Hello Everyone, I was inspired by a reply to Egg by Osho about keeping hardware related threads for future reference (if one actually use the “search” function).
i realised that there had been some threads asking for PC hardware advice such as:
1.General advice for building a PC
2.What GPU should i buy
3.What monitor should i get
4.Which PC peripheral is good
and i will add in a 5th question which is often unasked, what settings should i use to achieve a high number of Frame per Seconds (fps).
I think that all these answers can be easily answered if one sees the PC hardware, specs and settings which most of the community is using.
Also, if someone has a question about a particular brand of gaming peripheral, say, Roccat and sees in this thread that some is using a Roccat mouse or a Corsair keyboard that they intend to buy, they can ask the owner who posted a direct question and others can chip in.
This is the case for the users at a hardware forum which i have been a member of since 2006 when i built my first PC. So i hope that by creating this thread and constantly have people contribute and it would be useful as a point of reference for the community.
My set up and specs:
(I have embedded hyperlinks to the parts if additional reference is necessary)
Operating System: Window 10 Home 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-LGA1155 G1.Sniper3
CPU: Intel i7-3770k @ 4GHz
RAM: 16GB (4x4gb) Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz @ CL 9
GPU: Leadtek GTX 1080 Hurricane
PSU: Seasonic 860w Modular Power Supply Unit (platinum rated)
HDD (OS + Final Fantasy XIV only): Crucial M4 128GB SSD
HDD (games inc. OW) : Western Digital Black 7200rpm-32MB cache 1TB (WD1001FALS-00E8B0)
Monitor 1: Dell U2715H (i was using this to play OW until 2018.09.16)
Monitor 2: Acer Predator X34P (just received and set up on 2018.09.16)
Sound Card: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude
Speakers: Razer Nommo 2.0 (non-Chroma)
Headset: Razer Thresher
Input Devices (Keyboard): SteelSeries 6Gv2 (Black switches) + Razer Orbweaver (Orange switches)
Input Devices (Mouse): Razer Deathadder Chroma (not elite version) + Razer Basilisk (just trying for fun) + Razer Naga (2014)
Dell U2715H FPS is constant at 60fps (i doubt anyone is interested in the settings)
Acer Predator X34P
FPS Avg: ~120-122
FPS Max recorded: 131
FPS Min. recorded: 97
Settings:
Reso: 3440 x 1440 (120)
Field of View: 103
Aspect Ratio: 21:9
VSYNC: OFF
Triple Buffering: ON
Reduce Buffering: OFF
Display Performance Stats: ON (for GPU monitoring, FPS & Latency)
Display System Clock: ON
Limit FPS: Display-Based
Graphics Quality: High
Advanced Graphics Options:
Render Scale: 100%
Texture Quality: HIGH
Texture Filtering Quality: EPIC-16x
Local Fog Detail: LOW
Dynamic Reflections: LOW
Shadow Detail: OFF
Model Detail: ULTRA
Effects Detail: High
Lighting Quality: High
Antialias Quality: Ultra - SMAA High
Refraction Quality: Medium
Screenshot Quality: 9x Resolution
Local Reflections: ON
Ambient Occlusion: ON
I am still trying to tweak the settings to achieve a constant 120fps and more with no drops below 120 at 100% Render Scale.
However, if i dial down the Render Scale to 75%, 120fps is constant with Ultra settings i.e. everything maxed out.
To be frank, i had only just bought the GTX 1080 yesterday, 2018.09.18 and prior to that, i was using a Gigabyte GTX 970 and i was able to achieve an average of ~115-122 fps on the Acer X34P at Render Scale 75% and on Medium to High settings.
I hope that this post had been useful and community Overwatchers, please do feel free to share, comment and assist everyone.
Always have fun and remember, it is only a Loss if you had not Gained knowledge for the next Win. =D
Edit: Adding a link to headsets recommendation thread for the future reference of the community