'Overwatch 2' Beta System Requirements Revealed - Can Your PC Run It?

The "Overwatch 2" beta is almost here and it is providing players their first-ever, firsthand look at the much anticipated - and multiple times delayed - sequel to Activision Blizzard's team-based shooter. But if you want to try it out, you need to make sure your PC is up to snuff.

Windows Central shared the PC system requirements, and they're pretty mild, all things considered. Here's what you need to try out the beta:

Minimum

• CPU: Intel Core i3/AMD Phenom X3 8650

• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 600 series/AMD Radeon HD 7000 series

• RAM: 6GB

• Storage: 50GB available disk space

• OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit

Recommended

• CPU: Intel Core i7/AMD Ryzen 5 or better

• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060/AMD R9 380 or better

• Memory: 8GB

• Storage: 50GB available disk space

• OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit

Activision Blizzard has mentioned that these hardware requirements are enough for 60 FPS with medium in-game settings. But if you don't know your own PC's specs, there's a way to find them within Windows. Here's what you need to do.

• Press the Windows button on your taskbar

• Type the term "dxdiag."

• Click the term when it shows up. It will then open up a window which shows you your computer's specs. Go to the System tab to see your CPU and RAM, and to the Display tab to see your GPU hardware.

It seems like despite the constant delays that have been upsetting and annoying to devs, "Overwatch 2" is still kicking and expected to be out - three years after it was first revealed back in BlizzCon 2019.

'Overwatch 2' Beta Specs Talk

As previously mentioned, the minimum and recommended hardware for the "Overwatch 2" beta are both very forgiving. A quick look at each makes it quite obvious.

For the minimum, it only needs a graphics card that's at least ten years old by this point (both the NVIDIA GTX 600 series and AMD's HD 7000 series launched in 2012. A decade-old GPU is basically ancient in the tech space, considering how five years is also already considered old.

And if Activision Blizzard was accurate in saying that this is enough for Medium settings at 60 FPS, then that is testament to their optimization work - though it sounds a little over the top. The same thing applies to the CPUs: Intel's i3 lineup launched way back in 2010, and AMD's Phenom X3 8650 (a three-core CPU) is even older, released in 2008.

The most realistic thing here is the Recommended specs. The GTX 1060 is still the world's most popular GPU, meaning there won't be too many people missing out on the beta. And in terms of performance, AMD's R9 380 is far more modest (it was launched as a direct competitor to the 1060's predecessor, the 960). Again, this gives more players the opportunity to try out the "Overwatch 2" beta even if they don't have the latest hardware.

Assuming you don't have an underpowered CPU and RAM combo to provide enough juice to the 1060 and 380, you're going to be fine.

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Written by RJ Pierce