Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and released on October 25, 2019 - COD's Battle Royale mode Warzone was released on March 10, 2020. Framerate is everything in the competitive gaming genre so I am gonna show you how to boost your FPS in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
This guide will fix the issues such as lagging, stuttering, freezing, fps drop, low FPS, spikes while playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. There are 16 ways to improve your frame rates on COD Modern Warfare.
System Requirements for Running Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300 | Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950 / 2 GB Vram | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580 / 4 GB Vram |
| RAM | 8 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 | DirectX 12 |
| Storage | 175 GB available space | 175 GB available space |
| OS | Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit | Windows® 10 64-bit latest update |
1) Best Graphics Settings for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
You can skip this step if you don’t want to change graphics settings. These High Performance graphics settings are for PCs which close to the minimum system requirements.
If you have a good PC, you can increase the settings slightly.
Go to in-game video options and make sure the settings are as follows.
Options > Graphics
| High Performance | Performance | |
| Display Mode | Fullscreen | Fullscreen |
| Render Resolution | 50-100 | 100 |
| Aspect Ratio | Automatic | Automatic |
| Sync Every Frame (V-Sync) | Disabled | Disabled |
| Texture Resolution | Very Low | Normal |
| Texture Filter Anisotropic | Low | Low |
| Particle Quality | Low | High |
| Bullet Impacts &Sprays | Disabled | Disabled |
| Tessellation | Disabled | Disabled |
| Shadow Map Resolution | Low | Normal |
| Cache Spot Shadows | Disabled | Disabled |
| Cache Sun Shadows | Disabled | Disabled |
| Particle Lighting | Low | Normal |
| DirectX Raytracing | Disabled | Disabled |
| Ambient Occlusion | Disabled | Disabled |
| Screen Space Reflection (SSR) | Disabled | Disabled |
| Anti-Aliasing | Off | Off |
If you set the Render Resolution to a lower value allows to increase your FPS but the graphics may be blurry or pixelated in the game.
Also, to avoid stuttering issue, set the "Gameplay Custom Framerate Limit" setting based on the Hz value of your monitor. Set it to 60 for 60 Hz, 144 for 144 Hz.
In fact, the best settings depend on PC specs. The reason I share these settings is because I want you to have an idea of what to reduce and what to increase. Lowering all settings sometimes does not work well. Your settings can cause the bottleneck (100% CPU usage). You can find the best graphics settings by test it out.
Apply Settings and Exit the game.
2) Update Your Graphics Drivers
You should keep your computer’s graphics drivers updated.
People who have an NVIDIA graphics card can download and install their new drivers here.
People who have an AMD graphics card can download and install their new drivers here.
3) NVIDIA Control Panel Settings
- Open NVIDIA Control Panel
- Go to the Adjust image settings with preview tab.
- Click the “Use my preference emphasising“ (If you have a mid&high end pc, Let the 3D application decide)
- Put the bar in Performance mode.
- Apply
- Click the Manage 3D settings
- Click the Program Settings
- Click the Add
- Select the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from the list, then click on the “Add Selected Program” button.
- After, make the following settings
Antialiasing – Mode: Off
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance - If you have a notebook, make sure you are selected the “High-performance NVIDIA processor” on preferred graphics processor.
- Apply and close the NVIDIA Control Panel.
4) AMD Radeon Settings
- Open the AMD Radeon Settings window.
- Click on the Gaming tab.
- Then click on Global Settings.
- Go to the Anti-aliasing mode, choose Override application settings.
- Click on the Anti-aliasing level, so make sure you are selected the 2X
- Go to the Anisotropic Filtering Mode and turn it on.
- Then, click on the Anisotropic Filtering Level, so make sure you are selected the 2X.
- Click on the Texture Filtering Quality and select the Performance.
- Now, click on the Wait for Vertical Refresh and select the Always off.
- Click on the Tessellation Mode and select the Override application settings.
- Finally, click on the Maximum Tessellation Level and select the 32x or lower.
5) Intelligent Standby List Cleaner
The “Intelligent standby list cleaner” application will monitor and clear the memory standby list when it is > 1000mb (1gb). It will help players to fix stutters in games.
- Download the Intelligent standby list cleaner
- Run the 7-zip file.
- Extract to a folder.
- Go to the that folder.
- Run the “Intelligent standby list cleaner ISLC” application.
- Check the “Start ISLC minimized and auto-Start monitoring”
- Also, check the “Launch ISLC on user logon”
- Now, click on the Start button
- Minimize
6) Full-screen Optimizations
- Go to the folder where the game is installed.
- Right-click on the ModernWarfare.exe application.
- Tap the Properties
- Tick Disable full-screen optimizations on the Compatibility tab.
- Click on the OK
7) Power Options
If the CPU cooler is not enough, you can skip this setting. Processor temperature may increase by 5-6 degrees.
- Right-click the Windows icon on the bottom left.
- Click the Power Options
- Click the Additional power settings
- Select the High performance on the Preferred plans tab.
- After, click the Change plan settings link next to High performance.
- Tap on the Change advanced power settings
- Find Processor power management in the incoming list, click the + icon on the left side.
- Set Minimum processor state and Maximum processor state to 100%
- Click on the OK
8) Game Mode
- To turn off Windows 10 game mode, click the Start icon to bring up the Start menu. Then open the Settings.
- Click the Gaming
- On the Game Bar tab, set the “Record game clips, screenshots and broadcast using Game bar” to Off.
- On the Captures tab, set the “Record in the background while I’m playing a game” to Off.
- On the Game Mode tab, set the “Game Mode” to Off.
If you are using an older version of Windows 10, you may not see the Game Mode settings. In this case, you can configure the settings directly in the Registry.
- Press the Windows logo key and R key simultaneously on your keyboard.
- Type regedit
- Press the Enter key.
- The Registry Editor will open. In the left panel, Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar
- Right-click inside the panel and select New
- Click on the DWORD (32-bit) Value
- Rename the New Key to AllowAutoGameMode
- Right-click on the AllowAutoGameMode
- Select the Modify…
- Set the “Value data” to 0
- Click on the OK button.
- Close the Registry Editor.
- Restart your PC.
9) Windows Performance Options
- Type performance in the search section of Windows, click to Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows from the results.
- Select the Adjust for best performance from the options in the Performance Options window that opens.
- Click OK
10) Cleaning Temporary Files
- Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
- Type %temp%
- Press Enter key.
- Delete everything in the Temp folder that opens. You can skip undeleted.
- Again, Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
- Type temp
- Press Enter key.
- Delete everything in the folder that opens.
- Again, Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
- Type prefetch
- Press Enter key.
- Delete everything in the Prefetch folder that opens.
Finally, empty the Recycle Bin
11) SSD
If you have a Solid-State Drive, I recommend that you install the game on the SSD or move the game files to the SSD.
12) Optimize the Discord
If you are using Discord, disable the Hardware Acceleration and in-game overlay.
- Open Discord
- Go to the User Settings
- Then, go to the Appearance tab.
- Uncheck the Hardware Acceleration.
- Go to the Overlay on App Settings tab.
- Make sure unchecked the “Enable in-game overlay”
13) Optimize the Google Chrome
If you’re using Google Chrome, you’ll need to make this setting.
- Go to settings page in Chrome
- Click the Advanced
- Go to the System tab
- Finally, uncheck the “Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed”
14) Background Processes
You should close all unnecessary Apps, such as Chrome, OneDrive. Also, if the Discord is idle, you should quit Discord.
Also, you can use the CCleaner to go through your startup and scheduled tasks, and disable everything that you consider unnecessary.
15) CPU Limiter – Fix Freezing & Stuttering
If the CPU usage is around 100% while playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Warzone and you experience freezing/stuttering issues, you can limit your CPU.
- Download and install the Process Lasso
- Run the Process Lasso application.
- Launch Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Go to the Process Lasso app and find the ModernWarfare.exe in “All processes” list.
- Right-click on the ModernWarfare.exe and select the CPU Limiter
- Set the “When CPU use is” to 98
- Set the “Reduce by this many CPU cores” to 1
- Below the “Reduce by this many CPU cores”, set the “For a period of” to 1
- Click on the Add Rule button.
- Finally click OK button and play the game.
16) Reduce Ping and Fix Lag
- Go to the ExitLag page
- Click on the “FREE 3 DAYS TRIAL” button.
- Create an account.
- Verify the Email
- Download and install the ExitLag.
- Launch the ExitLag.
- Search the Call of Duty Modern Warfare in the ExitLag app.
- Select the Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Select a game region
- Click on the APPLY ROUTES button.
By the way, if you want to buy new games for really cheap, use this link please.
best guide so far! cheers