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Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War: System requirements call RTX 3070 for ray tracing

Last updated on March 9, 2021


If you want to play Cold War with ray tracing , you need a graphics card that is hardly available. Without, however, older hardware is easily sufficient.

Scene from Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War (Image: Treyarch)

Developer Treyarch has published the system requirements for the PC version of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War . The shooter uses the in-house engine and relies on the Direct3D-12 graphics interface, and there are again shadows rendered by DirectX ray tracing (DXR).

In contrast to CoD Modern Warfare , ray tracing is also used for ambient occlusion, as in Metro Exodus . In addition, there is the Nvidia-exclusive reconstruction filter DLSS 2.0 (Deep Learning Super Sampling) for a higher frame rate and Nvidia Reflex to reduce system latency in multiplayer.

The plot is set in the Cold War and takes place in the 80s, the main character can be created in a variety of ways. The plot revolves around the allegedly real character Perseus: This is a never-identified Soviet spy who is said to have spied on the Manhattan project – research on the atomic bomb. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War will be released on November 13, 2020 for Windows PC, Playstation 4 (Pro), Playstation 5, Xbox One (X) and Xbox Series X | S.

Minimum system requirements

  • Operating system: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Core i3-4340 or FX-6300
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • Graphics card (DX12): Geforce GTX 670/1650 or Radeon HD 7950
  • Hard disk: 175 GB

Recommended system requirements for medium details at 60 fps

  • Operating system: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Core i5-2500K or Ryzen 5 1600X
  • RAM: 12 GB
  • Graphics card (DX12): Geforce GTX 970/1660 Super or Radeon R9 390 / RX 580
  • Hard disk: 175 GB
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Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War – [PlayStation 4]

Recommended system requirements for high frame rates

  • Operating system: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Core i7-8700K or Ryzen 7 1800X
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Graphics card (DX12): Geforce GTX 1080 or Radeon RX Vega 64
  • Hard disk: 175 GB

Recommended system requirements for ray tracing

  • Operating system: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Core i7-8700K or Ryzen 7 1800X
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Graphics card (DX12): Geforce RTX 3070
  • Hard disk: 175 GB

Recommended system requirements for ray tracing in 4K

  • Operating system: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Core i9-9900K or Ryzen 7 3700X
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Graphics card (DX12): Geforce RTX 3080
  • Hard disk: 250 GB

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