To optimize your Warzone experience on PC and enhance your chances of winning games, it’s crucial to ensure smooth gameplay by fine-tuning your settings.
While Warzone doesn’t have the highest system requirements, it is still taxing on your PC, especially for your CPU and RAM. This can lead to FPS drops, which will affect your performance in Call of Duty’s battle royale.
Verdansk has returned, and while it’s very well optimized, you can make it even smoother by tweaking the settings to maximize FPS. Doing this can be the difference between a smooth, fun gaming session and an inconsistent, miserable one.
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Here are the best PC settings for Warzone Season 3 to make sure your game runs as smoothly as possible without ruining its looks.
Best Warzone PC graphics settings
Best Display Settings
OPTION
BEST SETTING
Display Mode
Fullscreen Exclusive
Display Monitor
Primary Monitor
Display Adapter
Primary Graphics Card
Screen Refresh Rate
Maximum for monitor (e.g 60hz/144hz/240hz)
Display Resolution
Maximum for monitor (e.g 1080p/1440p/4K)
Aspect Ratio
Automatic
Display Gamma
2.2 [SRGB]
Brightness
55
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency
On + Boost
ECO Mode Preset
Efficiency
V-Sync (Gameplay)
Off
V-Sync (Menus)
Off
Custom Frame Rate Limit
Gameplay Custom Frame Frame Limit:Maximum for monitor Menu Custom Frame Rate Limit:60 Out of Focus Custom Frame Rate Limit: 30
For higher FPS in Warzone, adjust your display, quality, and view settings to match what’s shown above. While some of these settings are a matter of preference, others are integral to making your game run as well as possible.
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However, if you’re still unsatisfied with the FPS, there are a couple more things to do. First, make sure your graphics card’s drivers are up to date by using the official applications from NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel (see below).
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Next, make sure you’re not running lots of applications in the background. Browsers like Chrome can often take up RAM and even CPU usage, causing your gameplay to bottleneck. Closing other applications can improve FPS in these instances, with Warzone requiring a lot of resources to run properly.
Finally, the most expensive but effective option is to buy a new graphics card with more power. For that, check out our list of the best graphics cards to make sure you are getting good value from your next GPU.
Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Competitive
Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
8 GB
16 GB
Up to 32 GB
Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Ultra 4K
Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
10 GB
16 GB
Up to 64 GB
Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
How to update your graphics drivers
How to update NVIDIA graphics drivers
Go to the official NVIDIA website and download the NVIDIA app, previously known as GeForce Experience.
Once downloaded, install and open the NVIDIA app.
Select “Drivers” from the top-left corner.
Click “Check for Updates” in the top-right corner.
If an update is ready, click “Download.”
Once downloaded, select “Express Installation.”
How to update AMD graphics drivers
Go to your PC’s desktop.
Right-click on the desktop and select “AMD Radeon Settings.”
Select the “Home” icon.
Select “New Updates” from the bottom-left corner.
Select “Check for Updates.”
If an update is available, click “Download.”
Why does Call of Duty keep restarting on PC?
Regular CoD players will know that when you open the game, there’s a decent chance you’ll be met with “Update Requires Restart,” which sees your game close and open again. This can be annoying, but there is a reason for it.
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Essentially, when a developer releases an update or a hotfix for the game, the new information needs to be applied to the app’s code. Since this can’t be done while the app is running, it closes it momentarily to apply the changes and then starts back up. While it can be annoying, it’s actually improving the game, so don’t get too frustrated and let it work its magic.
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That’s all for the best Warzone PC settings. For more, check out the best controller settings, the current meta, and which top-tier Assault Rifles and Sniper Rifles you should use.