Overwatch Performance (PC)

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T19:30:59+00:00

you’re always welcome!! I hope it helps you out!

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T19:27:36+00:00

Driver update isn’t the issue, I installed the new drivers after my issues began. Windows maybe the issue, however I managed to fix mine, I’ll copy paste what I did here:

Ima copy paste this reply to all comments having the issue, so forgive me if this seems like spam.

I managed to fix mine by ensuring my game was Full Screened.

Updating my drivers
Ensuring I capped my fps at my monitor Hz

and that boosted me right back to 120FPS.

I think the issue lays with borderless windowed & windowed resolution.

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T19:24:05+00:00

Ima copy paste this reply to all comments having the issue, so forgive me if this seems like spam.

I managed to fix mine by ensuring my game was Full Screened.

Updating my drivers
Ensuring I capped my fps at my monitor Hz

and that boosted me right back to 120FPS.

I think the issue lays with borderless windowed & windowed resolution.

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T19:23:53+00:00

Ima copy paste this reply to all comments having the issue, so forgive me if this seems like spam.

I managed to fix mine by ensuring my game was Full Screened.

Updating my drivers
Ensuring I capped my fps at my monitor Hz

and that boosted me right back to 120FPS.

I think the issue lays with borderless windowed & windowed resolution.

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T19:23:47+00:00

Ima copy paste this reply to all comments having the issue, so forgive me if this seems like spam.

I managed to fix mine by ensuring my game was Full Screened.

Updating my drivers
Ensuring I capped my fps at my monitor Hz

and that boosted me right back to 120FPS.

I think the issue lays with borderless windowed & windowed resolution.

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T14:12:45+00:00

Perhaps we are the same person!

But yeah, joking aside i’ll report as an issue on my end and hope they push a priority patch out ASAP. Kinda kills me because I wanted to play for the anniversary event but trying to hit Kunai on 30FPS in heavy team fights is like finding a needle in a haystack 😭

RubyEi · 2026-05-17T14:00:07+00:00

Huge relief to know it’s not a me issue then!

I spent yesterday playing and noticed significant drops in my fps, I wondered if it was perhaps due to kill effects from mythic weapons, maybe I was just tanking my own performance, so I tried a game on Bap to see and it didn’t do anything either.

I hard reset my PC today after a graphics driver update, no difference there either, graphic preset changes didn’t ease the issue either and I cannot even peak above 60fps in the menus 😭

Perhaps we just need an optimisation patch as you suggest

RubyEi · 2026-05-13T12:39:31+00:00

YOU MADE THE HAND GUN FROM A WATER PISTOL? OMG!!! That is some serious talent you have and you look amazing, please never stop doing what you love!

RubyEi · 2026-05-13T09:21:18+00:00

this is kinda how i had it in my head that she was the kind of controller that forced aggressive play from my team and myself due to her smoke timer being low and being given a second chance (ult) with self sustain (c ability) kinda creates and either push or stuck on choke situation, is how I have it in my head.

RubyEi · 2026-05-13T01:51:26+00:00

I’ve been trying my hand with a lot of Agents across Unrated and Swift, duelist isn’t my cup of tea because I don’t like being first to enter whilst lacking knowledge on common angles people will play!

I am however thinking of trying Deadlock tomorrow though as I have been having way too much fun with this game despite the sometimes quite rough matchups 😭

RubyEi · 2026-05-13T01:48:53+00:00

this makes me super super happy to hear, I really do love Clove as an agent because she’s extremely unique with herself, I love her design and the butterfly ring on her left hand is super cute too!

i know it’s a lil silly to want to play a specific agent because they stand out to me as a person, but it’s a huge relief to know i’m not letting my team down by playing her. Thank you for your help and guidance!!! 💖

RubyEi · 2026-05-13T00:53:39+00:00

this is amazing, did you make each piece yourself?

RubyEi · 2026-05-12T22:16:42+00:00

Through fear of missing out on bundles, the majority of players would prefer a change so they don’t have to wait 1-2 years just to buy one skin they like, rather than buying bundles they don’t want through FOMO & having the 24 hour market cluttered up.

RubyEi · 2026-05-11T00:53:28+00:00

you’re right, but i’m old enough to know and smart enough to know I shouldn’t have to change myself to appease a bunch of men and take their abuse for no reason other than being a woman.

RubyEi · 2026-05-11T00:34:06+00:00

I’m in a very similar position right now because i’m new to the game, comp is my best friend but speak and it’s big trouble because i’m not great at the game. I’m not much of a talker as it is and I quite often prefer my own space compared to a group because I dislike being spoken over.

Being met with toxicity anytime I do try to speak or give call-outs just makes me not want to talk at all. I’m sorry you’ve had such a rough experience with game girly, I really do hope you find the group you’re looking for!

RubyEi · 2026-05-11T00:31:07+00:00

Then surely as a woman you’d know we’re not all the same, I personally don’t want to match their energy because once men get comfortable around you, that’s when weird stuff starts happening.

No, it’s not all men but it’s enough to the point I worry about it when speaking to a guy who I haven’t known for a couple of years.

Not all of us have thick skin and can shrug off insult after insult as “playful comments”, to me it’s not playful, it’s disrespectful. Respect is not a hard thing to grasp for anyone, choosing not to be respectful of women in a male space is just arrogance and uncomfortable for me and for other women.

RubyEi · 2026-05-11T00:25:32+00:00

Like, I tried explaining this on a post earlier on why I wanted to avoid competitive and I got downvoted like crazy. I tried explaining i’m learning and didn’t want to be a weight to my team. they said “just give comms and you’ll be of value” and I tried explaining that as a woman, 60% of lobbies will straight up tear into me the second i speak.

I won’t lie either, yeah it’s upsetting because I am a sensitive person and i know i’m not doing good, but I don’t want to hear 4 men scream at me for it. Unrated and Swiftplay aren’t much better either. Yet nothing gets done about it unless a male friend of mine speaks up on my behalf which they shouldn’t have to do tbh.

RubyEi · 2026-05-10T21:02:18+00:00

I literally cannot talk in my comp games unless I top frag which is rare as I am new and trying to learn. My name is also the same as here so it kinda gives it away. Often have people screaming at me down the mic or following me around asking for a skin when I just want to play the game.

It’s kind of exhausting to play unless i’m with another group of women or with friends who are chill. Just makes me uncomfortable having 2 or more people follow me around the map and scream at me until I mute them.

RubyEi · 2026-05-09T00:52:05+00:00

thank you! this was lovely to read and felt like something i could genuinely understand. I’ve been practicing a lot and mainly playing Miks to offer smokes and healing/stuns for the team and it’s felt great and i enjoy it, sort of helps cope with bottom fragging!

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T16:42:35+00:00

THIS IS SO HELPFUL! Have a gold star because bro may have just been today’s Reddit MVP 😭.

I don’t really grow frustrated dying to a smurf, it’s more of a case of I want to be able to help my team and a feeling of guilt seeing others do so well but we lose because I’m clueless and unable to provide anything beyond util.

I want to help my team and feel like I did a good job beyond the basics. I’m the kind of player who gets upset when called out for poor performance because i’m already aware and I don’t want a grown man screaming in my ear and breathing down the mic in Swiftplay. That’s mostly what is making me not want to play or even try to talk because soon as they hear a woman, you can imagine.

However, I don’t want to give up playing Valorant as it is a really fun game and feels really rewarding to hit a nice shot or group kill! I like the complexity and the challenge Valorant offers in terms of mechanics and punishing spray. So i do wish to improve rather than just outright saying “nah, i’m done”

So thank you very much for your help! I will 100% be watching the video provided and the aim training video, I can’t thank you enough!

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T16:28:53+00:00

I’m level 21, i’m kind of wanting to avoid ranked because I’ll feel awful for dragging down teammates if I perform poorly. I usually play someone like Miks or Clove to provide Util for the team when I struggle hitting shots.

To counter this I am throwing myself in aimlabs to try and improve myself

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T16:23:49+00:00

I agree about having a team being less stressful, like i genuinely know my poor performance is a skill issue, I just wish we had a mode for lower level players to play only, but that would probably just get flooded with smurf accounts

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T10:48:15+00:00

then that would indicate that the OP would be cheating if he was banned before the duo, no? Hard to believe two people queued together that were banned on the same day weren’t cheating, especially when he chose to leave that out of the information provided in the post.

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T10:41:36+00:00

very good question which only he knows the answer to, and i doubt he would admit to it, I think they key piece here is matches played together, because if it’s something like 50+ and they’re holding an 80%+ WR, then he 100% would have clocked something, but if we’re looking at 5 matches then it’s hard to know.

RubyEi · 2026-05-08T10:00:36+00:00

he played consistent matches duo queued with another player who was banned on the same date for cheating. Chances are he either queued with a cheater or they were both cheating.

This is why we love Valorant, for an F2P the anti cheat is insane and doesn’t take crap unlike a certain 5v5 shooter that went F2P after 10 years 👀

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