What are the Black Ops Cold War PC System Requirements?

Black ops cold war system requirements
Do you have the machine to run Black Ops Cold War? Probably... Yeah. Probably. | © Activision

If you want to play the latest Call of Duty on PC, then you're going to want to know the Black Ops Cold War PC System Requirements. Thus, we won't waste any time and introduce you to both the Minimum and Recommended BOCW PC System Requirements. We will also take a look at alternative BOCW PC System Requirements, including what you need for Ray Tracing and Competitive play.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War might not be the most graphically impressive game. Hell, it looks pretty bad on last-gen consoles especially. That doesn't necessarily mean that anyone can run the game on PC, though, with the game pushing Ray Tracing and other features on users. The game is also an online multiplayer game, so there's certainly a need for high frame rates. Thus, here are the Black Ops Cold War PC System Requirements.

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Black Ops Cold War PC System Requirements

What are BOCW Minimum PC System Requirements?

CriteriaRequirement
Operating SystemWindows® 10 64-bit (v.1803 or higher)
CPUIntel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
RAM8GB RAM
HDD (At Launch)MP Only 35GB, 82GB for all game modes

Video

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950

What are BOCW Recommended PC System Requirements?

CriteriaRequirement
Operating SystemWindows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
CPUIntel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
RAM12GB RAM
HDD (At Launch)82GB HD space
VideoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 Super or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580

What are BOCW Recommended PC System Requirements for Ray Tracing?

CriteriaRequirement
Operating SystemWindows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
CPUIntel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
RAM16GB RAM
HDD (At Launch)82GB HD space
VideoNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

What are BOCW Competitive PC System Requirements?

CriteriaRequirement
Operating SystemWindows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
CPUIntel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
RAM16GB RAM
HDD (At Launch)82GB HD space
VideoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / RTX 3070 or Radeon RX Vega64 Graphics

What are BOCW Ultra RTX PC System Requirements?

CriteriaRequirement
Operating SystemWindows 10 64 Bit (latest Update)
CPUIntel i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 3700X
RAM16GB RAM
HDD (At Launch)125GB HD space*
VideoNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

For more details on Black Ops Cold War's System Requirements, check out the official Call of Duty website.

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