Quest 3 - Link Cable Settings Guide For High Quality Wired VR

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

Hopefully this saves people some time and gives a good start point for those of you that want to use a link cable with the Quest 3 and have some great settings right away :) We also have a video specifically for Assetto Corsa Here - Soon :P Quest 3 - amzn.to/3S99MA6 Link Cable That charges - amzn.to/3Hxcudy

[@enjoyvride]

finally after the fight :D

[@richardirv]

Thanks for all the effort put in testing this stuff. I've also spent many hours trying to stabilise AC with my Quest 3, finally finding out last week that many of my issues were simply the Pure Grass plugin. Disabling fixed pretty much everything. Regarding the link cable, I have just ordered the INNU after trying the Syntech version which didn't work with the standard Quest 3 charger plugged in, so after ordering a Ugreen 65w usb-c charger and 65w cable I was confident it would finally work, but no... It still slowly discharges. So I am now pinned to this cable and I really hope it does work and hold charge.

[@itstunatime7127]

did this cable fix your issues? @@richardirv

[@GTE_Ams442]

X2 @richardirv i am buying my quest 3 and probably this cable in 2 days

[@fireprooofwalnuts]

it will not let me turn off asynchr space warp off

[@yv2611]

Even though you may not get as many views. Those who have VR really appreciate this series of video. Thank you.

[@Steelninja77]

There's a connection order for that link cable. It should be written on the charging block bit. If you plug it in in the right order the charging doesn't lose battery percentage as you play it stays charged. I only noticed it today as mine was running the battery down even plugged in to the charger. But i plugged it in in the right order. plug the power lead in then plug the link cable into headset and finally plug the other end into your PC and it will stay charged.

[@Mike23443]

For me the order doesn't matter. I mean technically it does, but only beyond 70% battery charge. If you replug normally, it will charge fine up to 70% then it will drop and start losing charge while charging. If you replug it in when it's back down to 50 or something it will then charge normally again.

[@user23724]

Just gotta say, I usually find videos like this annoying, whether it be the voice or the lack of detail etc, but found this video really refreshing. You clearly know what you're talking about because you go into detail on everything you say, and you don't try and put on some silly voice, you don't feel fake at all. Nice content!

[@danfry909]

This is pure gold GM, thank you for doing all this leg work.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

Need to do some situps now

[@Stu_Murph]

My Quest 3 should be here in Tuesday. Recently bought a PC for sim racing, looking forward to trying iRacing in VR

[@datavortex]

Thanks! Very helpful. I will note here that when I pushed the encoding bitrate to 900, I got audio stuttering and choppiness on Beat Saber until I knocked it back to 500. Video never missed a beat though. ASUS Strix RTX 4090, AMD 7950X3D, ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme.

[@kristianjorg418]

Great summary of all the crucial settings. Even though I have a reasonably good understanding of all you say already, the summary really ties all together well. Highly appreciated!

[@RickR69]

Any updates to the settings for the newer 120hz mode? Great video thank you!

[@Vogelaufmzaun]

I read High Quality Settings in the thumbnail and then read "Quake 3" not Quest 3. Had me excited there for a moment.

[@rontaumelscheibe]

Thanks man! Having the best performance since using the Quest 3 (6 month now)

[@Thezuule1]

You can run the FOV multiplier at 0.85 and not see the edges while gaining a few FPS by rendering a smaller window. Could on the Quest 2 anyway.

[@TheOriginalCoda]

Just one thing about copy/pasting the bitrate into notepad... not necessary. You can type into one of the other numeric fields then copy that. Ok, it only saved you 3.52 seconds, but hey.

[@PeterDenTV]

I have an RTX3080OC and a Ryzen 7 5800x3d, those settings are also perfect for Quest 2, especially those in the Oculus Debug Tool, definitely a game changer, it removes all the blurriness with no hit on the performance at all. 1.3x resolution and 90hz in the headset settings and you'll also find that it's on par with HDMI/DP connected devices.

[@StankyBud93]

@PeterDenTV ok iv got quest 2 7800x3d with 7800xt (4070 equivilent) so I'm gonna do exactly that. I'm already happy with the picture mostly but if this improves it then awesome

[@livep2166]

The only thing I'd like to add is if you go back to airlink for other games etc. It was very necessary for me to set the encoding back to 0 Mpbs, because I was getting lots of warping. But for link cable, very much agree with your debug settings.

[@Munch1966]

Really good video and thanks for posting GM!! I have a Quest Pro and thought I’d try out these settings. Happy to report they’ve worked a treat and I’m now enjoying seamless 90hz performance in ACC. I had to tweak in-game video settings slightly to find the balance but it now looks and runs extremely well with around 25% headroom. Tried on AMS2 on the Le Mans circuit with the fast LMDh cars and runs as smooth as butter with a mix of weather conditions and night driving. It does look less over sharpened and more natural and I can now see the benefits of running 90hz. (4090 & 58003dx). Thanks again, top job!

[@andreasotto1977]

Let's all praise GM for providing useful help for the existing software solution and the usage of a cable with charging properties in a stationary environment, instead of chiming in with the VD fanboi choir trying to lure us all in a rabbit hole's maze of spending extra money on 3rd party software and finding THE holy grail of WiFi router setup that will actually work. 🙂

[@kondor99999]

Agreed. WiFi is nowhere near ready to handle the bandwidth needed for VR in particular. And Physics means it likely never will be. The higher the bandwidth, the higher the frequency needed, which eventually comes to resemble the characteristics of visible light. Already, the VD zealots are demanding a 15 foot line-of-sight to the very latest dedicated router. At some point, you have to say “Why not just use a cable then?”

[@syko846]

All I did was try on the quest 3 without changing any settings to see if the visual quality was that much better than that of the Reverb g2, and wow the clarity alone was night and day, I can actually read text without having to be in the sweet spot 😮 I had my link cable from when I used to use my Quest 2 before getting the G2. I'm sure messing around with settings here and there will make the visual quality even better. I'll have to check these settings out

[@Sheldor_AFK]

Thank you for the video. Just one question. After applying these settings do I just escape out of debug tool? Or is there a way to save then exit?

[@1SaG]

If it's anything like it was on my old Rift-S, you very much want to disable asynchronous spacewarp in flightsims. In Il-2 it will cause all sorts of weirdness whenever it kicks in - in my case it made planes' wings look like they were flapping. Also: I'm not sure I'd take resolution over refresh-rate. I tried both options on my Reverb G2, meaning: 1. 60 Hz with full resolution and in-game details cranked up to nearly maximum, and 2. 90 Hz with reduced resolution (~80 to 85%, but no FSR/NIS) and very conservative in-game settings. Of course: 60Hz and native res is/was almost a joke, even to the 4070 I used until recently. No drops in FPS whatsoever at that setting. But: Anytime I tried 60 Hz, I always reverted back to 90 Hz with reduced res/graphics-settings very quickly. While you can make the game look a lot better "on paper" at a lower refresh-rate, the sensation of immersion just isn't as good as on 90 Hz. For me it was like 60 Hz felt like I was looking at a simulation while 90 Hz felt like I was actually sitting inside the cockpit. Well worth the reduction in pixels and eye-candy, IMO. I would also highly recommend *not* using SteamVR but to go OpenComposite/OpenXR instead - especially if you're not blessed with a 4090 as SteamVR is a bit of a performance hog.

[@jonnylaris]

Dude where is your 120hz option?!

[@easybreeze1]

The tangent multiplier reduction is gold, there is so much performance available reducing this. I can't see any difference with 0.9 horizontal, for vertical I go down to 0.75, all I see is a small border on the bottom but quickly forget, for me vertical is not important, like viewing on a super ultrawide vs a bigger 16.9 display. For the performance headroom you on the table people need to at least try.

[@simracingjunky9679]

For everybody out there that want to buy a headset for SIM RACING ONLY I suggest to get a used Quest pro. I own both a Q pro and a Q3 and it is better in every way except for resolution and possibly comfort cause there are more options for the Q3 when it comes to 3rd party head straps. Local dimming, DFR (game changer for sims) and better colors gives you a better overall image quality and more FPS. Eye tracking is a necessity in every new headset to lower those crazy hardware requirements. I don't own a PSVR2 but I can tell you that there is now way that GT7 VR exists without eye tracking.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

I think the price of Q3 really tips the balance in Q3 favour but yah quest pro is great I have used it a couple of times now.

[@karlhungus545]

Maybe if it was less than a new Q3, but otherwise you'd be nuts to buy a Q Pro or a Valve Index at this point.

[@WilXuH]

Are you running openxr to take advantage of the eye tracking? Does it work well? If so, do you mind sharing specs? I tinkered with openxr a bit and the fovated rendering was pretty good, but it seems my machine is just too weak and I get stutters in any scenario but with oculus native software 😂 TIA!

[@simracingjunky9679]

@@WilXuH I run open XR for ACC only and I do use eye tracking and dfr but I have a 4090 with a 12700k so I'm probably not a good reference. I never wanted to play ACC b4 my pro and 4090. I really think that this combo is the sweet spot right now for vr because you can pretty much run anything at 90 fps on really high settings(don't get me wrong it's still not perfect ). I have to lower settings if I use my Q3 cause it's higher res and no dfr for ACC. It really sucks that you have to spend so much $$ to run VR smoothly.

[@simracingjunky9679]

@@karlhungus545 If you want to do a lot of standalone definitely get a Q3 but as of now (software changes could be made in the future to improve PCVR with the Q3's better chip if Meta would actually care about this) I prefer the image on my Quest pro in every PCVR title and I have a much easier time setting up sims to run smoothly.

[@Considine7]

Does anyone know how to stop the debug tool from resetting the asynchronous spacewarp setting?? Everytine I change it to disabled and come out it goes back to auto! Driving me mad lol! Only found out recently this was the cause of massive fps drops when sim racing in iracing! I change it back and then enter a race and starts stuttering and fps drops of course when going round corners, once the race is finished I open up the debug tool and sure enough the setting has changed back to auto 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ any help would be appreciated.

[@Joe2328]

I only have quest 2 but find lowering the fov multiplier to 0.8 (vertical) and about 0.4 (horizontal) - similar to helmet cam view (realism!) means you can push lots of other settings higher as it is only rendering about a third of the area - most of what you are missing is the roof liner of your car and your legs, so not a big deal really - personally prefer to see nothing and save resources than have horrible ffr making most of the screen look terrible. The pixels per display pixel override setting as high as your computer can handle (1.2 -1.6?) makes big difference to quality as well.

[@davewoodhams5768]

awesome job again!! I was wondering if when you have 3 monitors, and you have a ReverbG2 VR, should I unplug my monitors to use the VR headset? The picture is on both. I have a 4th monitor above my trips, I could use that one for game starting. Should I unplug my three monitors to plug in my VR basically. thanks

[@cberns4]

Have you tried adjusting Encode Resolution Width. The max for quest 3 is 4128 (1:1). But I would start with 700-900 (copy/paste) and see if you notice any change in resolution. You should notice improvement. Encode resolution width is output resolution. It's the resolution of image that is actually output to the display. I believe the quest 2 max was 3664 (I probably haven't changed mine since upgrading to Quest 3). Give it a try and let me know your thoughts

[@tomc1380]

This a vey good guide on how to use Link imho. Thanks for sharing this mate. This should get most people good results and afterwards they can fine tune things to their liking. The only thing I'd like to add is that it's important to run the oculus desktop app device settings usb speed test. You should get at least 2.2Gbps (preferably at least 2.4Gbps). If you cannot get this you may want to try a different usb3 port and/or cable. I have slightly different Link settings but this is probably more of a personal preference thing. The main thing is that I think that yours are a good place for newbies to start off with. Thanks again mate and best cheers from Australia.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

2.2Gbps is 275 MBps which is almost 3x 900 Mbps. So in theory a cable and USB port of slower speed , even 1Gbps should work perfectly fine. What's more important is that the port is USB 3 and the power settings are right. Be interesting if someone has done actual direct testing of data rates , specific ports and cables of different data rates. In the past with oculus stuff the biggest issue was due to specific USB ports / USB bus / USB power Tomthe point some USB cards / busses didn't work even though they should have been fine. What I noticed is lots of people repeating x cable speed is needed x bit rate is needed y is better as it's faster or x should categorically be done. But all they are doing is just repeating best case scenarios that are often well beyond what is needed for things to be perfectly fine. For example the iniu link cable I use is half the bandwidth of the official link cable , but it doesn't matter as half the bandwidth is still way over what is needed.

[@tomc1380]

@@GamerMuscleVideos Sorry but the point I'm trying to make is that people should run the Oculus desktop app usb speed test and make sure it's at least in the 2.0-2.4Gbps range. Otherwise, you won't get good results with Link imho. If you are getting good results with Link I'm pretty sure you'll find that you're in this range, or maybe a bit better.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

​I got you , I just think it would be interesting to know what the actual limit is and if that's from data rate or just USB compatibility. I don't think there is a way to throttle USB data rate on PC ports to test. ​@@tomc1380

[@tomc1380]

@@GamerMuscleVideos Ya, numbers are not always very useful anyway. At the end of the day, loke I think you've already said, your eyes will tell what's best. Why I recommend the oculus desktop app device usb speed test is because I've often found it useful. I think that Oculus/Meta did put this in for a reason, lol!

[@Bigblackninja5]

I want to record the performance hud but it only shows up in vr not on my desktop screen and I’m not sure how to record in the headset?

[@eugkra33]

Curious if AV1 an option for me instead of H264. On an RTX 4070 Super

[@panief3421]

@@eugkra33 h264+

[@franmi00]

Thank you kind sir! This makes everything so much clearer and crispier! Night and day difference. Before I was only changing the steamVR render resolution. And even with 400% it was not that clear as it is now with these settings. Now I have in steamVR just automatic resolution selected. So it should be 100% and that 4864 x 2592 in oculus app. fpsVR actually shows ingame 3000x3232 and global steam res settings to 150%. Numbers all over the place but it is stable and looks amazing! Game I tested was Half Life Alyx on ULTRA preset. Setup is GPU 7900 XTX Sapphire Nitro+, cpu 7800 x3d, 32 gb 6000 mhz ram, oculus quest 3.

[@Anequit]

we have literally the exact same specs lol

[@franmi00]

@@Anequit Nice, how are you enjoying yours?

[@Anequit]

@@franmi00 it's working great 👍

[@IrishShea]

My Brother also has the exact same system :L he'll be pleased with your results.

[@ksmlckcklai1149]

Thanks. How can I use link cable when using battery head strap given there is only one usb C port on the headset?

[@mikejones-nd6ni]

All of the supplies to Quest 2 as well

[@nicki9knuckles]

Hey, thanks for the tutorial! 2 quick questions: 1. Do you have your Oculus software's runtime set to the default "openXR" or is it set to steamVR? 2. Are you are launching though steamVR or are you using openComposite and bypassing steamvr? Thanks!!

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

I don't even know how you change it to openxr , its all on defults where is that setting to change it ? I'm using Oculus or Open XR with AC and iRacing at the moment , I use steam link in another room next to wifi for steam VR stuff thats room scale and need to do more testing with VD

[@nicki9knuckles]

@@GamerMuscleVideos ok, its probably set to openXR if you havn't changed any of the settings, though for me sometimes it seem to switch it to steamVR without me having manually done anything. In order to see this setting you can do this: 1. Open your Oculus software. 2. Navigate to Settings -> General. 3. Click the 'Set Oculus as active' button to choose Oculus as your active OpenXR runtime. Depending on your Oculus software version this option can be under 'General' Im going to try your settings tonight, thanks again for the detailed instructions

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Excellent video! You could have gone on for another 10 minutes, and I would have watched. I completely forgot about that hidden debug file in the install folder. This is the first thing I'm doing when I get home from work today. Thanks!

[@sebo2627]

I used the 0.5 FOV vertical on ACC, it looks almost like a crash helmet... but 2x the fps, with same setting and quality

[@jellowiggler]

Traditionally (on the Q2) the encoding bit rate was set to max 288, this is the bit rate where Oculus couldn't see a good performance to quality improvement. 300 is great. In motion you will likely not be able to see difference above that. Above 300 you are just adding latency and work with little benefit. I think default on the cable is 250. The theoretical max on USB cable is 5Gbps. Usually this measures at 2400-2700bmps. All of the video plus control and camera traffic, etc needs to fit in that limit. So it should be pretty easy to have lots of head room.

[@TheOriginalCoda]

The USB test in the Meta/Oculus desktop app will tell you what bitrate your current cable+USB port can do. If you get less than 2.6 Gbp/s on your cable test, it's most likely your USB port.

[@TheOriginalCoda]

@xav-kf1rr Oui

[@Rempai420]

Is there a way to change colours in the headset? My quest pro is insanely washed out. I look on my monitor and see vibrant colours and then look in my headset and see very washed out colours and greys.

[@metetaha2013]

Hello, i was wondering if you could do an updated video towards meta quest 3. I also got myself meta quest 3 few weeks ago and using it with steamvr and meta quest app together with linked cable. Ive got a 3060ti and i5 13400f with 2x16gb ddr4 ram and i was wondering if these specs would be good enough for iracing vr racing + streaming on twitch? I have no idea how to properly setup the steamvr settings nor the meta quest settings such as hz and resolution or in game settings or the debug tool with today's quest 3 updates.. I think you got iracing from the site rightaway so you may not have any idea with steamvr but i wanted to ask anyway. Ive tried other vr supported racing games/sims but it seemed like i am either losing so much fps even on lowest settings or im using the wrong graphics settings i have no idea. It just goes around 1-2 fps sometimes. I dont want to feel like i wasted my money on getting the quest 3 so i need help pls

[@ericheick7044]

You are the man for this. Like others said, this wont be a huge video, but I thank you! Subbed.

[@fortheluvofthegame_]

yeah, me too!

[@gfoyle6571]

The point with limiting the FOV is to limit the vertical fov only. Yes, you get letterbox, but you don't need a lot of FOV vertically in car sims for anything. I at least don't need to see my fake virtual skinny legs (if I really want to, I can just look down more). Even with low as 0.3 it's still similar vertical fov as with ultrawide and you can image you have helmet where the vertical fov is limited quite a lot. Initially it didn't look that great, but after a while, I couldn't even notice it. As for horizontal fov, I don't really limit that much at all. In AMS2 at least, you need like 30-40% headroom (in the performance overlay of the oculus debug tool) to avoid getting fps problems in night/rain conditions with many cars behind you with headlights. Naturally the game graphic settings affect that as well as well as you PC (I have pretty similar computer as GM has). Only way I was really to achieve smooth performance in all conditions, was to limit the vertical fov a lot. At least in AMS2, lowering the graphical settings didn't help enough to make nearly as big impact.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

Yah I can see how that can still work , might be a good option for some people with sims for sure.

[@willgevo]

You didn't mention the performance boost with VDXR on Virtual Desktop, which can make a huge difference in smoothness on titles that support OpenXR.

[@SingleRacerSVR]

Thankyou GM, for taking the time to do this, as I finally feel like I have something substantial to replace my aging original RIFT with a good start as to the correct settings to use out of the box. On a side note - really like those white "more information" boxes your using in your editor, as to me they look very professional compared to the horribly amateur graphs I see on some other Channels. These "HOW TO GUIDES" can often be some of the best viewed video's - so maybe after half a dozen Q3 updates, you could revisit this in a the next year or so, to further expand on any improvements that you've found, specifically for Sim Racing & Flight Sims?

[@StoredBart]

God's work GM, thank you. Looking forward to your CM AC settings video. I have the same link cable as you, the same CPU, a 3080 and with what I considered low CM AC settings I'm getting what I believe are big CPU related stutters in every AC test I've tried and I feel like I'm going mad. So, I look forward to your CM AC settings to replicate them and hopefully validate that I am not in fact going mad.

[@dirkhartlage]

When I set the visible HUD to Performance and Performance HUD to Oculus Link Detail, I could see latency increases when I increased the bitrate over certain numbers. H.265 seems to have this later than H.264. I ended up just staying at H.264 at 500. H.265 was stable at 600 as well, but I felt this one still looked better, but not really sure.

[@michalpetrilak3976]

You observed it correctly, if H265 is set, the latency will increase, which is not good. Encoding to H265 and decoding will take more time and cause the process to slow down. H264 works smoother.

[@TCViper8618]

Is there a video like this for quest 2 owners

[@mrspicolli]

I just knew there was a step I was leaving out. Do you have a set of settings for optimization for AirPlay?? Because I like having the link cable hooked up and all that for the graphics and the latency I don’t mind a tad bit of latency to maintain the immersion of not being tied to a cable + …. It’s safer for the charging port on my oculus.

[@colourwheel20]

Thanks for these tips! You say it’s the same as with a DP cable with these settings. Do you see any compression artifacts with these settings? With VD or Steam Link the artifacts are visible.

[@pharmeee]

Does this not work for Quest 2? I set everything and choose to enable the performance overlay then I launch a game over link cable and no performance overlay shows while playing so I can only assume no setting changes took affect.

[@yournumber1189]

Hey Im im facing pixaltion that are very noticeable in my game , is there anyway to fix that

[@irineras]

Very good video, good explanation and relatable hardware. I had a quest 2, then bought a reverb g2. The g2 is sadly dying especially the controllers. So i am saving the headset for simracing as it is still unmatched in clarity and sharpness. Got my quest 3 this week and was looking for a refresher on how the settings worked again. Really helpfull video and good explanation of which is what. My specs are a 7800x3d and i got my hands on a rtx 3090 for the amount of vram which is super important in vr. Sidenote assetto is in the autumnsale on steam right now!

[@chrisc3825]

Thanks GM. As an aging middle-aged man, I don't have time to experiment with this kind of stuff anymore.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

I don't have time either but I also have no life and hate myself !

[@irpk239]

@@GamerMuscleVideos Lol

[@Arctics04]

What is the input latency with D-Link cable. My latency is around 50ms which feels pretty good with wifi.

[@weekendthreat5576]

For a guide on configuring settings on the pc, why is the screen recording smaller than your camera feed? Maybe lose some weight and you'd take up less screen space

[@d.l.1660]

Question for you: Do you select Oculus or OpenXR when you load into an Iracing race? Also what Resolution do you have selected in Iracing? Following your guide but these two items aren't covered.

[@TheKnutselaar]

Link sharpening imo is required when using TAA unless you want it to look like you run around with vaseline in your eyes. This is one of the settings that makes virtualdesktop look so much better default than link cable

[@PeakyBlinder]

Do the settings save in the headset once the link cable is removed, and is the link cable the short white cable that come with the q3 charger. If not what is a recommended link cable,

[@freekshow]

So thats with a 5800x3d and 3080ti? PC specs are not in the descr

[@eyre73]

if your speed from the pc to the headset is 2.5Gps you can set the Encode bitrate Mbps to 2000Mbps which is 2Gbps that will still leave 500 Mbps room for extra data.

[@K11...]

The limit is in the XR2 chip's ability to decode the bitstream. If it is too high it can't keep up.

[@eyre73]

@@K11... i put mine to 2000 and ive not had any problems with a 5gps link cable no stutter.

[@TiemeHv]

@@eyre73pc specs?

[@eyre73]

@@TiemeHv i have an i713700kf with a 4070

[@eyre73]

oh and 32gb of ram

[@rendrag72]

The FOV is a lifesaver, I don’t even notice it when I am racing. Better than poor image quality.

[@AdeptuS.AnonyMouS]

I constantly switch between VD and Oculus software... Some games look / work better than others in VD I dislike how varied things are in VR. Ive been running most these settings for awhile but my PC wont do 900mbps - 12600k your CPU must have more lanes dedicated to the USB side of things.. I have the same accessories as you too nice picks! Supper comfortable.

[@dave-j-k]

Nice video but is there an actual "setup guide" anywhere? I have the Q3 but no debug tool app, I have virtual desktop but cant get a connection over the link cable. We need a step-by-step- setup from scratch to best quality :)

[@Woopass90]

I find that 1.0 in the Oculus app and then setting resolution override in OpenXr toolkit to 'on' is the best. Then crank up the resolution as high as your PC can handle in the Toolkit. It looks amazing.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

It shouldn't matter which one is used , but open xr advantage would be it won't require HMD reset / restart to change. But HMD rez has advantage it will apply to all games , so maybe best option is setting it to what I did in video but with open xr with games that you can use open xr higher rez.

[@Woopass90]

@@GamerMuscleVideos ah ok. I only race iRacing. Didn't think of that

[@bobbyQQ]

Thanks for all the work the last few streams getting the settings dialed in. Im on a G2 currently but thinking if the quest3 is worth the change.

[@MUV4TRUK4]

I love my Q3, thanks for this GM

[@lubo0051]

How do you get the charge to stay up? Mines works great but the charge depletes faster than it charges.

[@mauriceshapero7200]

Another brilliant video - thank you. I'm a bit confused by the cable you recomend on Amazon - it says it's 2.5Gbs High Speed, Data Transfer. Will that still work with a 4090 gpu? Or should I get one at 5Gbs?

[@gillessamoey1990]

Changing the FOV gives more immersion for me because it is like wearing a helmet. And with my RTX 2060 i needed to do it because without i had performance issues.

[@Qwuiplash]

Thank you so much, i thought i was doomed to poor link cable quality and performance before watching this, my quest always looked better with VD but the latency can be disgusting on the weekend. This is a savior for playing VR with everyone on the WiFi!

[@nicko5237]

Thank you! Just what I needed.

[@dathyr1]

Thanks for all your videos on setups for the Quest 3. You may have talked about this but haven't found it in videos I have watched. With running with the link cable - is there any need to get the Quest 3 with 512 GB of storage? Most of my games are STEAM PC racing type games. I see your link on amazon points to the 128 GB version of Quest 3. Right now I have the Oculus Rift S as my VR headset which connects to my RTX-3080TI graphics card. I know the link cable connects via USB. Thank you for the video.

[@ipadize]

if you only play PCVR -> 128Gb if you plan on playing many games on the Quest itself -> 512Gb

[@AnimeTopW]

I have the quest 3 my asseto corsa looks pixelated in the quest 3 when i look take it off and look at the monitor its clear and works well

[@q2wert34]

Do you have any experience with Virtual Desktop? Do you know the difference between the link cable and the Virtual Desktop in terms of quality?

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

Not tried VD recently to compare , the link cable settings in this video basically get you maxed out quality from the HMD or very close to it if that makes sense. I think racing sims are particularly demanding for bit rates / encoding due to the details changing on screen quickly , especially compared to flight or fps games so link cable will probably always be best overall option. VD probably gives totally fine results though i can't really fully test VD as i don't have a brand new router and its also in another room from my simrig. Steam link and other stuff already worked quite well mind you with my current router playing room scale VR in that other room so im sure VD is even better.

[@eNeruRacing]

Hello and thanks for sharing! was wondering how do you capture oculus mirror with no issues and no black borders? my fps dies with 3070 when i use mirror as capture on obs, and also i get black borders on the sides if i move left/right...would be nice to make a nice video about it for streaming

[@zanshibumi]

They may have watched this video, as my quest 3 had the graphics settings recommended here by default and the "default" line is now set at 4128x2208. (PC) Asynchronous Spacewarp also disabled by default.

[@maxrock1897]

Quick question, does the settings you change effect the actual Quest 3 or only when it is connected to a PC?

[@PetrisonRocha]

0.9/0.87 FOV tangent is my free performance hack. At least at my 68 IPD, zero visible picture is lost. Tried it with two different facial interfaces. Big performance gains. YMMV

[@joycer361]

Thank you for the video, what program is used to enable the cable to play pcvr

when using the cable? is 128GB version ok Im only using iracing

[@66vex6]

yes

[@wiltonstrahan6345]

Do these setting effect when I am playing stand alone VR not air or cable? And if so I would have to chnge it back to default if I want to just use the headset by itself?

[@wb3191]

I have an issue, some cars I sit perfectly where Im supposed to be, others I feel like I'm almost in the back seat (if there was one). Is that a meta setting issue or iRacing setting issue? Miata almost perfect, Ferrari Shaq set the seat before I got in. GR86 somewhere between.

[@mickaelsflow6774]

Brilliant! Love the focus on VR for a bit 'round these here parts! Though it's fair to say that applies for High-End PC. I do want to know how you'd change those on lower end PC...

[@davidesterza6971]

I strongly suggest not to set the bitrate above 500mbps, because this causes stuttering of the audio and above all there is no need to set it above 500.

[@Kewickviper]

For me personally I don't notice any difference going above 600mbs bitrate. Even 500-600mbs has a very negligible difference, however it does add more latency the higher you go so I usually stick somewhere between 400-600mbps. For people with worse home networks solutions or no link cable then AV1 with virtual desktop actually looks pretty good, it looks massively superior to h264 at 200mbps, but doesn't look as good as h264 at 500+

[@RinatWOT]

how much latency you have with 400-600 mbs? i've got 52 with 900 mbs

[@Kewickviper]

@@RinatWOT Usually low 40s

[@PlanetGamz]

My PC Specs: 7800xt, 5600x, 64gb ram. what settings would you suggest for me especially for render resolution & 90 or 120hz & whatever else is important

[@WdotDynamite]

No matter what I do I can’t seem to get the fov tangent multiplier to actually work. I was trying to mess around and get a “helmet effect” which in turn was hoping to gain some headroom, I can’t ever get the settings to take effect. I’ve ran as admin, I’ve put settings in and hit “restart oculus service” nothing seems to work

[@WdotDynamite]

Also do you have a specific quest 3 iracing settings video?

[@phillea708]

Hello I've used two link cables and both say not powerful enough, any ideas

[@monkeynews8311]

Looking forward to trying this out I loved the rift back in the day for racing but I didn't get on with the quest 2 for PCVR at all. Just got my quest 3 yesterday and just played native games while I wait on the link cable you recommended arriving from amazon. I was blown away by the quality! Some of the games I tested looked better than the quest 2 when it was connected to my PC!!! Can't wait to get back in to VR simracing just ordered the csl dd this morning too upgrading from my 10 year old t150 lol. Just need to use up all my holidays for the year now then I'm set for a session :D

[@davidupton4264]

I followed your instructions exactly, however, when I attempted to change my encoding bitrate from 0 to 500 or 900 the Debug Tool only allowed a maximum number of 499.

[@gustavoehler]

Thank you for the video!!What are your pc specs? I have a 4070 ti super but havent found the ideal settings yet. On iracing the screen keeps flashing

[@obscured021]

You need 1.5x the native res to account for lenses distortion on the quest 3, the reason 1.3 looks good is the pancake lenses have less distortion than Fresnel. For me virtual desktop set to God mode using AV1 at 150 mbs gives the best combo of picture quality and latency. about 37-39 in most games, the exception is ACC it looks better over airlink or the link cable, and I don't know why?

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

I bought the Meta Quest 3s. Do these still apply to that headset?

[@lanmaster53]

I have the same exact hardware, but I get a strange 90-87 FPS stutter every few seconds resulting in dropped application frames, even though I have 30% performance headroom. Have you experienced this at all?

[@Woopass90]

Setting up the Quest 3 makes all the difference. Some guys saying there is artifacts have not got the settings quite right.

[@GamerMuscleVideos]

Yah link cable settings in this video really look the same as other head sets with HDMI and you really don't get artefacts , maybe sometimes some details are too smooth but nothing most people would notice and only noticable if you hyper focus / run at lower bit rates. from Comments in live streams and what I read online I think lots of people have only used the default link cable settings , then used Virtual desktop and decided based off that.

[@lucasomeister2823]

Is 900 wired vs 500 wireless big difference ? Cant see difference between 400 vs 500 wireless.thx

[@youtubebrowser1730]

hi sir, 2 days back i purchased quest 3. when i try to connect it to pc via air link the pc oculus app is asking to purchase it. is there any simple way to transfer files from pc to quest 3 ?

[@daviddobson1056]

Hi GM, I just got my MQ3 after using Q2for a couple of years.On startup the logo has fine diagonal lines R to L and L to R, this continues into the game making the edges ragged.It’s not screen door effect as I had this occasionally with Q2.Any advice before I return it would be appreciated.Cheers

[@Xopop]

Informative as usual! Cheers, GM!

[@Hellknight27]

*Holding breath under water* VD with a high-end router close by master race checking in

[@Wilayaat]

No doubt a great product but absolute nigtmare trying to get it work. I've got a 4090, 64GB RAM, top end Intel CPU, Quest 3. Spent hours trying to run it, many more hours with VD suppport on their Discord. Changed router, router config, disabled AV, removed GEForce. no luck. WIll try standing on one foot whilst whistling the national anthem tonight, maybe that will do it.

[@Hellknight27]

@@Wilayaat Wow, never heard of anyone having trouble like that before! This is the third VR headset I have bought it for over the last several years and have had different PC and router configurations throughout that with no major issues. And I use additional firewall hardware and software.

[@Wilayaat]

​​@@Hellknight27- I must be jinxed, it's been a constant string of trying different things to somehow get it to register a button click!!! WiFi Analyser to trouble shoot network interference should not have to be considered but that's the stage I've reached...