Best Overwatch 2 PC settings: High FPS, graphics & visibility

❘ Published: 2023-10-11T14:49:17 ❘ Updated: 2023-10-11T14:49:24

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Tunning your PC Settings can make a huge difference when playing Overwatch 2, so it’s best to make sure you improve your FPS while keeping your performance high. Here are the best Overwatch 2 PC settings, including minimum requirements, video and gameplay settings, and more.

Overwatch 2 has become more demanding as its seasons have gone by, since Blizzard has been slowly adding more content and important changes to optimize their FPS.

Season 7 has brought a new Halloween event with a special Diablo crossover, and as usual, abilities and projectiles will be flying everywhere. With so much going on, it can be tough for your PC to cope, so it’s important to get your settings right to enjoy a seamless experience.

If you want to know what are the best settings to play Blizzard’s FPS on your PC, you’ve come to the right place. Here are the best Overwatch 2 PC settings, including minimum and recommended requirements.

Overwatch 2 Season 4 added a new support called Lifeweaver.

Overwatch 2 minimum and recommended PC requirements

First things first, you need to know if your PC can run Overwatch 2 at all. Thankfully, the game isn’t too difficult to run, which means most computers should handle it fine.

You can view the minimum and recommended PC requirements from Blizzard below.

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	Minimum PC Requirements	Recommended PC Requirements
CPU	Intel Core i3 or AMD Phenom X3 8650	Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 5
RAM	6 GB	8 GB
OS	Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)	Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 Series or AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD R9 380/AMD RX 6400 or Intel Arc A770
Disk Space	50 GB	50 GB

Best Overwatch 2 PC settings

Now that you know your PC can run Overwatch 2, it’s time to get stuck into the settings and optimize them. In this guide, we’ll take you through everything from Graphics to Gameplay settings, and even run through some Advanced settings that can make a real difference to your performance.

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We’ve opted to stick to settings on the lower end of the scale to maximize FPS across most setups, but feel free to bump them up if you think your computer can handle it.

Video

Display Mode: Fullscreen
Resolution: Native resolution of your PC in System Settings e.g 2560×1440
Field of View: Personal preference. Higher is better for more depth, but it could also result in a lower framerate.
Aspect Ratio: Your monitor’s aspect ratio (generally 16:9)
Dynamic Render Scale: Off
Render Scale: Automatic
- In-game Resolution: 100%
Frame Rate: Custom
- You can go up to 300 for smoother performance, although going higher than the refresh rate of your monitor can result in screen tearing.
V-Sync: Off
Triple Buffering: Off
Reduce Buffering: On
Display Performance Stats: On
NVIDIA Reflex: Enabled + Boost
Display System Clock: On
Gamma Correction: 2.2
Contrast: 1.0
Brightness: 1.0

Advanced Graphics

Graphics Quality: Low
High Quality upsampling: Off
Texture Quality: Medium
Texture Filtering Quality: Ultra – 8x
Local Fog Detail: Low
Dynamic Reflections: Off
Shadow Detail: Medium
Model Detail: Low
Effects Detail: Low
Lighting Quality: High
Antialias Quality: Low – FXAA
Refraction Quality: Medium
Screenshot Quality: 1x resolution
Ambient Occlusion: Medium
Local Reflections: On
Damage FX: Default

Gameplay settings

Kill Feed Display: On
- Play Sound When Enemy Eliminated: Off
- Play Sound When Teammate Eliminated: Off
Always Skip Kill Cam: Off
Snap Death Camera to Killer: Off
Achievement Display: UI
Tips Display: Off
Show Capture Play of The Game UI: Off
Display System Clock: Off
Ability Timer Ring Opacity: 100%
Player outline strength: 100%
Waypoint Opacity: 100%
Respawn Icon Opacity: 100%

Accessibility settings

Camera Shake: Reduced
HUD Shake: Off
Reduce Menu Movement: No

Overwatch 2 PC file size

According to the Battle.net launcher, Overwatch 2’s file size is currently 40.20 GB.

Despite this, Blizzard recommends that players have 50 GB of space on their preferred drive, as this will be required for the installation of updates.

How to update graphics drivers for Overwatch 2

If you don’t have the latest graphics drivers, you can run into performance and crashing issues with Overwatch 2, so here’s how to update your GPU drivers.

How to update NVIDIA graphics driver

Download GeForce Experience through NVIDIA.com.
Open GeForce Experience.
Select the ‘Drivers’ tab.
Click ‘check for updates’ in the upper right corner.
If an update is available, follow the steps.

How to update AMD graphics driver

If you have an AMD GPU, you can use the Radeon Settings to update your drivers.

Right-click on your desktop.
Select AMD Radeon Settings.
Click on the Home icon.
Click ‘New Updates’ on the bottom left.
Select ‘check for update’.
If an update is available, follow the steps.

Of course, not all of these settings will be perfect for you, but this should give you a great starting point. The more you play, the more you’ll be able to tweak them to give you the best performance and find what works best for your PC.