The purpose of this article is to go over the ultimate PC settings for COD MW2 2022 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2). COD MW2 2022 is quickly rising to the charts as one of the most popular games of 2022. During the 2022 beta, it reached almost 170,000 active players at its peak. That still doesn’t touch CS:GO or any of the other high-ranking games on Steam, but for a beta it’s not bad.
COD MW2 2022 system requirements do call for a graphics card. The recommended system requirements list the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and the minimum requirements list a GTX 960. These are relatively older graphics cards but still being sold on the market today. The COD MW2 2022 system requirements are a low barrier to entry, making this game one that many will be able to play.
You will want to optimize your PC settings for COD MW2 2022 as much as possible if you’re on the lower spectrum of hardware components. There are a lot of graphics and in-game settings you can change to increase your performance and competitiveness. If you want to upgrade your system with a new graphics card, read my article on the cheapest graphics cards for COD MW2.
In-Game PC Settings for COD MW2 2022
You need to navigate into your COD MW2 2022 in-game settings to start optimizing your game for better performance. There, you will navigate to the graphics area. Graphics has the biggest impact on FPS (frames-per-second), which determines your performance. The trade-off you have to deal with in PC gaming is that the higher the graphics, the lower the performance. And vice versa. You need to find a balance though, in order to maintain a good gaming experience. The in-game settings below strive to find that balance while giving you better performance.
Higher End Hardware for COD MW2 2022
Here are the settings you need to change for better performance in COD MW2 2022 if you have low end hardware:
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
Lower End Hardware for COD MW2 2022
Display
- Display Mode – Fullscreen
- 1080P Resolution (Pro gamers still use 1080P)
- 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 – Low
- Texture Filter Anisotropic – Low
- Particle Quality – Low
- Bullet Impacts and Sprays – Off
- Shader Quality – Low
- Tessellation – Off
- On-demand Texture Screening – Off
Shadow and Lighting
- Shadow Map Resolution – Low
- Spot Shadow Quality – On
- Cache Spot Shadows – On
- Cache Sun Shadows – On
- Particle Lighting – Low
- Ambient Occlusion – Off
- SSR – Off
Post Processing Effects
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency – Off
- Depth of field – Off
- World Motion Blur – Off
- Weapon Motion Blur – Off
- Film Grain – 0.00
If you have higher end hardware, start moving settings up from low or off and see how performance degrades from there. If you’re using an NVIDIA graphics card, check out our ultimate guide to optimizing graphics settings for gaming. This goes over all the definitions of graphics settings and gives guidance on what settings make the biggest impact.
