How to Improve Performance with Overwatch Settings

Do you want to know how to improve performance with the Overwatch Settings? With this guide, we're focusing on the competitive settings that pro gamers use, which will give you the best performance and lowest latency, not the best looking game.

Overwatch settings to improve performance:

Now, let's look at the Overwatch settings to improve performance:

Overwatch Settings (Graphic parameters):

1. Step 1:: Launch Overwatch and go to Options -> VideoWe recommend using the settings in the image below, which we will discuss further in section 4.2 Reducing Display Latency.

NOTE: : These are the settings that most professional gamers use because it reduces latency, makes the game run smoother, and you also get more fps. When you play at a professional level, you don't care about the beauty of the game.

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The only thing you should care about if you are serious about the game and want to improve is keeping your game running smoothly.

Reduce the storage In buffering, for example, it makes the mouse smoother and more precise, making it easier to aim and track enemies.

This option slightly reduces fps, but it's worth it.

Almost all professional gamers have graphics quality at an all-time low.

As mentioned above, when you play at a professional level, you don't care if the game looks good. All you care about is how the game runs.

You want to perform at your best when you're playing at that level where a few milliseconds determine whether you win or lose a match. The higher your fps, the smoother the game will be and the more responsive your mouse will be.

Most pro players use 100% Render Scale. Some pro players have it over 75% which gives you more fps.

It all depends on you, what you want to use. If you have a faulty computer and need more fps, choose 75%.

Overwatch Settings (Reduce display latency):

1. Step 1:: Now, when you have changed the settings from “Video» previous, go to «Practice range»And press CTRL + SHIFT + N. On the right side of «YES» you will see a fluctuating number. Mine is 6,4ms in this image.

NOTE: : The SIM is There how long it takes for the cursor to move across the screen. You want this number to be as low as possible. Below 10 is good.

2. Step 2:: The settings we changed in 4.1 Graphics Settings positively affect the SIM. But if you have "Triple Buffering","vertical Sync«, etc., the SIM will be higher, which is bad. That's why we have disabled them.

How to make this number even lower with Overwatch settings?

If you set the processing scaling to 75% or less, you can lower your SIM. Change Overwatch to «High priority" at Task Manager you can also reduce the SIM.

Overwatch Settings (Audio):

Most people have their music on, which is fine, but if you want to know if someone is sneaking up on you, you might want to turn it off.

Let's say you play Mccree defending the point B and if you manage to defend it you get a throw.

There are 10 seconds and one left Tracer kills you from behind and you lose the match because you died there. You couldn't hear the Tracer sneaking up behind you because the 10 second music starts.

If you had the «Music volume» set to «0", you would have listened to Tracer and could have easily used your "E", which probably would have given you a draw instead of a loss.

If you want the music on, that's fine. But think of the games you could have won if you had turned it off.

Overwatch's graphical settings:

Now, let's look at Overwatch's settings in the graphics part:

Update tus graphics drivers

By updating your graphics card driver, you can get a massive fps boost. Especially if it's been a long time since you last updated it.

If you don't know what GPU model you have, you can easily find out by searching dxDiag in the search bar Windows. A window will appear where you want to click on “No” and in the tab "Screen" the GPU model name will appear.

Links to GPU driver download page:

• Graphics drivers Nvidia:
  • https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
• AMD Graphics Drivers:
  • https://support.amd.com/en-us/download
• Graphics drivers Intel:
  • https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html?iid=dc_iduu

Change Nvidia's resolution

Here you want to change to the highest resolution your monitor supports and also the highest refresh rate.

NOTE: : Before changing the Overwatch Refresh Rate Settings, check that your monitor supports it. Changing to a refresh rate that your monitor does not support may damage it.

Adjust desktop color settings with Nvidia

The configuration of «Digital intensity» will make your monitor more colorful, making it easier to spot enemies lurking in dark areas of the map.

Digital rumble is more important in a game like CSGO than in Overwatch and it is certainly more popular in CSGO among pros than in Overwatch, but some pro Overwatch players use it as well (not all). Those who do use it set it to 70-100%

• Nvidia adjusts the size and position of the desktop: Select «Aspect ratio» and Scale to: «GPU».

Nvidia Manage 3D Settings

Managing 3D settings is the most important setting from Nvidia, the one that can give you the most fps and make your gameplay really smooth.

We've been playing competitive games on this setup for years, based on what top pro players use.

This Overwatch setting will reduce latency and make the game more responsive, which is exactly what we need in a competitive game where a few milliseconds decide whether you win or lose a match. We want to have an advantage over our enemy.

NOTE: : Generally, you want the Shade cache to be «ON«, which should make your game smooth, but if for some reason the game isn't, try changing it to «DISABLED«.

Overwatch settings on Windows to improve fps

Now, let's see how to make Overwatch settings on Windows to improve fps:

Windows Power Options

Activate the plan «High performanceon Windows Power Options. To find «Energy options«, you can go to control panel and find it there or you can go to windows search bar and search «Energy options«.

Disable Xbox DVR for Windows 10

Xbox DVR is enabled by default in Windows and reduces fps in games.

If you don't use Xbox DVR, why turn it on? In CSGO, it can drop your fps a lot, and if you had it on, a message box will pop up showing you how to turn it off.

The easiest way to turn off Xbox DVR is to turn it off in the Windows Xbox app.

1. Step 1:: Open the application Xbox -> Settings -> Xbox DVR
2. Step 2:: Then, you need to go to disable «Record game clips and screenshots using Game DVR«

The hardest way is to go to the "Registry Editor» and disable it there. The link below shows how to do this:

• https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6239-DZCB-8600

Overwatch Settings to Improve Mouse:

Now, let's look at the Overwatch settings to improve the mouse:

DPI and polling rate settings

In Overwatch you generally want to use 800 or 1600 dpi because if you use 400 dpi your mouse will skip pixels.

You can change the DPI by going to the tmouse software. Some mice, for example Zowie, they have a DPI switch under the mouse.

NOTE: : We recommend using 1000Hz/polling rate if your mouse supports it.

Sensitivity

Mouse sensitivity is something you should go into the game and test for yourself. Play a few matches with the sensitivity and adjust it to your liking.

If you can't find a sensitivity that you're comfortable with, we generally recommend starting with a sensitivity of 5 or 7 and 800 dpi and then adjusting to your liking because that's what most professionals use.

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More optimizations possible

1. In addition to all the things we have already mentioned, you can also:
2. Updating all your drivers may result in an increase in fps.
3. Scan your computer with an antivirus program.
4. Installing Overwatch on a SSD makes the map load faster.

Conclusion

We haven't covered Windows mouse settings in this optimization guide, as Overwatch's settings use Windows raw input and sensitivity in the menus, but you can disable mouse acceleration in the menus. We hope you found this optimization guide helpful.