Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PC performance thread

[GrrImAFridge]

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🖥️ System requirements:

(See this page for more detailed information.)

🧰 Latest drivers: (as at 24/02/2022)
AMD: 22.2.2
Nvidia: 511.79

📊 Benchmarks:
ComputerBase (German; launch build)
GameGPU (Russian; launch build)
Overclock3D (English; launch build)
Overclock3D (English; launch build; ray tracing-specific)
PC Games Hardware (German; launch build)
TechPowerUp (English; launch build)

📊 Performance guides:
Nvidia (English; launch build)

🎩 Tips and tricks:
Cap the frame rate/potentially improve frame times: Download RivaTuner Statistics Server (if you use MSI Afterburner, then you already have it installed), input your desired framerate limit in the "Framerate limit" box, and hit Enter . Alternatively, those with an Nvidia GPU can either cap the frame rate at the driver level via the Nvidia Control Panel (requires the 441.87+ drivers) or use Nvidia Inspector to force a vsync internal lower than one-half (click the small tool icon to open the game profile section).
Note: Useful if your system can't maintain, say, 60fps and you're sensitive to the wild fluctuations, or you're experiencing uneven frame times. The greater window the engine has to render a given frame, if you're imposing a lower frame rate than the game can otherwise provide, may also help in alleviating stuttering related to data streaming.
Note #2: The game will crash if you attempt to change settings while RTSS is running. (Credit to Xiaomi.)
Fix render resolution value resetting after leaving the options menu: Disable DSR/VSR.

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⚙️ Graphics settings:

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Display mode: Windowed; Fullscreen; Fullscreen borderless; Fullscreen extended window
Display monitor: Self-explanatory
Display adapter: Self-explanatory
Screen refresh rate: Self-explanatory
Render resolution: x% -> 200% in increments of 1%
Display resolution: Self-explanatory
Aspect ratio: Automatic; 16:10; 16:9; 21:9; 32:9
Sync every frame: Disabled/Enabled
Custom frame rate limit: Unlimited/Custom
Gameplay custom frame rate limit: 30fps -> 300fps in increments of 10fps

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Menu custom frame rate limit: 30fps -> 300fps in increments of 10fps
Out-of-focus custom frame rate limit: 5fps -> 30fps in increments of 10fps
Nvidia Highlights: Disabled/Enabled
SDR colour space: 2.2 (sRGB)/2.4 (BT1886)
Texture resolution: Very Low; Low; Normal; High
Texture filter anisotropic: Low; Low; Normal; High
Particle quality: Low/High
Bullet impacts: Disabled/Enabled
Tessellation: Disabled; Near; All

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Shadow map resolution: Low; Normal; High; Extra
Cache spot shadows: Disabled/Enabled
Cache sun shadows: Disabled/Enabled
Particle lighting: Low; Normal; High; Ultra
DirectX ray tracing: Disabled/Enabled
Ambient occlusion: Disabled; Dynamic objects (MDAO); Static objects (GTAO); Both
Anti-aliasing: Off; SMAA 1x; SMAA T2x; Filmic SMAA T2x
Depth of field: Disabled/Enabled
Filmic strength: 0.0 -> 1.0 in increments of 0.05
World motion blur: Disabled/Enabled
Weapon motion blue: Disabled/Enabled
Film grain: 0.0 -> 1.0 in increments of 0.05

 

[Bonezz]

The game still forces itself into high priority mode when you launch it so if you're having performance issues and your computer is coming to a complete crawl that's why. You can go into task manager to set it back to normal but you have to do this each time you launch the game.

I already have a bug as well that I'm curious if others have and that is while the game is in fullscreen I can't alt tab and access my other monitor. The game totally hijacks everything and I have to press alt+enter to put it into windowed mode just to use it.

 

[F34R]

I could bench it if it would even load. /shrugs I get stopped after doing audio and quick setup, it tries to connect online, and times out. Can't do anything else.

 

[Rickyrozay2o9]

Is anyone getting static sound when starting the game?

 

[Bonezz]

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Something is completely broken with the framepacing for me. If I look up at the sky or walk near a wall my GPU usage cuts almost in half and the game stutters like crazy. I have a 9700k @ 5ghz and a RTX 2060 with the newest drivers. All cutscenes for me are also like this.

 

[Digital Savior]

Menu performance is good. Launch sound is obnoxiously loud. Still can't bind mouse button 3 to push to talk. Will try to update when in game.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Something is completely broken with the framepacing for me. If I look up at the sky or walk near a wall my GPU usage cuts almost in half and the game stutters like crazy. I have a 9700k @ 5ghz and a RTX 2060 with the newest drivers. All cutscenes for me are also like this.

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I think new drivers came out today for it. Do you have that one?

 

[gabdeg]

So how's the raytracing? Normally I'd be all over any game using it but in the footage we've seen so far there were quite a lot of missing shadows.

 

[Bonezz]

I think new drivers came out today for it. Do you have that one?

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Yep. I haven't tried MP yet but I don't want to restart to try and tinker with stuff since it took over 2 hours just to get into the servers. There's a tunnel that you have to walk through in the second mission and it just turns into a slide show for me. Anything that has me walk near a wall or even climbing up a ladder it happens.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

are servers good to go yet or are they funky rn?

 

[TaySan]

Game runs at a locked 60fps at 1440p with everything maxed out except Ray Tracing is disabled during gameplay.
Titan xP
3900x
32 Gb ram
Only 1 cutscene I noticed a significant drop

 

[Rickyrozay2o9]

Rtx 2080 at 1440p 16gb ddr4 ram with an i5-8600k @5ghz.

Everything at the highest setting with RT on I'm getting about 70-100fps so far on campaign. Most recent drivers.

I'm also having some issues with cutscenes and random slowdowns during scripted scenes.

 

[F34R]

Mid 100's down in the 80s-90s sometimes.
1440p, all maxed settings, ray tracing on
Ryzen 7 3700x
GTX 2080ti
32GB RAM
Samsung EVO 970

 

[exodus]

So how's the raytracing? Normally I'd be all over any game using it but in the footage we've seen so far there were quite a lot of missing shadows.

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It's unbelievably good. The lighting feels really natural. In some scenes, like walking under lampposts, ray tracing really shines.

NVidia did a really bad job at showcasing it.

Getting around 90fps @ 1080p with an RTX 2070 Super with max settings.

This is easily the best looking game on PC right now.

 

[Carian Knight]

8700K / RTX 2070 Super

Everything maxed out, when I enable the Ray Tracing this happens;

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[La Fawn Duh]

Getting massive hitching in cutscenes, dont know whats causing this

 

[exodus]

8700K / RTX 2070 Super

Everything maxed out, when I enable the Ray Tracing this happens;

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Is your GPU overclocked? This game uncovered an unstable overclock for me. Had to drop my clock speeds by 30 MHz.

 

[Rickyrozay2o9]

There's some heavy ass lip syncing issues with these cut scenes

 

[exodus]

There's some heavy ass lip syncing issues with these cut scenes

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Yeah I'm getting that too. Cutscene will hitch momentarily then everything's out of sync. Gonna try messing with CPU priority tomorrow to see if that fixes it.

 

[MrH]

How's performance compared to beta? Any noticeable improvement?

 

[Bonezz]

This is what the stuttering looks like for me. Minor spoilers.

Edit: For anybody that cares I disabled DEP for the MW exe under security exploits in Windows and it fixed it for me.

 

[Carian Knight]

Is your GPU overclocked? This game uncovered an unstable overclock for me. Had to drop my clock speeds by 30 MHz.

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Thanks, I tweaked down a little bit and it solved the issue but it's kinda odd because it was a pretty stable and safe overclock that I've been using ever since I got the card.

Another issue I'm having is that shader loading symbol (red or orange) pops out on left and it makes the game freeze for a moment, I waited for it to install beforehand.

 

[Onliner]

Game was totally unplayable with tons of input lag and hitching and crashing until I changed CPU priority to Normal. Did not have this issue in beta.

 

[exodus]

Thanks, I tweaked down a little bit and it solved the issue but it's kinda odd because it was a pretty stable and safe overclock that I've been using ever since I got the card.

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Yeah I did a bunch of stress testing when overclocking a few days ago and dropped my overclock 10 MHz below that and thought I was good. Then MW came along and I had to drop it again. Started by dropping another 10 and it was still unstable. Ended up dropping 30 MHz just to be safe.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Getting massive hitching in cutscenes, dont know whats causing this

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Same. In game is fine, but the cutscenes are a fucking slide show.

Also, is there an option for HDR I'm not seeing somewhere?

 

[D23]

My first ray tracing game and I am fucking floored... this is some next gen stuff dammmm

 

[La Fawn Duh]

Ye second mission and the following cutscene seems to freeze for like 5 sec again and lip sync is completly broken after this aswell. Wtf

 

[Rickyrozay2o9]

So I've noticed major issues with multiplayer. It's as if the game is continuing to download shaders even after it finishes. Certain parts of the map play at 120fps while others drop down to 50-60 with crazy judder.

Going to try and reinstall the shaders but I've had a crash or two while doing that.



Edit: had low latency turned on in the Nvidia control panel. Turning it off helped my multiplayer issues.

 

[Deleted member 7148]

Getting massive hitching in cutscenes, dont know whats causing this

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Yeah I'm getting a lot of hitching in cutscenes and bad screen tearing too. I fixed the tearing by enabling vsync but I wasn't getting any tearing at all in-game with it off. The gameplay (in the campaign mind you) is buttery smooth on my 2070S, 8700K at 1440P. Those cutscenes are a mess though.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Yep, campaign is fucking broken for me with these cutscenes. I just had one freeze so long I thought the game had crashed.

 

[Carian Knight]

The game looks incredible, I can't say I'm %100 sure what the RT does exactly but it must be doing something because the first mission was a lighting/shadow show and it blew my mind but unfortunately other stuff is not smooth. During the second cut scene game literally freezes, sometimes subtitles stay in the center of the screen. Performance is good but this shader loading stuff is annoying and it's happening in the middle of gameplay.

 

[TheStebe]

My game is looking like my game isnt rendering properly for some reason its realy odd had all the updates and drivers installed and its still off

 

[Mindfreak191]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the "shadow noise" that's all over weapons and objects, it's so fucking annoying, in the beta I only had to disable AA, but here literally nothing is fixing it -_-

 

[Spliced-Up]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the "shadow noise" that's all over weapons and objects, it's so fucking annoying, in the beta I only had to disable AA, but here literally nothing is fixing it -_-

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For me turning off DoF fixed that.

 

[gabdeg]

Can you turn off RT in game? Any before after pics?

 

[Mindfreak191]

For me turning off DoF fixed that.

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Didn't work, tried all settings...here's everything on ultra:



Everything on low and turned off, same thing even worse:



And on my initial settings:



this is so frustrating, I wanna play through the campaign but at the same time I don't want to play through a glitchy mess...

 

[nikos]

Game runs beautifully. Playing at 3440x1440, Ultra Settings, RTX on. Using a 9900k and 2080 Ti. Here's some gameplay of the second mission.

 

[nikasun :D]

Edit: For anybody that cares I disabled DEP for the MW exe under security exploits in Windows and it fixed it for me.

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What is DEP, what does it do and is it safe to disable?

@OP: Will you gather all these tips and update it?

 

[nikasun :D]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the "shadow noise" that's all over weapons and objects, it's so fucking annoying, in the beta I only had to disable AA, but here literally nothing is fixing it -_-

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Do you have any global gpu settings in the gpu driver that might override the ingame settings?

 

[TheStebe]

Here is the issue im having...Some times it loads fine but then some times it just does this max settings everything on i have no clue whats causing this

 

[Sgs2008]

Anyone with a 2080ti? Will it max this at 4k 60fps with rt on ?

 

[BigTnaples]

Anyone with a 2080ti? Will it max this at 4k 60fps with rt on ?

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Pretty much. Few dips here and there to like 59-57ish, but 4K60, Max Settings, AA, and Ray Tracing On.


Insane.

 

[Namtox]

Yeah, all of my environments and characters are low poly even though I'm running at max settings, nothing seems to fix it either. Strange.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

If I turn on vsync it shouldn't have a problem against console players right? or is the delay a bit much?

 

[TaySan]

Game runs flawless compared to BO3 and other cod games. IW are tech wizards.

 

[zerocalories]

anyone have really bad judder?

 

[Sgs2008]

Pretty much. Few dips here and there to like 59-57ish, but 4K60, Max Settings, AA, and Ray Tracing On.


Insane.

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Glad to hear can't wait to try out for myself after work. How they managed to get RT to work for such low cost must be magic

 

[BigTnaples]

Glad to hear can't wait to try out for myself after work. How they managed to get RT to work for such low cost must be magic

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Well, not to take anything away from IW, but the Ray Traced shadows are the most performant thing they could have done.

A game like Control or Metro, using more intense implementations, like Global Illumination, Reflections, and other options, are much more intensive, but also much more transformative of the overall picture. would love to see them patch in some more RTX features later, even just reflections, or an SSAO replacement.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

yeah, my cutscenes are skipping like hell too

 

[Mindfreak191]

Do you have any global gpu settings in the gpu driver that might override the ingame settings?

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Set everything to default, nothing changed, now I'm even getting flickering in mission 3 when I put on the disguise...ugh, heading to bed, I hope they'll fix it in the coming days.