Best Graphic Settings for Competitve Play?

[SeizeTheDay]

I've been looking online, but everything I find is for optimization. Overwatch had a guide telling you what graphic settings should be turned down to gain a competive advantage. For example, turning off partical effects for less distraction and more visiblity, lowering foilage making easier to spot enemies through bushes, ect. Not only do these give you an advantage, but also increases your FPS. I'll probably tinker with the settings myself and write a guide if there isn't one already.

[Autumn_]

What are your specs?

[SeizeTheDay]

Originally posted by TwentyOne:

What are your specs?

GTX 1080, i7-6700k @ 4.6GHz, 16GB RAM DDR4 3000MHz. 1440p @144hz Monitor.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by SeizeTheDay:

Originally posted by TwentyOne:

What are your specs?

GTX 1080, i7-6700k @ 4.6GHz, 16GB RAM DDR4 3000MHz. 1440p @144hz Monitor.

Well, I see you've got no problem running the game then.........

I would say:
1440p
Render 120%
110 FoV (Because maxing the slider is actually ♥♥♥♥, and makes people to small.)
Textures Quality, Filterings, Mesh. All high. (If you want Extra textures....But I would say high since you can't really tell High and Extra apart.)
Everything else off. Because performance drain. And hinders your ability to see things.
But make Anti-aliasing SMAA T2x (No filmic.) Or the one before it.
Because you've already got res, so it's not really needed as much.
But I find with higher AA things sorta blend a little to much, so I don't crank it all the way up.
That and it does lower performance a bit....

[SeizeTheDay]

Originally posted by TwentyOne:

Originally posted by SeizeTheDay:

GTX 1080, i7-6700k @ 4.6GHz, 16GB RAM DDR4 3000MHz. 1440p @144hz Monitor.

Well, I see you've got no problem running the game then.........

I would say:
1440p
Render 120%
110 FoV (Because maxing the slider is actually ♥♥♥♥, and makes people to small.)
Textures Quality, Filterings, Mesh. All high. (If you want Extra textures....But I would say high since you can't really tell High and Extra apart.)
Everything else off. Because performance drain. And hinders your ability to see things.
But make Anti-aliasing SMAA T2x (No filmic.) Or the one before it.
Because you've already got res, so it's not really needed as much.
But I find with higher AA things sorta blend a little to much, so I don't crank it all the way up.
That and it does lower performance a bit....

Thanks, I'll give it try tomorrow when the daily is up.

[The Thorne]

dont agree with the everything else off, the amount of kills I have got because I saw a shadow first is loads, so I woudl have at least medium shadows it wont impact on your frames much

[BuIlDaLiBlE]

Originally posted by TwentyOne:

Render 120%

I don't see any point going past 100%.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by BuIlDaLiBlE:

Originally posted by TwentyOne:

Render 120%

I don't see any point going past 100%.

It makes the textures higher quality, and acts as a sort of AA.
It makes less "Jaggies"......But I've noticed with higher AA it sort of blurs to other things obstructing my view. So with higher render, it wouldn't do that because it's actually making it output the higher res, and downscaling it.
And making it not blur at the edges.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by The Thorne:

dont agree with the everything else off, the amount of kills I have got because I saw a shadow first is loads, so I woudl have at least medium shadows it wont impact on your frames much

My bad. I forgot to mention, you can't turn shadows off.
Only low, and I've noticed that shadows low and medium look quite similar, if you want nicer shadows. Then so be it, but I would say lower is better, you only need to see the shadow, doesn't really matter what quality. Because you're not really going to look at it for long are you?

[BuIlDaLiBlE]

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

Originally posted by BuIlDaLiBlE:

I don't see any point going past 100%.

It makes the textures higher quality, and acts as a sort of AA.
It makes less "Jaggies"......But I've noticed with higher AA it sort of blurs to other things obstructing my view. So with higher render, it wouldn't do that because it's actually making it output the higher res, and downscaling it.
And making it not blur at the edges.

Also drops your fps... so yeah, fock that.

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

Originally posted by The Thorne:

dont agree with the everything else off, the amount of kills I have got because I saw a shadow first is loads, so I woudl have at least medium shadows it wont impact on your frames much

My bad. I forgot to mention, you can't turn shadows off.
Only low, and I've noticed that shadows low and medium look quite similar, if you want nicer shadows. Then so be it, but I would say lower is better, you only need to see the shadow, doesn't really matter what quality. Because you're not really going to look at it for long are you?

Low shadows really suck, they are so... low quality. At least medium is recommended so your eyes won't burn out.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by BuIlDaLiBlE:

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

It makes the textures higher quality, and acts as a sort of AA.
It makes less "Jaggies"......But I've noticed with higher AA it sort of blurs to other things obstructing my view. So with higher render, it wouldn't do that because it's actually making it output the higher res, and downscaling it.
And making it not blur at the edges.

Also drops your fps... so yeah, fock that.

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

My bad. I forgot to mention, you can't turn shadows off.
Only low, and I've noticed that shadows low and medium look quite similar, if you want nicer shadows. Then so be it, but I would say lower is better, you only need to see the shadow, doesn't really matter what quality. Because you're not really going to look at it for long are you?

Low shadows really suck, they are so... low quality. At least medium is recommended so your eyes won't burn out.

What drops your FPS? AA or Render res?
Because lowering your AA and uping your render will give you better FPS. And look better, you know that right?

And, as for shadows, I find low shadows to be just fine. They do their job, show me when someone is running round a corner. That's all they're used for. Not to look beautiful. (I mean, if you want to game to look pretty, your choice, but we're talking about performance here.)
He has the power to push medium shadows with next to no performance hit, if he wants to he can, but he wanted to see people better too. And I find it easier to see people with lower shadows.

[BuIlDaLiBlE]

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

What drops your FPS? AA or Render res?

Rendering, obviously.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by BuIlDaLiBlE:

Rendering, obviously.

Just fixing the quote, and like I mentioned above.

Originally posted by .:Autumn:.™:

Because lowering your AA and uping your render will give you better FPS. And look better, you know that right?

[[?]legit]

im playing with GTX 1060 and i7 6700k@4,5 and have everything on LOW or disabled in the advanced settings to get bo3 as smooth as possible.
The most important thing is to disable AO and AA.

[SeizeTheDay]

Originally posted by Prevenge:

im playing with GTX 1060 and i7 6700k@4,5 and have everything on LOW or disabled in the advanced settings to get bo3 as smooth as possible.
The most important thing is to disable AO and AA.

I'd rather keep AA on high. I just don't like the way the game looks with all those jagged edges. I want want to remove or minimalize foilage and partical effects.

[[?]legit]

Originally posted by SeizeTheDay:

Originally posted by Prevenge:

im playing with GTX 1060 and i7 6700k@4,5 and have everything on LOW or disabled in the advanced settings to get bo3 as smooth as possible.
The most important thing is to disable AO and AA.

I'd rather keep AA on high. I just don't like the way the game looks with all those jagged edges. I want want to remove or minimalize foilage and partical effects.

by enabling AA you loose fps and increase input lag so it s not really good for comp play...