The purpose of this article is to discuss the performance rating you can expect to achieve on COD MW2 and Warzone 2 using the GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card. First, we will talk a little bit about the GeForce RTX 2060. Then we will take a look at the system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022). Then we will look at how the RTX 2060 graphics card will perform by comparing it to the recommended system requirements. We will also review the best in game settings for the RTX 2060 graphics card for Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0.
Performance Rating | COD MW2 2022 | GeForce RTX 2060
About the GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics Card
The GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card is the next generation of the GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. It was first introduced in January of 2019 and launched with an MSRP of $349. The RTX 20 series is based on the Turing architecture, which had significant technology improvements on the Pascal architecture (i.e. GTX 1060). The new features include a claim that it has a 30-50% increase in image rasterization speed. It also introduced Ray Tracing, which handles in a new way how light is reflected and shadows are produced. You can read more about the Turing architecture here.
The RTX 2060 graphics card is considered a mid-range graphics card. It comes with configuration options of 6GB or 12GB of VRAM (dedicated desktop GPU). The laptop RTX 2060 graphics card only comes with the configuration for 6GB of VRAM. There were also two versions of the RTX 2060 that was released. The first version was released in 2019 and the second version was released in 2020. The 2020 version has 12GB of VRAM and is what we will focus on for this assessment.
System Requirements for Modern Warfare 2 (Warzone 2)
The system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) were somewhat surprisingly lower than I had originally expected. I honestly thought they were going to make the recommended graphics card requirements the GTX 1070 but I was clearly mistaken. Instead, they chose the GTX 1060 which I think they were right to do. If you look at the Steam Hardware Survey, you will find that the #1 graphics card in use is the GTX 1060.
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 – DirectX 12.0 compatible system
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 125 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / Core™ i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580 – DirectX 12.0 compatible system
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 125 GB available space
The GeForce RTX 2060 lands much further ahead of the GTX 1060 graphics card, but by how much? For that, we need to compare the technical specs of the RTX 2060 to the GTX 1060.
RTX 2060 for COD MW2 and Warzone 2.0
The table below illustrates at a high level the different specs of the recommended graphics card – the GTX 1060 to the RTX 2060.
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | |
| CUDA Cores | 2176 | 1280 |
| Boost Clock | 1.65 | 1.708 |
| VRAM Size | 12GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
As you can see from the table above, the GeForce RTX 2060 is largely more advanced than the GTX 1060 in terms of CUDA cores, VRAM size and memory type. Performance of the RTX 2060 has promising results for those who game on 1080P and even has decent results for 1440P. You can see this in the benchmark video from zWORMz Gaming:
In the video, we see Kryzzp average 102 FPS on 1080P with ultra settings and 61 FPS on 1440P with ultra settings. What this means in terms of performance is that you are highly unlikely to see any stuttering or performance issues and you can game with the maximum graphics settings for an ultra-immersive experience.
Best In-Game Settings for COD MW2 Warzone 2.0 & RTX 2060
I recommend the in-game settings below for graphics cards that exceed the recommended system requirement (i.e. GTX 1060). You can feel free to play around with these and tweak them for a better experience, but this should serve as a good starting point.
Display
- Display Mode – Fullscreen
- 1080P Resolution
- Dynamic Resolution – Off
- Aspect Ratio – Automatic
- V-Sync (Gameplay) – Off
- V-Sync (Menus) – Off
- Custom Framerate Limit – Unlimited
- Focused Mode – Off
Quality Presets
- NVIDIA DLSS – Performance / On (NVIDIA RTX cards only)
- NVIDIA Image Upscaling – On (NVIDIA RTX cards only)
- AMD FSR 1.0 – On (AMD Radeon graphics cards only)
- Fidelity FX CAS – On (AMD Radeon graphics cards only)
- Anti-aliasing – FILMIC SMAA T2X
- Nearby Level of Detail – High
Details and Textures
- Texture Resolution – Normal
- Texture Filter Anisotropic – High
- Particle Quality – High
- Bullet Impacts and Sprays – On
- Shader Quality – High
- Tessellation – Off
- On-demand Texture Screening – On
Shadow and Lighting
- Shadow Map Resolution – Extra
- Spot Shadow Quality – On
- Cache Spot Shadows – On
- Cache Sun Shadows – On
- Particle Lighting – Ultra
- Ambient Occlusion – Both
- SSR – High
Post Processing Effects
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency – On
- Depth of field – On
- World Motion Blur – Off
- Weapon Motion Blur – Off
- Film Grain – 0.00
Conclusion
To conclude, the GeForce RTX 2060 is a very good mid-range graphics card that will exceed the recommended system requirements from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0. You will be able to play using ultra graphic settings for 1080P resolution and 1440P resolutions without problem. If you want to play with the in-game settings for better performance or better visualization, start with the settings list provided above. You should read my article on the best cheapest graphics cards for MW2 if you want to find something more affordable.
