Can I Run Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in 2023. It is an action game, published by Activision. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. There are 44 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Its Steam review count passes 21 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam gates it behind an age check at 18.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300* |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 175 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (v.1803 or higher) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ R5 1600X Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon™ R9 390 / AMD Radeon™ RX 580 |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 175 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (latest update) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an outbreak scenario, moving through combat arenas. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is demanding
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD Radeon RX 580 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Budget around 175 GB of storage for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War scales hard with the hardware you give it. At 12 GB, system memory is undemanding. DirectX 12 is named, so Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
Free up space before installing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War: it needs roughly 175 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War needs about 175 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.18x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.23x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.54x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300*; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (v.1803 or higher).
How much storage does Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War need?
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War needs about 175 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
The RTX 3060 runs Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the GPU.