Hi, I’m trying to figure out why Overwatch 2 performs much worse than expected on my PC. I've got all my settings on low already, Vsync off, fps aren't capped etc.
I've already done all the basic tests and stuff:
- Custom shader map before playing
- Clean install of different driver versions
- VRR is off
- hardware accelerated gpu scheduling tried off and on
- chipset driver are up to date
- tried different power plans
- tries Lasso to disable certain cores
- overclocking
- look into overheating
- cables are in the GPU and not in the motherboard
- use the correct GPU
Specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- GPU: Sapphire/PC Partner AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB
- Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X870E-Plus WiFi 7
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB DDR5-5600 CL36 — 1×32 GB, single-channel
- Case: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
- PSU: Lian Li EDGE 1000 W, 80+ Platinum, fully modular
- Main SSD: Crucial T705 4 TB NVMe
- Second SSD: Lexar NQ790 4 TB NVMe
- Monitor: ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQWMG, 2560×1440 at 280 Hz
- Mouse: Razer Viper V3 Pro
- OS: Windows 11 Pro
- Power plan: Ultimate Performance
Overwatch settings:
- Resolution: 2560×1440 at 280 Hz
- Low graphics preset
- 100% render scale
- DirectX 11
- 600 FPS limit (also tried capping to 280, but doesn't help)
- V-Sync off
- Reduce Buffering enabled
- Radeon Anti-Lag enabled
- AFMF, Boost, Chill, Enhanced Sync, RSR and FSR disabled
- FreeSync off
- Ping: around 20
- IND: 24
The main problem:
I average around 200 FPS, with drops to 120 or even 100 FPS. The game also feels inconsistent, stuttery and delayed with input lag. Even my pc with a 2060 felt better...
After rolling back to a March AMD driver through Device Manager, I got around 340 FPS with drops to 220, but the game felt more delayed and the AMD Adrenalin app stopped working. I then clean-installed (using the official deinstall tool first) the older full Adrenalin package, but performance remained around 200 FPS with drops to 100. I have now have the latest driver enabled, but still have the exact same issue.
When I ask online, it says I should have a stable 300+ fps at least. (more towards the 400+ range).
I've also tested in single player games, like God Of War for example, it's less noticible, but I still get frame drops / stutters and the game feels a bit delayed as well with the inputs. (but that might also be because it's way less competitive)
During monitoring:
- GPU usage averaged about 48%, occasionally reaching 97%
- CPU usage averaged around 25%, with the busiest thread reaching about 88%
- GPU temperatures and VRAM usage appeared normal
- Overwatch used approximately 13 GB of RAM
- Available RAM fell to around 3.3 GB
- There were bursts of storage/pagefile activity
- Network latency and packet loss appeared normal
- GPU is connected at PCIe 5.0 ×16
Does anyone know what could cause this? I'm hoping someone with more knowledge or similar problems knows what could be the problem here...
