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The second beta week in Modern Warfare 2 has already started, after the first week was only available on PlayStation consoles, it is now also available on PC and Xbox. So that you are well-prepared, we have the best settings for the PC here.
Why you should read further: Some settings in Modern Warfare 2 can help you significantly while playing the game. So in order to be as successful as possible, you should think about using the following settings.
If you are looking for the settings for the console, just yesterday we published the guide for the most important settings on the console - Modern Warfare 2: The Best Settings on PlayStation & Xbox
These are the Best Settings for Modern Warfare 2 on PC
On the PC, the settings for Modern Warfare 2 are a bit more complex than on the console. Here we will mainly deal with the graphics settings and list them in detail for powerful and less powerful PCs. If you're wondering if your PC can run Modern Warfare, take a look here: Modern Warfare 2: These are the System Requirements for the Open Beta
The Best Settings in Modern Warfare 2 for High-End PCs
On High-End PCs, it's not about making the game run, but about achieving the maximum FPS with as little graphical loss as possible. In addition, disturbing effects are minimized or switched off completely, so that as many things as possible can be seen on the battlefield.
Display
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Constrain Mouse to Game Window: Off
- Display Monitor: Your primary gaming monitor
- Display Adaptor: Your graphics card
- Screen Refresh Rate: Refresh rate of your monitor (e.g. 144)
- Display Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 1920×1080) - If you play in 2k or 4K and have problems with stuttering, try going to Full HD - 1920×1080.
- Dynamic Resolution: Off
- Aspect Ratio: Automatic
- V-Sync (Gameplay): Off
- V-Sync (Menus): Off
- Custom Framerate Limit: Custom
- Gameplay Custom Framerate Limit: Your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g 144) - Monitors with more than 144 Hz can also be limited to 144 FPS for smoother gaming if there are stutters.
- Menu Custom Framerate Limit: 60
- Minimized Game Custom Framerate Limit: 15
- Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
- Brightness: 55
- Focused Mode: Off
High Dynamic Range
- High Dynamic Range (HDR): Off
Global Quality
- Quality Presets: Recommended (will change to “Custom” by adjusting upcoming settings)
- Render Resolution: 100
- FidelityFX CAS: On
- AMD FidelityFX CAS Strength: 75
- Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
- Nearby Level of Detail: High
Details & Textures
- Texture Resolution: Medium
- Texture Filter Anisotropic: High
- Particle Quality: High
- Bullet Impacts & Sprays: On
- Shader Quality: Low
- Tessellation: Nearby Only
- On-Demand Texture Streaming: Off
- Streaming Quality: Low
Shadow & Lighting
- Shadow Map Resolution: Low
- Spot Shadow Quality: Low
- Cache Spot Shadows: On
- Cache Sun Shadows: On
- Particle Lighting: Normal
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- SSR: Off
Post Processing Effects
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: On
- Depth of Field: Off
- World Motion Blur: Off
- Weapon Motion Blur: Off
- Film Grain: 0.00
View
- Field of View: 105
- ADS Field of View: Affected
- Weapon Field of View: Wide
- 3rd Person Field of View: 80
- Vehicle Field of View: Default
- 1st Person Camera Movement: 100
- 3rd Person Camera Movement: 100

The Best Settings in Modern Warfare 2 for Low-End PCs
With low-end PCs, the focus is on being able to play as smoothly as possible and without major stutters. Graphics are absolutely secondary here. Pay particular attention to the refresh limit and the resolution, both of which you will probably have to adjust. We do not recommend gaming above Full HD resolution, and rather set the refresh rate to 120 or 90 fps in the event of stuttering.
Display
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Constrain Mouse to Game Window: Off
- Display Monitor: Your primary gaming monitor
- Display Adaptor: Your graphics card
- Screen Refresh Rate: Refresh rate of your monitor (e.g. 144)
- Display Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 1920×1080) - If you play in 2k or 4K and have problems with stuttering, try going to Full HD - 1920×1080.
- Dynamic Resolution: Off
- Aspect Ratio: Automatic
- V-Sync (Gameplay): Off
- V-Sync (Menus): Off
- Custom Framerate Limit: Custom
- Gameplay Custom Framerate Limit: Your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g 144) - Monitors with more than 144 Hz can also be limited to 144 FPS or even lower, for smoother gaming if there are stutters.
- Menu Custom Framerate Limit: 60
- Minimized Game Custom Framerate Limit: 15
- Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
- Brightness: 55
- Focused Mode: Off
High Dynamic Range
- High Dynamic Range (HDR): Off
Global Quality
- Quality Presets: Recommended (will change to “Custom” by adjusting upcoming settings)
- Render Resolution: 100
- FidelityFX CAS: On
- AMD FidelityFX CAS Strength: 75
- Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
- Nearby Level of Detail: High
Details & Textures
- Texture Resolution: Low
- Texture Filter Anisotropic: Medium
- Particle Quality: Medium
- Bullet Impacts & Sprays: Off
- Shader Quality: Low
- Tessellation: Off
- On-Demand Texture Streaming: Off
- Streaming Quality: Low
Shadow & Lighting
- Shadow Map Resolution: Low
- Spot Shadow Quality: Low
- Cache Spot Shadows: Off
- Cache Sun Shadows: Off
- Particle Lighting: Medium
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- SSR: Off
Post Processing Effects
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: On
- Depth of Field: Off
- World Motion Blur: Off
- Weapon Motion Blur: Off
- Film Grain: 0.00
View
- Field of View: 95 – 110 (Again, a lower value affects the load on your PC positively, at the expense of the overview. However, you should not go below 95.)
- ADS Field of View: Affected
- Weapon Field of View: Wide
- 3rd Person Field of View: 80
- Vehicle Field of View: Default
- 1st Person Camera Movement: 100
- 3rd Person Camera Movement: 100
These are the best settings you can currently use for the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Beta on PC. If you're wondering how to do a "Slide Cancel" or which weapon is the best of the current beta, we have more articles for you here!
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