Hello I just purchased a new graphics card last night and it's is having trouble maintaining consistent framerates in overwatch; wanted to get some information on how to solve my problem.
Starting off here's my build:
Motherboard: Asus H170 pro gaming
Processor- i5 6500
GPU- GTX 1060 SSC 6GB
Ram- 2x4 Hyper X Fury DDR4 2133hz
Hard drives- 1 Toshiba hard drive that came out of a Satellite series laptop, second s seagate 750GB
Power supply- EVGA 600w
Cooling- Cool master EVO(That big ass heat sink thing that looks like a car engine)
Os- Windows 8.1
My gtx 960 FTW can reach 100fps on low and 60 on ultra, I assumed a 1060 would be heavens above it, and at first glance it is; on low settings in overwatch I reach 210-240fps, but I capped it at 144fps. It'll be fine I start a match and when doing 360's, doing flicks shots, going no through pathways, and especially during team fights it'll increase as high as 78C and drop from 144- as low as 30, some times lower and when bringing up tab or going to menus it drops to 60 then lower. I tried using it on a 144 hz monitor and no improvement.
This morning I went through some settings and found a feature that call "K boost" or something after activating it I've had less drops but temp sits around 78-80. I'm really considering returning this GPU to Best Buy and look for a 1070 I'm really disappointed that a $299.00 card is preforming like this and i see posts of people saying older GPU like 970, 980, etc. Getting 144 FPS fine. Is it possible to get 144 hz In overwatch consistently with my GPU; or am I forced to buy the more pricier GTX 1070, and 1080?