Best PC Settings for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 was recently released, on 27 October 2022. It is a first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. This game is a reboot of the 2019 version of the game and is the overall 19th installment in the entire Call of Duty franchise. These new versions of PC video games come with the advancing technology of the generation which leaves many players confused and questioning as to which is best for their game. Many people do not know about the FidelityFX CAS.

In this article, we have listed the perfect settings for Modern Warfare 2 to have the best resolution and lag-free gameplay.

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Maximum FPS: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

In a game like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, players would definitely want to play the game with the utmost resolution and the fastest no-lag speed. Some graphical settings can be beneficial on a higher setting from a gameplay perspective.

Display settings

1. Display Monitor: Primary display with the highest refresh rate
2. Display Mode: Full-screen mode. This is best for latency reduction
3. Display Adapter: Depends on the graphic card owned
4. Screen Refresh rate: Preferably maximum of your monitor, usually 144Hz or 240Hz.
5. Display Resolution: preferably 1080p. Some systems have better and high-end GPUs which can take up to 1440p. But 1080p is better for Frames per Second
6. Dynamic Resolution: keep this switched off as this can change the resolution of the game at unexpected moments, which can be distracting.
7. Aspect Ratio: Automatic (16:9)
8. V-Sync Gameplay: Switched off as it can cause more latency
9. V-Sync Menu: Switched off
10. Custom Frame Rate Limit: This can be custom according to the player’s liking
11. Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)

Focus mode should be turned off.

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Quality Settings

1. Quality Presets: Custom
2. Render Resolution: 100
   • Upscaling/ Sharpening: FidelityFX CAS
   • FidelityFX CAS Strength: 65- this makes the game sharper without impacting FPS much at all.
3. Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
4. Anti-Aliasing Quality: Normal-if this is set to low, it improves FPS marginally.
5. Video Memory Scale: 90
6. Texture Resolution: Normal
7. Texture Filter Anisotropic: High
8. Nearby Level of Detail: Low
9. Distant Level of Detail: High- Optimized for gameplay experience
10. Clutter Draw Distance: Short
11. Particle Quality Level: Low
12. Bullet Impacts and Sprays: On (this is important for multiplayer mode)
13. Shader Quality: Medium
14. Tessellation: Off
15. Terrain Memory: Maximum
16. On demand Texture Streaming: switched off
17. Streaming Quality: Low
18. Volumetric Quality: Low
19. Deferred Physics Quality: Low
20. Water Casutics: off
21. Shadow Map Resolution: Low
22. Spot Shadow Quality: Low
23. Cache Spot Shadows: On
24. Spot Cache: Low
25. Cache Sun Shadows: on
26. Particle Lighting: Low
27. Ambient Occlusion: Off
28. Screen Space Reflections: Off
29. Static Reflection Quality: Low
30. Weather Grid Volumes: Off
31. Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On
32. Depth of Field: Off
33. World Motion Blur: Off
34. Weapon Motion Blur: off
35. Film Grain: 0.00

View

1. Field of View: 100-110
2. ADS Field of View: Affected
3. Weapon Field of View: Default setting
4. 3rd Person Field of View: 80-100
5. Vehicle Field of View: Default setting
6. 1st Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
7. 3rd Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
8. 3rd person ADS Transition: Custom setting
9. Default Spectator Camera: custom setting

These are the best settings for the best display and view gameplay in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

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