TrackIR 3 or 4?

I was wondering if it's worth 80 dollars more for the version 4 of the TrackIR. Are there enough improvements to make it worth the extra money?

Bob Loblaw wrote: > I was wondering if it's worth 80 dollars more for the version 4 of the > TrackIR. Are there enough improvements to make it worth the extra > money? Yes, it includes the Vector Expansion, which will give you 6dof in games that support it, plus increased fov and resolution. I have the TIR 3 Pro, and added the Vector Expansion shortly after it came out. If I were buying a new one today, it would certainly be the TIR4. -- Don Burnette

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:57:36 -0600, "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Bob Loblaw wrote: >> I was wondering if it's worth 80 dollars more for the version 4 of the >> TrackIR. Are there enough improvements to make it worth the extra >> money? > > >Yes, it includes the Vector Expansion, which will give you 6dof in games >that support it, plus increased fov and resolution. > >I have the TIR 3 Pro, and added the Vector Expansion shortly after it came >out. >If I were buying a new one today, it would certainly be the TIR4.

I already have the vector expansion with my TIR3 Pro. Should I spend the money on the TIR4? Is it worth another $180? -pw use paul at williamsonenterprises dot com for e-mail

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> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:57:36 -0600, "Don Burnette" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Bob Loblaw wrote: >>> I was wondering if it's worth 80 dollars more for the version 4 of >>> the TrackIR. Are there enough improvements to make it worth the >>> extra money? >> >> >> Yes, it includes the Vector Expansion, which will give you 6dof in >> games that support it, plus increased fov and resolution. >> >> I have the TIR 3 Pro, and added the Vector Expansion shortly after >> it came out. >> If I were buying a new one today, it would certainly be the TIR4. > > I already have the vector expansion with my TIR3 Pro. Should I spend > the money on the TIR4? Is it worth another $180? > > -pw > > use paul at williamsonenterprises dot com for e-mail

I have been debating the same thing. Personally, I think if you have the money to burn and want the latest and greatest, then sure - but, I doubt we would see 180 bucks worth of improvement over what we have now, we would in effect be getting the higher resolution and wider fov for the most part. I would also like the better mounting clip for lcd monitors, as I have just recently purchased an LCD monitor. The sticky tape keeps coming loose on mine every 2-3 days from the tension of the legs. Perhaps the TIR4 may seem smoother to us, but right now my TIR3 Pro seems prettty darn smooth to me. I will probably go ahead and order the TIR4, just to have it, but I won't be expecting to see a major improvement over my TIR3 Pro for the money spent. If one did not have a TIR of any sort right now, I would say without hesitation go the TIR4. If they have a TIR3 Pro and the Vector expansion, I would not go into the TIR4 expecting a big difference, only if they are the type that want the latest and greatest and don't mind spending the bucks... -- Don Burnette

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:37:50 -0600, "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>pw wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:57:36 -0600, "Don Burnette" >> <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>> Bob Loblaw wrote: >>>> I was wondering if it's worth 80 dollars more for the version 4 of >>>> the TrackIR. Are there enough improvements to make it worth the >>>> extra money? >>> >>> >>> Yes, it includes the Vector Expansion, which will give you 6dof in >>> games that support it, plus increased fov and resolution. >>> >>> I have the TIR 3 Pro, and added the Vector Expansion shortly after >>> it came out. >>> If I were buying a new one today, it would certainly be the TIR4. >> >> I already have the vector expansion with my TIR3 Pro. Should I spend >> the money on the TIR4? Is it worth another $180? >> >> -pw >> >> use paul at williamsonenterprises dot com for e-mail > > >I have been debating the same thing. >Personally, I think if you have the money to burn and want the latest and >greatest, then sure - but, I doubt we would see 180 bucks worth of >improvement over what we have now, we would in effect be getting the higher >resolution and wider fov for the most part. I would also like the better >mounting clip for lcd monitors, as I have just recently purchased an LCD >monitor. The sticky tape keeps coming loose on mine every 2-3 days from the >tension of the legs. > >Perhaps the TIR4 may seem smoother to us, but right now my TIR3 Pro seems >prettty darn smooth to me. > >I will probably go ahead and order the TIR4, just to have it, but I won't be >expecting to see a major improvement over my TIR3 Pro for the money spent. > >If one did not have a TIR of any sort right now, I would say without >hesitation go the TIR4. If they have a TIR3 Pro and the Vector expansion, I >would not go into the TIR4 expecting a big difference, only if they are the >type that want the latest and greatest and don't mind spending the bucks...

Thanks Don. I think I will wait a couple months and put TIR4 on my b-day list then. Hopefully my wife will get it for me :-) -pw use paul at williamsonenterprises dot com for e-mail

Does anyone know if Colin McRae 2005 supports TIR? I've seen a video of CMR4 with TiR3, but it's not mentioned in the literature for the game, not in CMR2005.