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hey guys welcome back to another episode of what does it take to play previously I looked at what kind of hardware gamers need to play battlefield 1 multiplayer @jp maintaining over 60 FPS at all times the focus here is on new hardware so I went with the core i5 6400 and the Radeon rx 470 and that combo delivered some very impressive results again for those of you that missed the first episode the point of this series is to quickly show a gamers in five minutes or less what kind of hardware they need to achieve the set performance criteria an overwhelmingly large number you asked me to look at the overwatch multiplayer performance next specifically what it takes to play the game at 1080p on a 144 Hertz monitor using the ultra quality settings so here we are as many of you are probably aware it doesn't take much to render this game at playable frame rates even when using the ultra preset however for competitive 144 Hertz setups maintaining those kinds of frame rates can be a challenge not only the gamers require a decent GPU but the CPU is also very important enabling and maintaining these high frame rates I have found in the past that the geforce gtx 1066 gigabyte is good for around 150 FPS at TEP with the ultra quality settings it's worth noting though that this performance was recorded using my core i7 test system overclocked to 4.5 gigahertz so telling you guys to get a core i7 6700k or 77 okay along with the gtx 1066 gigabyte probably isn't that useful I mean if that's what it takes sure but simply going out and buying the fastest LGA 1151 processor isn't that creative anyway as it turns out there is a cheaper option I have found that the 6600 K or 7600 K is the sweet spot they are essentially the same processor on both costs 240 dollars u.s. actually in Australia the 7600 K right now is about 10 dollars cheaper so you might as well go that way the 7600 K is faster out of the box thanks to a slight frequency bump but of course these are unlocked came also the out of the box frequency is kind of irrelevant clock for clock both deliver the exact same performance as cable a cougher 0 IPC games over skylake for testing i have used the 72nd RK and overclocked it to aim miles 4.5 gigahertz this was done in my course our sponsored rigs I was using a liquid cooler but this overclock can easily be achieved using a $30 tailor style cooler for example since this is an unlocked processor you will want a third series chipset dev 170 boards can be had for as little as $90 US or 110 ozzie meanwhile then 270 boards are and 20% more expensive and I don't really offer anything in the way of new features but there's certainly an option anyway so then with the core i5 7600 K processor overclocked to 4.5 gigahertz and the geforce gtx 1066 gigabyte graphics card handling the rendering work i found that for the most part this configuration had no trouble keeping the frame rate above 144 FPS full disclaimer I am completely rubbish at overwatch I never play the game as unfortunately I just don't have time it seems like a heap of fun though and at this point I've only worked at a couple of the characters still had a heap of fun over the weekend playing this game and I went through most of the maps and found that this configuration delivers the perfect balance of price versus performance for 144 hurt 1080p gamers I suspect an unlocked core i5 processor going all the way back to say the Sandy Bridge 2500 K will be able to achieve similar performance once overclocked gamers will require a gtx 1066 gigabyte graphics card though or something of you know similar performance such as the gtx 980 back when i first tested overwatch i threw more than 40 different GPUs at the game and I found the r9 390x was slightly slower than 1060 and therefore so was the RX 480 it really took the nano to push ahead nvidia does have a clear performance advantage in this title finally as a side note for those of you who may be wondering this setup rendered between 100 and 140 FPS with the quality preset set to epic so not quite good enough to max out a 144 hertz display but still certainly enough for smooth competitive gameplay alright so that wraps this one up I hope you guys enjoyed the overwatch 1080p 144 Hertz testing and if there are any other games you would like me to check out be sure to drop that in the comments below just be sure to let me know what the frame rate target is the quality settings and a resolution and I'll do my best to make that happen Armijo Steve have fun gaming