below 50... I don't think it continues to half the fps if it can't keep up.

[RedeyeStorm]

Have you guys tried it with motion smoothing off?

[WarPig_VR]

@chiliwili69 My info is a bit outdated, im running 32gb RAM on 3200mhz, i'll change it. I have the 8700k also running stable on 5.0ghz since a few months so i really am running on the top of my system limits. 

@Yuba That might also be an option, i'll try that later thnx!