Looking for a PC that can consistently run OW at 144fps and if it doesn’t cost much more then 300fps.
Quality: Medium, 75% render scale
You need a good graphics card and a good monitor to get that high. My Ryzen 7 X2700, GTX 1660 ti only gets ~80 fps.
144fps at what quality?
144 frames at lowest quality is significantly easier to run than high.
medium, 75% (whatever it was called)
720p?
1080p?
1440p?
Basically what resolution as 75% is resolution scaling so it downscales the resolution but that doesn’t mean much if you don’t know the resolution it is scaling from.
If you want 300fps you will need a beast cpu. My 7700k cant keep up nor can my 8700k build. (Currently no oc on both)
If you only want 144hz however an i5 will suffice. Make sure your ram is above 3000 mhz
man you are running you game on ultra i know for a fact my 960M laptop used to get 70 frames conistent
Running this game on ultra makes no sense unless you are just playing Arcade and pve events.
It is real beautiful on Ultra though…
Beautiful to the point where I had to lower my settings because I kept stopping to admire the reflections instead of shoot so I understand why some might use Ultra if they are less distractable and want to treat their eyes to visual delight rather than purely pump out performance.
Having a look at youtube I think a
GTX 1060 graphics card
I5 or Ryzen 5 1600(or better) CPU should be enough to run Overwatch at medium settings 1080p resolution and 160ish fps.
No, it makes no different
OP you can use this site to figure out the lowest specs that can run 144
https://www.userbenchmark.com/PCGame/FPS-Estimates-Overwatch/3789/0.0.Med.1080p.0
But I think the 1060 is the minimum vid card, as for cpu I would go i7 so you will not be hard pressed to upgrade soon, even if an i5 can do it.
Also 300fps is pointless as your display will never get that high. 240hz is the cap on displays currently.
Running higher than your display’s refresh rate still lowers input latency.
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what people dont understand… your high fps dont matter when your screen is cheap… you need to spend a lot of money on a good screen to have any advantages with the high fps.
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I’m at 100% render scale with settings in the mid to low ranges for performance advantage.
I’m running:
- i7-4690 -used- [$110 used]
- 16gb (2x8) DDR3 1866mhz -used- [$30 used]
- GTX 980 4gb -used- [$120 used]
- Z97 Gaming 5 -used- [$85 used]
- 128gb SSD + 1tb HDD + 2tb HDD [total cost $100 over a 5 years]
Total: $445 ($345 with current storage)
My average is about 230fps capped at 250 as anything more doesn’t actually translate to higher performance (178fps “official averages” due to home screen and load screens game locked at 60fps)
My stuff is older for sure, but I’ve tuned it to the point I’m beating both my brothers performance wise against untuned newer generation i5’s/i7’s and 10 series cards. So fine tuning and messing with hardware will take you far even with older hardware if you’re on a budget.
I was running:
- i5-4690 -new- [$80 used]
- 8gb (2x4) DDR3 2133mhz -new- [$50 used]
- GTX 960 2gb -new- [$60 used]
- Z97 Gaming 3 -new- [$70 used?]
- above storage devices
Current total: $360 ($260 with existing storage)
My averages were around 180fps 160fps (I locked it at 180) after framelock is accounted for if I remember correctly.
Also higher clock memory DDR3 is really for hardcore enthusiasts in most situations, but Overwatch FPS actually benefits tremendously (30fps or so) at clock speeds past 2133.
i6700k overclocked to 4.6ghz and gtx1070 overclocked and 16gb ddr4 ram overclocked
i get 300fps at low quality 100% render 1080p. no point bumping quality as it just costs frames but doesn’t look that much better