does Overwatch work well with multiple core's?

[Ashleyyyy]

i currently have an i5-7400 and overwatch runs fine on it, but i'm building a system that is using old xeon's, so i want to know if it will run Overwatch fine

 

i will be using 2 Xeon X5650's. 

 

i will be using a GTX 1050, the same gpu i use now. 

[Enderman]

Worse than with your i5.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Enderman said:

Worse than with your i5.

yeah i knew that, but will it bottleneck a gtx 1050?

[STRMfrmXMN]

Overwatch at high refresh rates really needs 6 threads (that's what this game is optimized best for)

https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html

 

High single-threaded performance is necessary for high FPS while more cores and threads are necessary for stable FPS. The game also benefits TREMENDOUSLY from faster memory. Just the jump from DDR3 to DDR4 provides notable gains.

[Enderman]

4 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah i knew that, but will it bottleneck a gtx 1050?

It won't be a bottleneck but it will perform worse.

Both CPU and GPU contribute to the fps.

Not just the lowest common denominator.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Overwatch at high refresh rates really needs 6 threads (that's what this game is optimized best for)

https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html

 

High single-threaded performance is necessary for high FPS while more cores and threads are necessary for stable FPS. The game also benefits TREMENDOUSLY from faster memory. Just the jump from DDR3 to DDR4 provides notable gains.

my machine will have 24 threads... 

 

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

It won't be a bottleneck but it will perform worse.

Both CPU and GPU contribute to the fps.

Not just the lowest common denominator.

oh okay, well i'm only playing at 1080p 60hz, and i don't mind turning the settings down a little.. as long as i can get 50/60 fps i'm happy. 

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

my machine will have 24 threads... 

 

oh okay, well i'm only playing at 1080p 60hz, and i don't mind turning the settings down a little.. as long as i can get 50/60 fps i'm happy. 

Yeah should definitely be able to get at least that.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Enderman said:

Yeah should definitely be able to get at least that.

ok, that's all i need.

[Brooksie359]

The game is fairly optimized for core count. I mean I run a r7 1700 at 3.7 on all cores and can get around 220ish fps in game at either high or ultra can't remember off hand. Does help that I have a 1080ti though. Sometimes higher sometimes lower depending on the density of players and whatnot. 

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

The game is fairly optimized for core count. I mean I run a r7 1700 at 3.7 on all cores and can get around 220ish fps in game at either high or ultra can't remember off hand. Does help that I have a 1080ti though. Sometimes higher sometimes lower depending on the density of players and whatnot. 

does the game use all of the cores though? if you go to task manager - performance - cpu and right click the big graph and go to change graph to - logical processors does it register activity on all of them while playing?

[STRMfrmXMN]

23 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

 

oh okay, well i'm only playing at 1080p 60hz, and i don't mind turning the settings down a little.. as long as i can get 50/60 fps i'm happy. 

Almost any CPU can get a steady 60 FPS in Overwatch.