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

Overwatch 2 Season 11 is in full swing as you can unlock tons of new skins with the Battle Pass and climb the ranks again. The balance changes for Heroes and maps have shifted the meta as well, and you wouldn’t want your progress to be hindered due to lag or stuttering.

So, here are the best Overwatch 2 PC settings to ensure you get high FPS alongside great visuals.

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.

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 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.

	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

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 you 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

1. Download GeForce Experience through NVIDIA.com.
2. Open GeForce Experience.
3. Select the ‘Drivers’ tab.
4. Click ‘check for updates’ in the upper right corner.
5. 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.

1. Right-click on your desktop.
2. Select AMD Radeon Settings.
3. Click on the Home icon.
4. Click ‘New Updates’ on the bottom left.
5. Select ‘check for update’.
6. 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.

After applying the best Overwatch 2 PC settings, be sure to team up with friends through crossplay and grind for Golden guns. If you need help picking a hero, you can also check out our list of the best Overwatch 2 Heroes.