There’s no year without a Call of Duty title, and this year, having a hefty SSD will be pretty much obligatory: the system requirements have arrived.

Activision Blizzard published a post about the PC version of 2020’s Call of Duty game on the Activision Blog: „Developer Beenox worked closely with Treyarch and all other studios to bring over 200 individual settings to fine-tune on the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, from keybindings and the ability to play on a controller to graphics, audio, and interface sliders and toggles. Those who played the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta already experienced a wide selection of the game’s customization features; expect all those and more come launch.

Have a machine capable of running games in 4K? What about one that can crank the FPS well into the triple digits? If your machine can do either of these–or both–know that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be able to run both in 4K and with an uncapped framerate. Powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTX, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will feature a more lifelike experience thanks to RTX Shadows and Ambient Occlusion, which provides more photo-realistic shadows that will help further immerse you within the game’s world.

Keeping up with the latest trends in rendering and latency developments, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will include both NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and Reflex Technology. Powered by artificial intelligence, 2nd Generation DLSS redefines real-time rendering by using AI to construct sharp, hi-fidelity images all while rendering fewer pixels. And with three available options–Quality, Balanced, and Performance–you’ll be able to fine-tune this process to fit your gaming needs. NVIDIA Reflex is the other critical innovation that is tailored specifically for highly competitive players who want to play on the lowest latency possible. In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, NVIDIA Reflex will aid pros or pros-to-be in ensuring there is as little of delay between their click or press and what happens on their screen as possible.

Do you play at a high aspect ratio or with multiple monitors? Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War won’t limit you to just one monitor. Prepare to play at all conceivable angles, whether that be on an ultrawide monitor or multiple displays. No matter what platforms your friends play on, you’ll be able to fight with or against them on your PC thanks to cross-play, available at launch,” the blog post says. Now for the system requirements:

Minimum system requirements

• Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 x64 or Windows 10 x64 (v1803 minimum)
• CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300, or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or GTX 1650, or AMD Radeon HD 7950, or better
• Free storage space (at launch – meaning it will be bigger later!): 50 GB (multiplayer only) or 175 GB (all game modes)
• DirectX: DX12
• Broadband Internet connection required (Battle.net)

Recommended system requirements (60 FPS frame rate in most scenarios):

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 (the newest version)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X, or better
• Memory: 12 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or GTX 1660 Super, or AMD Radeon R9 390 or AMD RX 580, or better
• Free storage at the game’s launch: 175 GB
• DirectX: DX12
• Broadband Internet connection required (Battle.net)

Recommended system requirements (ray tracing):

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 (the newest version)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X, or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 3070, or better
• Free storage at the game’s launch: 175 GB
• DirectX: DX12
• Broadband Internet connection required (Battle.net)

Competitive system requirements (high frame rate, monitor with a high refresh rate):

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 (the newest version)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X, or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 or RTX 3070, or AMD RX Vega64, or better
• Free storage at the game’s launch: 175 GB
• DirectX: DX12
• Broadband Internet connection required (Battle.net)

Ultra RTX system requirements (4K resolution, high frame rate, ray tracing):

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 (the newest version)
• CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 3700X, or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 or RTX 3070, or AMD RX Vega64, or better
• Free storage at the game’s launch: 250 GB
• DirectX: DX12
• Broadband Internet connection required (Battle.net)

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will launch on November 13 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC (Battle.net), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: Gematsu

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