Overwatch 2 is a fast-paced team shooter where frame rate and visibility matter more than visual fidelity. These settings prioritize a stable, high-FPS experience without sacrificing enough visual clarity to hurt gameplay.
Display Settings
Display Mode — Fullscreen. Not borderless. Fullscreen gives the GPU direct control of the output and reduces input latency meaningfully.
Resolution — Match your native monitor resolution. Running below native blurs the image and hurts target clarity.
Refresh Rate — Set to the maximum your monitor supports. Overwatch 2 benefits significantly from 144Hz+ since the game is designed around fast reactions.
Frame Rate Cap — Cap at your monitor's refresh rate, or 1–3 frames below if you get tearing. Uncapped frames push GPU usage unnecessarily and cause thermal throttling.
Dynamic Render Scale — Off. Fixed resolution is always more consistent. Dynamic scaling causes visual shifts mid-fight.
Graphics Quality
| Setting | Recommended |
|---|---|
| High Quality Upsampling | Off |
| Render Scale | 100% |
| Texture Quality | Medium |
| Texture Filtering Quality | Low–Medium |
| Local Fog Detail | Low |
| Dynamic Reflections | Off |
| Shadow Detail | Low |
| Model Detail | Medium |
| Effects Detail | Low |
| Lighting Quality | Low |
| Antialias Quality | Off or Low |
| Refraction Quality | Low |
| Screenshot Quality | 1x |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Local Reflections | Off |
| Damage FX | Low |
Monitor Settings for Overwatch 2
Brightness — 80–100 in-game, adjusted per your monitor's ambient conditions.
Contrast — Default or slightly below. Blown-out brights make neon-lit maps hard to read.
Gamma — 2.2 is the standard. Do not touch unless you have hardware calibration data.
On your monitor OSD:
- Disable any dynamic contrast or auto-brightness
- Set response time to the fastest non-overshoot setting your panel supports
- Enable adaptive sync if your GPU and monitor are compatible
Resolution Alternatives
If you cannot maintain 144+ FPS at native resolution, try 1728x972 (90% of 1920x1080) or 1600x900 before dropping settings further. These scale more cleanly than arbitrary resolutions.
Community Presets
Settings vary between hardware setups. BestSettingsFor.com lets you look up what other players are running on the same GPU and monitor combination — useful reference when tuning.
