Nvidia's RTX 4090 can hit over 500 frames per second (fps) in Overwatch 2 at 1440p resolution, ridiculously smooth gameplay, with one notable caveat we'll address on the monitor later, Team Green himself told us. .
To be specific, Nvidia's benchmarking (opens in a new tab) shows that the shooter (which released yesterday) runs at 507fps on average with the RTX 4090, and that was 1440p at maximum graphics settings ( the benchmark paired the GPU with an Intel Core i9-12900K processor, by the way).
As for the 4080GB RTX 16, it hit 368fps, and the lesser 4080GB RTX 12 (cough, RTX 4070, ahem) still managed 296fps.
For last-gen comparisons, the RTX 3080 hit 249fps and the RTX 3070 weighed in at 195fps, with the RTX 3060 hitting 122fps – all on the same platform and setup, of course.
Nvidia recommends the RTX 3060 for those looking for 144fps at 1080p (Full HD instead of 1440p) and the RTX 3080 Ti for those looking for 360fps at 1080p again.
(*2*)Review: The advantage of ultra-fast fps and resolutionWe normally think of Nvidia flagships like the RTX 4090 as graphics cards designed to tackle high resolution gaming (4K or even 8K with the new top dog Lovelace), but of course competitive gamers want to borrow the other way around: not more details, but more frames is the priority. This provides the smoothest gaming experience possible.
Seeing 500 broken frames per second in Overwatch 2 is quite the achievement, remembering that it's not 1080p resolution either - it's a step up from 1440p, giving you much better image quality (and sharpness) than Full HD. And as Nvidia points out, moving to 1440p can have some advantages over 1080p in terms of accurate aiming like a headshot, noting: "Our research has found that 27-inch 1440p displays can improve aiming by up to 3 % compared to traditional 24" screens. inches 1080p. Appears when aiming at small targets, such as an enemy's head. »
Add your own seasoning, naturally, and there are new G-Sync monitors of the 1440-inch 27p variety in the pipeline and coming soon, from Asus, with a 360Hz refresh rate. So the 4080GB RTX 16 will be able to handle and take full advantage of that refresh rate as seen in previous benchmarks (360Hz, meaning it can display 360fps).
Obviously, don't forget that you need a high-end monitor with a super-fast refresh rate to display the staggering number of fps these GPUs produce in the scenarios shown for Overwatch 2.
And yes, there is a 500hz monitor coming from Asus, capable of displaying 500fps, though we don't know when, and in any case, it's 1080p and likely to cost an arm and a leg (and may be another arm). . There are also 480Hz models that are supposed to be expected next year, but these types of monitors will be exclusive to professional esports gamers who are willing to spend whatever it takes to gain even the slightest competitive edge.
Finally, comparing the relative price of the two RTX 4080 models and performance here, you're paying a third more for the top-tier 4080 (16GB), but getting a quarter performance boost over the 12GB variant. as Nvidia raised the price a bit more with the faster RTX 4080, but obviously we can't do comparisons like this on a single game -c It's more of an interesting observation than anything else.
We'll need full reviews of both versions of the RTX 4080 to draw any conclusions on this front, of course, though we shouldn't be surprised to see the bottom tier being the overall price/performance value champion.
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