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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a graphically demanding game and optimizing your system settings for it can be really tricky. Ideally, you want to get the most frames per second (FPS) possible when playing multiplayer. Here are the best display, quality and view settings for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that balance performance and graphical fidelity.
Best Call of Duty Modern: Warfare 2 settings for High FPS
Here are the best settings for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2:
Best View Settings for Modern Warfare 2
Field of View (FOV): 105 or anything that is comfortable for you
ADS Field of View: Affected
Weapon Field of View: Wide
3rd Person Field of View: 80
Vehicle Field of View: Narrow
1st Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
3rd Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
3rd Person ADS Transition: 3rd Person ADS (aim down sights)
Default Spectator Camera: Helmet Camera
Telemetry: Custom
FPS Counter: On
Server Latency: On
Packet Loss: On
Graphic Card (GPU) Temperature: Off
Graphic Card (GPU) Clock: Off
VRAM Usage: Off
Processor (CPU) Time: Off
Clock: Off
Best Display Settings for Modern Warfare 2
Display Mode: Fullscreen Exclusive
Display Monitor: Select your monitor
Display Adapter: Select your adapter
Screen Refresh Rate: Select the option that matches your monitor’s refresh rate. Typically 60/120/144/165Hz
Display Resolution: Choose your native resolution. For example, 1920x1080 or 2560x1440
Dynamic Resolution: Off
Aspect Ratio: Automatic
V-Sync (Gameplay): Off
V-Sync (Menus): Off
Custom Frame Rate Limit: Gameplay – 300, Menu – 80, Out of focus – 30
Display Gamma: 2.2 (SRGB)
Brightness: 55
Focused Mode: Off
High Dynamic Range (HDR): Off
Best Graphics Quality Settings for Modern Warfare 2
Quality Presets: Custom
Render Resolution: 100
Upscaling/Sharpening: FidelityFX CAS (Strength – 85)
Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
Anti-Aliasing Quality: Low
Video Memory Scale: 90
Texture Resolution: Very Low
Texture Filter Anisotropic: Normal
Nearby Level of Detail: High
Distant Level of Detail: High
Clutter Draw Distance: Short
Particle Quality: High
Particle Quality Level: High
Bullet Impacts & Sprays: Off
Shader Quality: Low
Tessellation: Off
Terrain Memory: Max
On-Demand Texture Streaming: Off
Streaming Quality: Low
Volumetric Quality: Low
Deferred Physics Quality: Off
Water Caustics: Off
Shadow Map Resolution: Very Low
Screen Space Shadows: Off
Spot Shadow Quality: Low
Spot Cache: Low
Particle Lighting: Normal
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Screen Space Reflections: Off
Static Reflection Quality: Low
Weather Grid Volumes: Off
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: On + Boost
Depth of Field: Off
World Motion Blur: Off
Weapon Motion Blur: Off
Film Grain: 0.00
These settings should work great for you if you meet the minimum system requirements for the game. If your hardware cannot keep up with the game, consider lowering some of these settings to get better FPS.
