While a new Call of Duty is always a known quantity on consoles, there’s been a fair amount of focus on the PC version of the game this time around. From improvements to Ricochet Anti-cheat, increased hardware support and even handheld compatibility, there’s plenty to talk about this time around. Today, alongside a launch trailer, the team at developer Treyarch have detailed all the PC-specific features for Call of Duty Black Ops 7.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 PC System Requirements and Features
Thanks to a handy blog post from Activison, the full specs are listed below, but Beenox, who are responsible for the PC version of the game are keen to stress Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has been engineered to run well on a wide range of PC hardware.
Per the team “Working in parallel with Treyarch throughout the game’s development, Beenox presents Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 on PC, tailormade to give players complete control over their experience while bringing all the features and performance that players have come to expect from robust PC games:
- RGB iCUE: dynamic RGB integration for supported Corsair devices
- Player choice: players can easily optimize for visual fidelity or highest possible FPS
- Wide range of hardware support: Call of Duty runs on most hardware while also seamlessly scaling up to crisp graphics and ultra-smooth, high FPS gameplay on higher-end setups
- Deep customization: 800+ options for players to customize graphics, gameplay, input devices, interface, and more
- Display optimization: from 4K to 1440p to 1080p, from standard to Ultrawide, we support a vast array of displays in all shapes and sizes
- Cutting-edge upscaling: AMD FSR 4 and a range of other upscaling and frame generation technologies are supported
- Call of Duty PC Benchmark Tool: a built-in, in-game testing tool to analyze your PC’s hardware performance
- Ricochet Anti-Cheat: enhanced with new requirements for increased security for both the player and the community around TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot
- Sub-frame mouse polling: increased mouse precision for aiming
PC System Requirements
Minimum (Minimum specifications needed to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.)
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
- RAM: 8 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / 1060 or Intel Arc A580
- Video Memory: 3 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Recommended (Recommended specs to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high)
- OS: Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
- RAM: 12 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or Intel Arc B580
- Video Memory: 8 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Competitive / Ultra 4k (Competitive specs to run at a high FPS for use with a high refresh monitor, and Ultra specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution.)
- OS: Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i7-10700K
- RAM: 16 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 9070XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 / 5070
- Video Memory: 16 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Recommended Drivers
- AMD: 25.9.2
- NVIDIA: 581.42
- INTEL: 32.0.101.8132
Required For All Specs
- All specifications require a broadband internet connection and DirectX12 compatibility.
- Additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates.
- Specs are valid for product launch and may be updated in the future.
Additional Notes
- TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Other security measures may be enforced. You can read more about that here.
- Intel ARC GPUs require Resizable Bar (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090831/graphics)
- Only Intel/AMD processors (with AVX instruction set) are supported at this time.
Handheld PC compatibility
The developers are also keen to stress just how playable Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is on handhelds. Per the blog post, “Black Ops 7 ships fully tuned for supported PC handhelds, including the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. The developers enhanced UI legibility, scaled every screen for smaller displays, and optimized the game to deliver smooth performance without sacrificing image quality. With native control support, it’s easy to drop in and start playing right away.” We’ll be keen to try this out for ourselves!
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 releases November 14th on PC via Steam, Xbox on PC and Battle.net, Xbox and PlayStation 5, and is available day one on Xbox Game Pass.
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