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RTX 9090 Ti has Overwatch® 2

Sep 7, 2023 @ 1:40pm

Battlenet performance?

I noticed that OW2 runs significantly better off of Steam than off of Battlenet, but obviously they are the same exe... What is the cause here?

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S4T4N

Sep 7, 2023 @ 1:47pm

Blizzard is the cause here. Same issue, nobody cares. Overwatch 2 is trashcoded since release, prob because of the crossplay nonsense

Shoryukenfan has Overwatch® 2

Sep 7, 2023 @ 2:17pm

What does "significantly better" mean to you? It is probably an issue with your setup, because the performance should not differ regardless of the launcher.

The only explanation I could have in mind are the shader caches for the graphics. You need to play a little bit until everything is cached. Until then it might get choppy at times. Your Steam installation is new and the cache was empty at start, while your cache is already done on Battle.NET. That's why the performance seems to differ. After playing a bit, it should be normalized. Just a guess though, as we have no other information from your side.

RTX 9090 Ti has Overwatch® 2

Sep 7, 2023 @ 2:28pm

Originally posted by Shoryukenfan:
What does "significantly better" mean to you? It is probably an issue with your setup, because the performance should not differ regardless of the launcher.

The only explanation I could have in mind are the shader caches for the graphics. You need to play a little bit until everything is cached. Until then it might get choppy at times. Your Steam installation is new and the cache was empty at start, while your cache is already done on Battle.NET. That's why the performance seems to differ. After playing a bit, it should be normalized. Just a guess though, as we have no other information from your side.

I get about 250FPS on Battlenet but 360~ on Steam.

Also I think you read the post wrong. Steam performs better than Battlenet.

Shoryukenfan has Overwatch® 2

Sep 7, 2023 @ 2:32pm

Originally posted by Developer_Sterling:
I get about 250FPS on Battlenet but 360~ on Steam.

Also I think you read the post wrong. Steam performs better than Battlenet.

Oh my bad. I took it the other way. Well, then I have no explanation for. It's really odd the huge 30% difference is performance in average FPS. I'm curious too as to what causes that then. I wonder if others have the issue as well.