Best Warzone PC settings for higher FPS

To optimize your Warzone experience on PC and enhance your chances of securing kills, it’s crucial to ensure smooth gameplay by fine-tuning your graphics settings.

While Warzone doesn’t have the highest system requirements, it is still taxing on your PC, especially for your CPU and RAM. This can lead to FPS drops, which in turn can affect your performance in Call of Duty’s battle royale. And with the Black Ops 6 integration bringing omnimovement, you’ll want to make sure the the game is as smooth and responsive as possible.

Fortunately, you can tweak your settings to maximize FPS. Doing this correctly can be the difference between a smooth, fun gaming session and an inconsistent, miserable one. If you aren’t confident in how to do this, you’ve come to the right place.

Here are the best PC settings for Warzone to make sure your game runs as smoothly as possible while still making sure it is visually pleasing.

Best Warzone PC graphics settings

Best Display Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Display Mode	Fullscreen Exclusive
Display Monitor	Primary Monitor
Display Adapter	Primary Graphics Card
Screen Refresh Rate	Maximum for monitor (e.g 60hz/144hz/240hz)
Display Resolution	Maximum for monitor (e.g 1080p/1440p/4K)
Aspect Ratio	Automatic
Display Gamma	2.2 [SRGB]
Brightness	55
Constrain Mouse to Game Window	Preference
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency	On + Boost
ECO Mode Preset	Custom
V-Sync (Gameplay)	Off
V-Sync (Menus)	Off
Custom Frame Rate Limit	Maximum for monitor (e.g 60hz/144hz/240hz)
Menu Render Resolution	Optimal
Reduce Quality When Inactive	10 Minutes
Pause Game Rendering	On
Focused Mode	Preference
High Dynamic Range (HDR)	Off

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Best Quality Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Graphic Preset	Custom
Render Resolution	100
Dynamic Resolution	Off
Upscaling/Sharpening	FIDELITYFX CAS
FIDELITYFX CAS Strength	85
VRAM Scale Target	90
Variable Rate Shading	Off
Texture Resolution	Low
Texture Filter Anisotropic	Low
Depth of Field	Off
Detail Quality	Low
Particle Resolution	Very Low
Bullet Impacts	On
Persistent Effects	On
Shader Quality	Low
On-Demand Texture Streaming	Minimal, 16 GB Cache Size, Download Limits Off
Local Texture Streaming Quality	Low
Shadow Quality	Normal
Screen Space Shadows	Off
Ambient Occlusion	Off
Screen Space Reflections	Off
Static Reflection Quality	Low
Tessellation	Off
Volumetric Quality	Low
Deferred Physics Quality	Off
Weather Grid Volumes	Off
Water Quality	Off

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Best View Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Motion Reduction Preset	Off
Field of View (FOV)	100-115
ADS Field of View	Affected
Weapon Field of View	Wide
3rd Person Field of View	90
Vehicle Field of View	Default
World Motion Blur	Off
Weapon Motion Blur	Off
Film Grain	0.00
1st Person Camera Movement	Least (50%)
3rd Person Camera Movement	Least (50%)
3rd Person ADS Transition	Preference
Inverted Flashbang	On

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How to get higher FPS in Warzone

For higher FPS in Warzone, make sure you adjust your display, quality, and view settings to match what’s shown above. While some of these settings are a matter of preference, others are integral to making your game run as well as possible. However, if you’re still not satisfied with the FPS, there are a couple more things to do.

First, make sure your graphics card’s drivers are up to date by using the official applications from either Nvidia, AMD, or even Intel.

Next, make sure you’re not running lots of applications in the background. Browsers like Chrome can often take up RAM and even CPU usage, causing your gameplay to be bottlenecked. Closing other applications can improve FPS in these instances, with Warzone requiring a lot of resources to run properly.

Finally, the most expensive but effective option is to buy a new graphics card with more power. For that, check out our list of the best graphics cards to make sure you are getting good value from your next GPU.

Warzone PC system requirements

If you’re unsure whether your PC can actually handle Warzone, then fear not, as we have the minimum and recommended specs for the game.

	CPU	GPU	Video Memory	RAM	Hi-Rez Assets Cache	Operating System
Minimum	Intel Core i3-6100 / Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470	2 GB	8 GB	Up to 32 GB	Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
Recommended	Intel Core i5-6600K / Core i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580	4 GB	12 GB	Up to 32 GB	Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Competitive	Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT	8 GB	16 GB	Up to 32 GB	Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Ultra 4K	Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	10 GB	16 GB	Up to 64 GB	Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)

How to update your graphics drivers

If you’re like me, every time you boot up Call of Duty through Steam, a pop-up tells you that your drivers are old and need to be updated. If you’re not sure how to fix this problem, we’re here to help, regardless of whether you have an NVIDIA or AMD graphics card.

How to update NVIDIA graphics drivers

1. Go to the official NVIDIA website and download the GeForce Experience app.
2. Once downloaded, open the GeForce Experience app.
3. Select “Drivers” from the top-left corner.
4. Click “Check for Updates” in the top-right corner.
5. If an update is ready, click “Download.”
6. Once downloaded, select “Express Installation.”

How to update AMD graphics drivers

1. Go to your PC’s desktop.
2. Right-click on the desktop and select “AMD Radeon Settings.”
3. Select the “Home” icon.
4. Select “New Updates” from the bottom-left corner.
5. Select “Check for Updates.”
6. If an update is available, click “Download.”

Why does Call of Duty keep restarting on PC?

Regular CoD players will know that when you open the game, there’s a decent chance you’ll be met with “Update Requires Restart,” which sees your game close and open again. This can be annoying, but there is a reason for it.

Essentially, when a developer releases an update or a hotfix for the game, the new information needs to be applied to the app’s code. Since this can’t be done while the app is running, it closes it momentarily to apply the changes and then starts back up. While it can be annoying, it’s actually improving the game, so don’t get too frustrated and let it work its magic.

That’s all for the best Warzone PC settings. For more useful information, check out the best controller settings, the current meta, and which top-tier assault rifles and sniper rifles you should be using.