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>I don't think that HTC would use a chip as weak or worse than the 835, especially as Qualcomm no longer makes it
Qualcomm makes different tiers of chips for new generations, like how we have RTX 30xx cards. It probably won't be weaker, but we can't say it's probably going to be stronger in an appreciable way. 

My point about the affordability is with regards to a wire. You are giving up so much just to do wireless with the Flow. If you're already purchasing base stations and controllers, the Index will give you a better experience. Wireless is not that important when your image quality, refresh rate, FOV, latency, etc is Quest 1 tier and you have to go through the janky hybrid setup. The comfort might not even be that good for active gaming and you might need to buy an additional headstrap. Like seriously just make your life simple here and deal with the cable, it's not that bad.