Best Black Ops 6 PC settings for high FPS & reduced lag

Liam Mackay
Black Ops 6 operator in beta

The Black Ops 6 beta is here and for the first time in years, PC players can join in the action at the same time as console players. But, you’ll need to lock in the best settings to get the most from it. 

The skill gap looks higher than ever this year thanks to the new Omnimovement system and higher TTK, so you’ll need to bring your A-game to be the best in your lobby and drop a Nuke. Having the best controller settings is vital, but you can take things one step further. 

With the best PC settings for Black Ops 6, you can have a smooth and stable FPS, reduce input lag, and eliminate any connection issues to have the best chance possible. 

Best PC settings for BO6 beta

Graphics settings for low-end hardware

Display

  • Display Mode: Fullscreen Exclusive
  • Display Monitor: Your primary gaming monitor
  • Display Adaptor: Your graphics card
  • Screen Refresh Rate: Refresh rate of your monitor (e.g. 144)
  • Display Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 1920×1080)
  • Dynamic Resolution: Off
  • Aspect Ratio: Automatic
  • NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: On+Boost
  • Eco Mode Preset: Custom
  • V-Sync (Gameplay): Off
  • V-Sync (Menus): Off
  • Custom Framerate Limit: Custom
    • Gameplay Custom Framerate Limit: Your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g 144)
    • Menu Custom Framerate Limit: 60
    • Minimized Game Custom Framerate Limit: 15
  • Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
  • Brightness: 55
  • Focused Mode: Off
graphics settings in bo6

High Dynamic Range

  • High Dynamic Range (HDR): Off

Global Quality

  • Quality Presets: Custom
  • Render Resolution: 100
  • Dynamic Resolution: Off
  • Upscaling / Sharpening: FidelityFX CAS
    • AMD Fidelity CAS Strength: 85
  • Path Tracing + Ray Reconstruction: Off
  • VRAM Scale Target: 90
  • Variable Rate Shading: Off

Details & Textures

  • Texture Resolution: Low
  • Texture Filter Anisotropic: Normal
  • Depth of Field: Off
  • Detail Quality Level: Low
  • Particle Resolution: Very Low
  • Bullet Impacts: On
  • Persistent Effects: Off
  • Shader Quality: Medium
  • On-Demand Texture Streaming: Minimal
    • Allocated Texture Cache Size: 16
    • Download Limits: On
    • Daily Download Limit (GB): 1.0
  • Local Texture Streaming Quality: Low

On-Demand Texture Streaming is now mandatory, which can cause lag and stuttering issues if you don’t have top-of-the-range internet speeds.

To work around it as much as possible, you should set it to Minimal with the Allocated Texture Cache size on its lowest setting (16), turn Download Limits On, and set the Daily Download Limit to 1GB. This means On-Demand Texture Streaming will turn off after 1GB has been downloaded.

Shadow & Lighting

  • Shadow Quality: Low
  • Screen Space Shadows: Off
  • Ambient Occlusion: Off
  • Screen Space Reflections: Off
  • Static Reflection Quality: Low

Environment

  • Tessellation: Off
  • Volumetric Quality: Low
  • Deferred Physics Quality: Off
  • Weather Grid Volumes: Off
  • Water Quality: Off

View

  • Field of View: 105
  • ADS Field of View: Affected
  • Weapon Field of View: Wide
  • 3rd Person Field of View: 90
  • Vehicle Field of View: Default

Camera

  • World Motion Blur: Off
  • Weapon Motion Blur: Off
  • Film Grain: 0.00
  • 1st Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
  • 3rd Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
  • 3rd Person ADS Transition: 3rd Person ADS
  • Spectator Camera: Game Perspective
  • Inverted Flashbang: On

Setting your FOV slightly lower will lessen the load on your PC for those with lower-end builds.

graphics view settings in bo6

Graphics settings for high-end hardware

Display

  • Display Mode: Fullscreen Exclusive
  • Display Monitor: Your primary gaming monitor
  • Display Adaptor: Your graphics card
  • Screen Refresh Rate: Refresh rate of your monitor (e.g. 144)
  • Display Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 2560×1440)
  • Dynamic Resolution: Off
  • Aspect Ratio: Automatic
  • NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: On+Boost
  • Eco Mode Preset: Custom
  • V-Sync (Gameplay): Off
  • V-Sync (Menus): Off
  • Custom Framerate Limit: Custom
    • Gameplay Custom Framerate Limit: Your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g 144)
    • Menu Custom Framerate Limit: 60
    • Minimized Game Custom Framerate Limit: 15
  • Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
  • Brightness: 55
  • Focused Mode: 0

High Dynamic Range

  • High Dynamic Range (HDR): Off

Global Quality

  • Quality Presets: Custom
  • Render Resolution: 100
  • Dynamic Resolution: Off
  • Upscaling / Sharpening: FidelityFX CAS
    • AMD Fidelity CAS Strength: 85
  • Path Tracing + Ray Reconstruction: Off
  • VRAM Scale Target: 75
  • Variable Rate Shading: Off

Details & Textures

  • Texture Resolution: Normal
  • Texture Filter Anisotropic: Normal
  • Depth of Field: Off
  • Detail Quality Level: Normal
  • Particle Resolution: Low / Normal
  • Bullet Impacts: On
  • Persistent Effects: On
  • Shader Quality: Medium
  • On-Demand Texture Streaming: Minimal
    • Allocated Texture Cache Size: 16
    • Download Limits: On
    • Daily Download Limit (GB): 1.0
  • Local Texture Streaming Quality: Low

Shadow & Lighting

  • Shadow Quality: Normal
  • Screen Space Shadows: Off
  • Ambient Occlusion: Off
  • Screen Space Reflections: Off
  • Static Reflection Quality: High

Environment

  • Tessellation: Off
  • Volumetric Quality: Low
  • Deferred Physics Quality: Off
  • Weather Grid Volumes: Off
  • Water Quality: Off

View

  • Field of View: 110
  • ADS Field of View: Affected
  • Weapon Field of View: Wide
  • 3rd Person Field of View: 90
  • Vehicle Field of View: Default

Camera

  • World Motion Blur: Off
  • Weapon Motion Blur: Off
  • Film Grain: 0.00
  • 1st Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
  • 3rd Person Camera Movement: Least (50%)
  • 3rd Person ADS Transition: 3rd Person ADS
  • Spectator Camera: Game Perspective
  • Inverted Flashbang: On

BO6 system requirements for beta

MinimumRecommended
OSWindows 10 64 Bit (latest update)Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
RAM12 GB 16 GB
Graphics CardAMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or Intel Arc A750AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
VRAM3 GB 8 GB
Storage SpaceSSD RequiredSSD Required
NetworkBroadband Internet connectionBroadband Internet connection
Sound CardDirectX CompatibleDirectX Compatible

How to update graphics drivers

How to update NVIDIA graphics drivers

  1. Download GeForce Experience through NVIDIA.com and launch it.
  2. Head to the ‘Drivers’ tab.
  3. Select ‘check for updates’ in the upper right corner.
  4. If an update is available, follow the steps.

How to update AMD graphics driver

  1. Right-click on the desktop.
  2. Click on AMD Radeon Settings.
  3. Select the Home icon.
  4. Hit ‘New Updates’ on the bottom left.
  5. Select ‘check for update.’
  6. If an update is available, follow the steps.

Activision recommends the following drivers for the Black Ops 6 beta:

  • AMD: 24.8.1
  • NVIDIA: 560.70
  • INTEL: 32.0.101.5768

You can also check out how to unlock all of the weapons in the beta and the rewards that carry over to the full game and Warzone.