Best Overwatch 2 Settings For High FPS

Overwatch 2 has a very competitive player base. Everyone strives to tackle its strategic modes and focus on winning games. All things considered, winning games does require a bit of skill, however, If you really want to take it to the next level. You’ll be needing High FPS and Consistent Performance.

I’ve compiled these methods in a step-by-step process, ensuring the best Overwatch 2 Settings for High FPS.

Going for these Overwatch 2 settings will not only improve your visuals but also your competitive experience. Do note that for these settings to be effective, your PC’s hardware should be at least as good as Overwatch 2’s minimum hardware requirements.

Summary of the Best Graphics Settings

Optimized Graphics Settings

Launch Overwatch 2 and press the escape key on your keyboard to open the Overwatch 2 menu. From here, go to options to open the video settings.

• Graphics Quality: You can set this preset to whatever you want. We will be making manual changes so a preset is not necessary.
• High-Quality Upsampling: This setting lowers the overall resolution of Overwatch 2 while increasing the sharpness and details. It will not have a significant effect on your FPS. So, if you like this setting’s look, you can leave it on.
• Texture Quality: This setting caused a slight performance decrease for me. Set this to low. 
• Texture Filtering Quality: Put this setting to High – 4X. It will increase the sharpness of objects that are further away. 
• Local Fog Detail: Make this setting low because there aren’t too many maps in Overwatch 2 with a lot of foggy effects.
• Dynamic Reflections: This will cause reflections of your enemies and teammates on shiny surfaces. This can be distracting for competitive reasons so turn it off.
• Shadow Detail: You can make this either low or medium, depending on your hardware. This setting can give you a competitive advantage by showing the enemy’s shadow while they are out of sight.

• Model Detail: Put this setting on medium or low. Anything higher can potentially place objects in your sight and block your vision.

• Effect Detail: Keep this on low. The visual clutter obstructed my gameplay and also negatively affected my FPS.

• Lighting Quality: You can max this setting out to Ultra. It does not affect the performance too much and makes Overwatch 2 look much better.
• Antialiasing Quality: Turn this off to get better FPS. Antialiasing makes rough surfaces look smoother but in my experience, it does not have too big of a visual effect.
• Refraction Quality: This setting bends light through reflective objects. It can be a bit distracting so set it to low.
• Ambient Occlusion: This setting gives Overwatch 2 a realistic look but has a decent impact on performance. While it’s suitable for those with strong PCs, most players will benefit from keeping it turned off.
• Local Reflections: This setting will not have any effect on your FPS so you can turn it on.

Sound Settings For Optimal Hearing

Even though the sound settings might seem entirely subjective, there are still some things you should change for a slight competitive advantage. 

Matchmaking Settings & High Precision Mouse Input

The matchmaking section is mostly dependent on your personal preference and how you like to play your online games. But, there are a few settings in the matchmaking section that you must not miss:

Windows Optimization Tweaks

Besides optimizing Overwatch 2’s in-game settings, you can get an additional performance boost by tweaking your Windows as well. Here are some great Windows optimization tips you should try to improve your experience with Overwatch 2:

• Update Your Windows
• Enable Game Mode
• Enable Ultimate Performance Power Plan
• Disable Hardware Acceleration
• Disable Full-Screen Optimization
• Disable Unnecessary Background Services and Applications
• Delete Temp Files
• Increase Overwatch 2’s Application Priority to High In Task Manager
• Force Use Dedicated GPU

My Thoughts On Overwatch 2 Best Settings

If you haven’t played Overwatch 2 In High FPS, I highly recommend you try it out. The game is very enjoyable when the Frames are consistent and there are no stutters. This guide will also improve your Windows 10 performance. Additionally, you can expect good performance in games other than Overwatch 2.

Keeping various updates as a factor, this Overwatch 2 PC Settings Guide has now been updated.