Last Updated on April 10, 2023
Overwatch 2 is a team-based online multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The Closed Beta for the game started on April 26th, 2022; the release date is not out yet. Overwatch assigns players into two teams of five, with each player selecting one of several pre-defined characters, or heroes, with unique abilities and roles within a team. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time.
Read: How To Fix Crashing in OW2
While the game’s system requirements are not that high, some low-end computers will still have a hard time running the game at 60 FPS. Since this is a competitive FPS game, having high FPS will always help you, especially with a monitor with higher refresh rates. The higher FPS can help you track enemies more efficiently and make quick shots.
Best Settings To Increase FPS in OW2
Before moving to the best settings let’s check what the system requirements are:
| Minimum (30FPS) | Recommended (60FPS) | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) | Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8650 | Intel® Core™ i7 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 600 series, AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 series | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD R9 380 |
| Memory | 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Storage | 50GB | 50GB |
The system requirements mentioned above are for the closed beta and are subject to change during release. The first look at system requirements tells us that this won’t be a resource-hungry game. Overwatch one ran pretty well on older hardware; there are graphical improvements and texture changes in OW2 that will probably be more VRAM hungry.
Also, the Minimum and Recommended Requirements are for 30 and 60 FPS gameplay. I am not sure who even uses a 60hz monitor anymore; that too for competitive gaming.
Let’s find out what the best Video settings are:
| Name | Setting |
|---|---|
| Display Mode | Full Screen |
| Target Display | Best Match |
| Resolution | Native Resolution at Default Refresh Rate |
| Field of View | 103 |
| Vsync | Off |
| Triple Buffering | Off |
| Reduce Buffering | On |
| Display Performance Stats | On |
| Nvidia Reflex | Enabled (Can also test enabled + boost) |
| Display System Clock | Off |
| Frame Rate Cap | Depends on your monitor. For Example, 145 for 144hz or 245 for 244hz. |
| Graphics Quality | Low |
| Contrast | Default |
| Gamma | Default |
The numbers mentioned above are given as examples, as this is a guide for low-end PCs getting FPS that high might not be possible.
Overwatch 2 Advanced Video Settings
| Name | Setting |
|---|---|
| Render Scale | 100%, setting this to anything below 100 will make the game appear blurry. Set this to 75% if your PC is really struggling. |
| High Quality Upsamping | Default |
| Texture Quality | Low |
| Texture Filter Quality | 1X |
| Local Fog Detail | Low |
| Dynamic Reflections | Off |
| Shadow Detail | Off |
| Model Detail | Low |
| Effects Detail | Low |
| Lighting Quality | Low |
| AA Quality | Off |
| Refraction Quality | Low |
| Screenshot Quality | 1x |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Local Reflections | Off |
You can test your performance by turning a few settings on and off. One thing to keep in mind is that there is no best setting for all. Everyone will have to make tweaks according to what hardware they have. For example if you have a card with high graphics memory, you can turn texture quality to medium or high.
Good frame rate is essential in multiplayer games where every millisecond counts. If your frame rate is too low, you may not be able to keep up with other players or react quickly enough to their moves. This can lead to frustration and losing 1v1 fights. Hopefully, our guide helps you out in fixing the problem.
This was a basic settings guide explaining the best settings for a low-end PC. If you are still facing performance issues, read this article. We’ve also published a crashing fixes guide for Overwatch 2.
