Overwatch 2 has just dropped and fans around the world are pumped to jump into a remastered version of Overwatch. With the new graphics upgrades, you may be finding that your computer is having a more challenging time running the game.
In this article, we are going to take a look at the best settings for High FPS in Overwatch 2. Having high FPS gives you an edge over your competition. Let’s jump in and take a look at the best settings.
Best Windows Settings For Overwatch 2 (High FPS)
The settings below will help to give you a massive FPS boost.
Enable Game Mode On Your PC
Windows has a game mode feature which has been greatly improved this year. Enabling it will help to get the most from your PC. To enable it, click on the Windows button –> Search –> Game Mode Settings –> Turn Game Mode On.
Enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling
This is another Windows native feature that you will want to turn on. Click on the Windows button –> Search –> Graphics Settings –> Turn on Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling. Only applicable for people with an Nvidia Card.
This will help to reduce latency and improve performance.
Power Options
We want to ensure that your PC is running at high performance, giving your components the power they need to perform at the highest level. To do this follow the steps below.
- Navigate to Control Panel –> All Control Panel Items –> Power Options
- In the power options select High Performance
Ensure All Drivers Are Up To Date
When new games come out you want to make sure that all your Drivers are up to date. When a GPU manufacturer updates its drivers to optimise for a specific game you can see a huge jump in performance.
Below are the apps to update your drivers for Nvidia and AMD cards.
- Nvidia – Geforce Experience App
- AMD – Radeon Software
Best Overwatch 2 Game Settings For High FPS
Now we have configured our Windows settings we need to configure our Overwatch 2 settings.
Overwatch 2 Video Settings
Below are the best settings to start with when setting your Overwatch settings.
| Display Mode | Fullscreen |
| Resolution | Set To Your Native Monitor Resolution |
| Field Of View | 103 |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| VSYNC | OFF |
| Triple Buffering | OFF |
| Reduce Buffering | ON |
| Display Performance Stats | ON |
| Nvidia Reflex | Enabled + Boost |
| Display System Clock | ON |
| Limit FPS | Custom |
| Frame Rate Cap | 245 |
| Graphics Quality | Low (View Advanced Settings Below) |
Overwatch 2 Graphics Quality Settings
| Render Scale | 75% |
| High-Quality Upsampling | Default |
| Texture Quality | Low |
| Texture Filtering Quality | Medium – 2x |
| Local Fog Detail | Low |
| Dynamic Reflections | Low |
| Shadow Detail | Low |
| Model Detail | Low |
| Effects Detail | Low |
| Lighting Quality | Low |
| Antialias Quality | OFF |
| Refraction Quality | Low |
| Screenshot Quality | 9x Resolution |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Local Reflections | Off |
| Damage FX | Default |
Overwatch 2 System Requirements
Below are the minimum and recommended settings to play Overwatch 2 on your PC. While the game will run with the minimum system requirements it won’t be a great playing experience. We recommend at least having the recommended requirements.
Overwatch 2 Minimum System Requirements
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8650
- RAM: 6 GB
- OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 600 series, AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 series
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
- FREE DISK SPACE: 50 GB
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 512 MB
Overwatch 2 Recommended Requirements
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 or AMD Ryzen™ 5
- RAM: 8 GB
- OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD R9 380
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
- FREE DISK SPACE: 50 GB
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB
Wrapping Up
You should now be having a much better experience in Overwatch 2 with these settings. Enjoy playing without any lag or stutter. If you are still lagging chances are that your PC does not meet the recommended system requirements. If that’s the case you may need a PC upgrade. You can check out our recommend Pre-Built PCs here.
