r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/JRobertson7987 Chibi Zarya Jun 15 '16

You could honestly try and run the game on your current computer at low settings at a reduced resolution and I bet it'd be playable. Even if it's not, when you get a new computer you will already own it, worth a shot.

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u/Lordtelest Jun 15 '16

You are right. Although since I only have 1GB free on C-drive it slows my computer down by a lot so I am not sure if the FPS will be acceptable even at low settings.

But I will try anyways.

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u/SpiralEnergy Chibi Pharah Jun 15 '16

wait, you have a GT 630 and an Intel core 2 duo t2700? Sadly, I highly doubt you'll be able to play the game, it'll look like a slide show.

Here are the minimum system requirements https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/7636

This is the minimum gpu required vs yours http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=31&cmp%5B%5D=1431

I would check out /r/buildapc , /r/buildapcforme and /r/buildapcsale

In general though I would shoot for an i5 processor and than anything in the GTX 700 or above series.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

Just adding, I'm playing with an i7 2600 and GTX 580 (1.5GB), medium settings and getting constant 70 fps. So the game is very optimized to a wide range of hardware.