Million Dollar Question: can my computer run Overwatch?

[Lord Ajihad]

Ok, so I really want to get Overwatch. I just don't know if my computer can run it.

To you Overwatch players out there: how heavy of a game is it? I checked my system requirments, and I think I should be good to go. However, my CPU is on neither the supported nor unsupported card lists. Everything else checks out though.

My computer can run League, TF2, SWTOR, and stuff like that perfectly fine. However I literally get 3 FPS on Dark Souls 3.

Can some of you smart computer people help me please?

 

[Werah Unon]

Yeah, you should be fine. Its a bit of a heavy game, but you should be ok if you can run those other games without too many problems. Don't know why you have a problem with DS3 though.

[member="The Gray Assassin"]

 

[Werah Unon]

You can sed the $1,000,000 to me at any time within the next 2 weeks.

 

[sabrina]

[member="The Gray Assassin"]
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/overwatch/12955
[member="Werah Unon"] I think i given him a better answer though I am happy to split it

 

[Cait Falcor]

If you can run those games, you can run Overwatch most likely.

What the heck CPU are you running that its not on their supported lists?! There's only like...2 CPU manufacturers.

Dark Souls 3 might be a GPU/Ram issue, FROM's games are notoriously poorly optimized on their code-base, and while I've not experienced any issues with my 3+ year old Core i5 and/or GTX760 I suppose there could be problems?

Games like WoW/Overwatch etc that are frequently querying a central server as to what they ought to be rendering are a little more CPU intensive than other games, so...I'd say give it a shot, but just about anything should be able to run Overwatch, if you turn it down low enough.

 

[Fabula Caromed]

Generally speaking, if there's any doubt in your mind that your computer can run it, the answer is probably no. I got a beastly new computer just for Overwatch, and I still had to upgrade its video card just to make the silly thing run with without looking like Minecraft melted in the dryer. It's a very intense game. Most older machines don't have the oomph for it.

I was going to give the link Sabrina provided, but I refuse to be sloppy seconds.

 

[Kenrath]

Generally speaking, if there's any doubt in your mind that your computer can run it, the answer is probably no. I got a beastly new computer just for Overwatch, and I still had to upgrade its video card just to make the silly thing run with without looking like Minecraft melted in the dryer. It's a very intense game. Most older machines don't have the oomph for it.

I was going to give the link Sabrina provided, but I refuse to be sloppy seconds.

My computer is 8 years old and will run Overwatch according to the link Sabrina posted.

 

[sabrina]

My computer is 8 years old and will run Overwatch according to the link Sabrina posted.

My computer is 8 years old and will run Overwatch according to the link Sabrina posted.

Does it run it?

 

[Kenrath]

Does it run it?

I don't play Overwatch which is why I added to preface according to the link.

It was simply a statement that just because a computer is older does not necessarily mean it won't work.

 

[Allyson Locke]

[member="The Gray Assassin"]

What's your CPU? RAM? Video Card? You seriously can't base "can i play it" by other games fyi. Give me hardware data pls