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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Gets New PC Trailer, System Requirements, Preloading Info, and More

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is fast approaching its October 25 launch date on the PC Microsoft Store, Battle.net and Steam. In partnership with Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty PC lead developer Beenox is developing a cutting-edge PC experience with 4K graphics and Ultrawide support plus a huge number of options across a variety of settings so players can dial in the best playing experience possible.

Get the Ultimate Performance Boost with AMD FSR 3.1
Some of the major features include:
  • AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
    • AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 transforms your gaming experience with faster, more responsive framerates in Black Ops 6 using super resolution temporal upscaling and advanced frame generation.
  • Advanced Frame Generation Technologies
    • The FSR Frame Generation toggle found in your graphics settings allows you to enable Frame Generation, which significantly increases your framerate and works seamlessly with other upscaling solutions.
  • AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS)
    • An overhead sharpening slider can help bring more details to edges of weapons, players, and environments.
AMD FSR 3.1 is compatible with a wide range of graphics cards from AMD and other vendors, delivering exceptional upscaling image quality and massive performance boosts when gaming at 4K or 1440p.




PC Preloading - Official Launch Times
Players who have pre-ordered Black Ops 6 digitally on PC can preload the game before its official October 25 launch date. By preloading, you'll be ready to jump right into the game the moment it goes live.



Preloading begins for everyone on October 21 at 9AM PT. Download the whole package - Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies - so you're ready to play right at launch.

For Microsoft PC players, the game will roll out regionally on October 24 between 4AM PT and 11PM PT.

The official launch time for players on Battle.net and Steam is October 24 at 9PM PT. For exact timing in your region, see the following PC launch map:


Official PC System Requirements
Minimum
  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or Intel Arc A580
  • Video Memory: 2 GB
  • Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
  • Internet: Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
  • RAM: 12 GB
  • Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060
  • Video Memory: 8 GB
  • Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
  • Internet: Broadband Internet connection
Competitive / 4K Ultra Specifications
  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-8700K
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070
  • Video Memory: 10 GB
  • Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
  • Internet: Broadband Internet connection

Get Game Ready with the Latest Drivers
Get your system game ready for Black Ops 6 by downloading the latest drivers through the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Application, designed to provide players with a clean, modern and easy-to-use interface where you can quickly access the latest software features, game stats, performance reports, driver updates, and more.

Recommended Drivers
  • AMD: 24.8.1
  • NVIDIA: 560.70
  • INTEL: 32.0.101.5972

Pre-order Black Ops 6 on PC Today
Lock in your pre-order for Black Ops 6 now so you're ready to preload the game on October 21 and begin playing when it officially launches on October 25. Upgrade to the Vault Edition to unlock the Hunters vs. Hunted Operator Pack, Mastercraft Collection, one season of BlackCell, and a GobbleGum Pack for Zombies.

Stay Tuned for More
Stay one step ahead with the latest official Black Ops 6 information by checking the Call of Duty Blog frequently as we approach the October 25 launch date.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is published by Activision. Development for the game is led by Treyarch, in partnership with Raven Software and Beenox. Additional development support provided (in alphabetical order) by Activision Central Design, Activision Central Technology, Activision QA, Activision Shanghai, Demonware, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games.

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It looks terrible. Also, the animations look bad and somehow it's stuttering in the trailer lol the vehicle scenes are rough. Obviously texture resolution has gotten better over the years, but COD4 had better animations than this. Look at the remastered COD4 trailer from 8 years ago (or the MP trailer from that game) and tell me that looks like an older game than BO6.
 
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All I can really be happy about is that these system requirements are still somewhat sensible. RX 400/GTX 900 even making an appearance is a relief. No doubt this is also to fit the new COD onto a gaming laptop or even last-gen consoles to soak up as much market as they can, but hey. A win's a win.
 
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I haven't played CoD since IW, is there any SP campaign in this?
 
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I haven't played CoD since IW, is there any SP campaign in this?

They all have a single player a campaign that while usually decent tend to be short.

Afaik only BLOPS 4 doesn't have a single player portion.
 

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It looks terrible. Also, the animations look bad and somehow it's stuttering in the trailer lol the vehicle scenes are rough. Obviously texture resolution has gotten better over the years, but COD4 had better animations than this. Look at the remastered COD4 trailer from 8 years ago (or the MP trailer from that game) and tell me that looks like an older game than BO6.

I played the beta of blops 6 last month, and I beat MW3 Remastered for the first time last month too. MW3 Remastered is lightyears ahead graphically, combat, design, etc. Treyarch made a huge mistake with blops 6 imo, it is a downgrade in just about every category. This is the first CoD to really focus on upscaling tech like FSR, this shit and DLSS are such a bane on the existence of proper gaming the way it should be.

I would go as far to say that at 1440p 27" maxed out, even Inifnite Warfare had better graphics than blops 6. so yeah, not sure what they thinking
 
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I know COD is not a graphical powerhouse (by design) but its nice to see reasonable specs again
 

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I know COD is not a graphical powerhouse (by design) but its nice to see reasonable specs again

You should try MW3 Remastered Single Player campaign, its the best game graphically I have ever seen in my life.
 

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At least the requirements are reasonable. Personally I don't even care about the game, but at least you don't need a 1000EUR GPU to play this with high settings.

You should try MW3 Remastered Single Player campaign, its the best game graphically I have ever seen in my life.
I still prefer Mirror's Edge Catalyst myself for the best looks, looks hella stunning when played at 4K with maximum settings. And it's over 8yr old game.
 

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At least the requirements are reasonable. Personally I don't even care about the game, but at least you don't need a 1000EUR GPU to play this with high settings.


I still prefer Mirror's Edge Catalyst myself for the best looks, looks hella stunning when played at 4K with maximum settings. And it's over 8yr old game.

I will give this a try, thanks!
 
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