

Download, install and launch FRAPS before starting up Call of Duty: Black Ops. The quickest and easiest way to measure your FPS in any game is to use the free FRAPS utility. To successfully conduct any tweaking, you will need some way of objectively measuring your performance in Frames Per Second (FPS).

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At the very least make sure to update your graphics drivers to the latest available version. For this reason it is recommended that you download the relevant version of the TweakGuides Tweaking Companion (TGTC) and take the time to optimize your Windows installation correctly. A great many problems and performance issues, especially stuttering, crashes and sudden slowdowns, can be traced directly to sub-optimal settings in Windows and out-of-date or badly configured drivers. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.Īlmost as important as any in-game setting is the way your Windows installation is configured. Activision and Call of Duty: Black Ops are trademarks of Activision Publishing Inc. The recommendations in this guide are not endorsed by Activision or Treyarch. The aim here is to give you enough information so that you can make an informed choice as to the settings you enable or disable to obtain the precise balance of visual quality and performance which is acceptable to you. Performance information is also provided for every setting, although bear in mind that the precise impact on your particular system depends on your specific hardware combination and your other game and system-wide settings.

What follows are full descriptions for Call of Duty: Black Ops's in-game settings, including screenshot comparisons to highlight the impact on image quality of changing the various settings. GeForce 8600GT or higher)Īlthough a dual-core CPU is accepted as the minimum requirement, this game benefits greatly from having a quad-core CPU. Video Card: Shader 3.0 or better (e.g.Hard Drive: At least 12 GB of free space.Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 / AMD Phenom X3 8750 or better.The game's minimum system requirements are provided below, and are quite low for a modern PC game: The aim of this guide is to allow you to better understand and best utilize the various configuration options available in the game, as well as covering the important advanced tweaks. As a first person shooter set during the Cold War, Black Ops provides both an immersive singleplayer campaign, and a fast-paced multiplayer component which should be familiar to anyone who has played previous COD games online. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh game in the Call of Duty series, which has rapidly become one of the biggest-selling entertainment franchises of all time.
