Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has finally arrived and is already shaping up to be one of the biggest Call Of Duty releases yet. After already amassing over 200,000 concurrent players on Steam within 24 hours of its release and breaking records as one of the biggest Call Of Duty releases on Playstation, it’s clear that millions of players around the globe are dropping into multiplayer to battle it out in a variety of different game modes.
While most players will want to go straight into matchmaking, doing so without optimizing your graphics settings may hinder you from playing at your best ability. Optimizing your graphics settings will not only allow your game to run at peak performance but can also reduce the strain on your hardware and increase your frame rate. This guide will provide you with the best graphics settings in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Display Settings
| Display Mode | Full-screen Exclusive |
| Screen Refresh Rate | Highest available |
| Dynamic Resolution | Off |
| VSYNC (Gameplay and Menu) | Off (On if you have a G-Sync Monitor) |
| Custom Frame Rate Limit | Maximum |
| Focus Mode | Off |
| HDR | Off |
Quality Settings
Global Quality
| Quality Presets | Recommended (Will automatically alter settings based on your hardware capabilities) |
| Render Resolution | 100 |
| Upscaling / Sharpening | Fidelity FX CAS |
| FidelityFX CAS Strength | 80 |
| Anti-Aliasing | Filmic SMAA T2X |
| Anti-Aliasing Quality | Low |
Details and Textures
| Texture Resolution | Low |
| Texture Filter Anisotropic | Medium/High |
| Nearby Level of Detail | Low |
| Distant Level of Detail | High |
| Clutter Draw Distance | Short |
| Particle Quality | Low |
| Particle Quality Level | Low |
| Shader Quality | Low |
| Tessellation | Off |
| Terrain Memory | Minimum |
| On-Demand Texture Streaming | Off |
| Streaming Quality | Normal/low |
| Volumetric Quality | Low |
| Deferred Physics Quality | Low |
| Water Caustics | Off |
Shadow and Lighting
| Screen Space Shadows | Off |
| Spot Shadow Quality | Low |
| Spot Cache | Low |
| Particle Lighting | Normal |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Screen Space Reflection | Off |
| NVIDIA Reflex | Off (On if you have an NVIDIA Graphics card) |
Post-Processing Effects
| Depth of Field | Off |
| World and Weapon Motion Blur | Off |
| Film Grain | 0 |
View Settings
The view settings are mainly down to personal preference. However, players who tend to have a higher FOV have a significant advantage as they are able to see more of the battlefield. While having a high FOV is known to affect your PC’s performance, this is only really the case for dated graphics cards. Below are the best settings that provide a balance between max performance and max visibility.
| Field Of View | 90-120 |
| ADS Field Of View | Affected |
| Weapon Field Of View | Wide |