Gaming has not been just a hobby for a long time now. Millions of prize money is on the line in worldwide competitions for games such as CS:Go Overwatch and Dota 2. These so-called eSports games aren't known to be graphical masterpieces, however a very high frame rate is crucial for many pro-gamers. It's high time we take a look at what you need to achieve such frame rates.

For this article we chose a couple of popular eSports games based on their number of players and whether we could reliably benchmark them or not. If you're not into the eSports world, you might not have heard of these games, so we'll shortly describe each of the games.

Dota 2 is the biggest game of the world in terms of prize money. Their main event is the yearly 'International', a tournament organized by valve with a prize pool of about 20 million dollars. The gameplay falls into the MOBA category: multiplayer online battle arena. Two opposing teams have the goal of destroying each others bases, which are located in the corner of the map. In the beginning of a game you choose one of the 113 characters, which each have different abilities. Every 'hero' starts the game at level 1, however as your character level up, you unlock more abilities.