Alienware Alpha Model:
i5 | 8 gig RAM | 860m/750ti 2 gig RAM - Overclocked (+135 core clock & +400 memory clock)
The new IP from Blizzard is unsurprisingly popular, as all their games seem to be. They are known for running only a small number of franchises (in fact this is their first new IP in years) but all are made to a very high standard from gameplay to visual artstyle and kept updated for years after release. But also like all Blizzard games it is designed to be able to run on a very wide range of hardware as they want as many people as possible to be able to purchase their games. Luckily for us Alpha 860m owners that means it runs like a dream on this tiny gaming PC.
Overwatch is a competitive team based first person shooter, so ideally you want to be playing at 60fps and 1920 x 1080 resolution. I played around with the settings and to be honest, in a game like this, it looks great no matter what settings you have (as long as you keep the resolution high). So for this reason I set it up to something where it would comfortably sit around 60fps. Here you can tweak to suit your own preference. For me I really don't notice the odd drop into the 50's so I left a few settings higher than needed, But if those minor drops bother you they are easily solved with turning one or two settings down another notch.
So for me I use the following settings to achieve 1080p with 60fps most of the time with the odd minor drop here and there:
Display Mode: Borderless Window
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Field of View: 100
Vsync: On
Triple Buffering: On
Render Scale: 100
Texture Quality: High
Texture Filtering Quality: Epic - 16x
Local Fog Detail: Medium
Dynamic Reflections Low
Shadow Detail: Low
Model Detail: High
Effects Detail: Low
Lighting Quality: Medium
Antialias Quality: Low - FXAA
Reflection Quality: Medium
Local Reflections: On
Ambient Occlusion: On
Verdict
Overwatch runs like a dream on the alpha. Its a very scalable game that should give you no problems getting a 1080p 60fps experience all while retaining high quality textures and highly detailed characters. Its a pretty damn good game to boot. Just don't spend any money on there somewhat dubious random loot box system.
