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jpinard · 2021-01-20T20:55:47.960Z

Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling

I know that doesn’t help much with normal gaming, but could this help with our VR gaming?

Profanicus · 2021-01-20T21:04:02.880Z

robc04:

Do In Death on PC and In Death Unchained on the Quest overlap then. so there would not really be any reason to get both? Are the visuals on the Quest version worse?

They do overlap.

Unchained is a port to the Quest, so it does have worse visuals and (I believe) potentially fewer enemies on screen at once - though the Quest 2 enhancements have probably closed that gap.

But the bigger difference is that Unchained has an additional level, game mode, and more map pieces, and is still under active development.

Profanicus · 2021-01-20T21:17:00.636Z

jpinard:

Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling

I know that doesn’t help much with normal gaming, but could this help with our VR gaming?

It does help with normal gaming (by shifting some CPU workload), just not in any noticeable or benchmarkable manner. ;)

It’s more of a setting for future games. I just leave it on as there are no real negatives.

schurem · 2021-01-20T22:21:41.066Z

Yes there are. Legacy application run slower and less stable with it on. Until contraindicated, I will not turn it on.

jpinard · 2021-01-20T22:50:28.028Z

NVidia hotfix is available:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5152/kw/hotfix

Unfortunately I think this is only for SteamVR so we have to wait Lord knows how long til we get the fix needed for MSFS.

IkeVandergraaf · 2021-01-20T23:14:28.583Z

The thread I have been following regarding MSFS says to leave hardware accelerated GPU scheduling off. So I do.

It also recommended rolling back nvidia drivers, which I believe has helped. I’m waiting to hear whether the new drivers are recommended before trying them.

TurinTur · 2021-01-22T10:32:03.536Z

Beat Saber now have 90hz in the Quest 2. I still have to try it.

Petey · 2021-01-22T23:36:38.362Z

Has anyone tried the 2 player Beat Sabre? I love the game and trying to get my kid to play it on her Quest but she is hesitant…but she loves competition so if the multi Beat Sabre is good, that might get her to start playing.

LMN8R · 2021-01-23T00:03:49.542Z

I tried it but was disappointed that you couldn’t play two different difficulties.

Sometimes I just want to play with a friend even if not competing with them - I’d like to play one difficulty while my friend plays another, just so we can try new songs together even though we’re at different skill levels.

Matt_W · 2021-01-23T03:51:53.352Z

Petey:

Has anyone tried the 2 player Beat Sabre?

I tried the multiplayer with quick play a couple of months ago. Not my favorite

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Beat Saber Multiplayer: I haven’t seen anyone else talk about it, so here goes. tl;dr it’s kind of shit. I’m only going to talk about Quickplay. There are private rooms also, which I don’t have enough friends to try (sob). In QP, you get to choose your difficulty and which packs to include (e.g. built-in packs only or all of the ones you have.) Then you get matched with 1-4 other people (total 5) and each person can choose a song. The song you all play is chosen randomly from among selections …

TurinTur · 2021-01-23T08:54:07.522Z

A new violent id game in VR coming (Doom Eternal VR??)
https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/project-2021a

Also, some clues of pc vr code in the Hitman 3 files
https://imgur.com/a/TcmtRYI

Chaplin · 2021-01-23T16:03:08.036Z

I guess there is some officially acknowledge bug creating lost frames or stutter in Steam VR for any Nvidia drivers newer than 446.14 (May 2020). I have noticed some hiccups so I went back the 446.14 to see if it improves anything noticeably. Has anyone looked into this? It sounds like the last patch or two is moving in the right direction, but things are still bugged. This weekend, I plan to experiment with 446.14 and upping my SteamVR resolution past 50% to see if I can get even better performance on the Reverb G2 + 2080ti overall.

schurem · 2021-01-23T23:34:51.922Z

What app are you running?

Editer · 2021-01-24T02:42:51.328Z

I rolled back to 457.30 based on advice on the Microsoft Flight Simulator forum. (The latest VR-friendly drivers that are compatible with the 3080.) Haven’t run into any issues and will stick to them until I hear that this issue has been fully resolved.

First time in… well, ever… that I haven’t run the latest drivers. It’s uncomfortable. :)

krayzkrok · 2021-01-24T03:25:48.131Z

I’m still running 442.74! That was optimal for Doom Eternal, and the subsequent version introduced a visual bug and brought fps down by 10%. I never saw any mention of a fix, so here I sit with it still. I usually only upgrade when I see problems (not unusual for me to have 12 month old nvidia drivers) but when my Q2 arrives I may have to bite the bullet.

TurinTur · 2021-01-24T16:49:31.001Z

Today I bought two games for my Quest. Dash Dash Racing and Blaston.

Dash Dash Racing devs released several tracks after release, improved graphics and 90hz for the Quest 2, new immersive controls with a virtual wheel, cross buy with the Oculus store and cross-platform in multiplayer. They have extensive tutorials, achievements, unlockables, comfort options, etc.
And after all that, I ended up refunding it. It’s… well, I guess it’s that I don’t find the core game that fun. It isn’t bad, but it is just… fine? The controls and physics are not satisfying, and dunno, I feel the concept of arcade kart didn’t translate as well as one could imagine. Ymmv. So despite wanting to reward the devs for the support, it didn’t make sense for me to own it.

On the other hand I’m happy with Blaston. It’s a simple as hell game, 1vs1 shooting each other with an arsenal of ‘slow bullet’ weapons. That’s it. But it’s well executed, it’s fun, and I can see how it fits on my daily exercise routine of Beat Saber + something else (it could be Eleven TT, or Until You Fall, or this one).

jpinard · 2021-01-24T17:59:03.846Z

Editer:

I rolled back to 457.30 based on advice on the Microsoft Flight Simulator forum. (The latest VR-friendly drivers that are compatible with the 3080.) Haven’t run into any issues and will stick to them until I hear that this issue has been fully resolved.

First time in… well, ever… that I haven’t run the latest drivers. It’s uncomfortable. :)

Do the older drivers create any performance issues in other games? Or limit things like ray tracing on the 3080?

IkeVandergraaf · 2021-01-24T19:59:44.745Z

No idea. I am also running 457.30. I’m getting good frame rates in MSFS and great frame rates in IL-2.

Editer · 2021-01-24T20:16:16.505Z

jpinard:

Do the older drivers create any performance issues in other games? Or limit things like ray tracing on the 3080?

Mainly you lose the update they did for Cyberpunk 2077. Which I’m playing on my Series X anyway, so that doesn’t affect me.

Chaplin · 2021-01-25T06:10:53.851Z

It’s supposed to be a stutter or some dropped frames in Steam VR. I rolled back the driver and after some time this weekend I can’t really say I noticed much. However the bug was acknowledged by Nvidia so it must be a thing. I dunno.