Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will soon be playable, and before it gets into players’ hands, Activision has revealed the system requirements for the PC version. Whether you’re looking to target the minimum specs or hoping to hit the recommended ones, you won’t need a cutting-edge machine to play this year’s CoD game–in fact, you’re not being asked for anything more than with 2023’s Modern Warfare 3.
In terms of minimum specs, the game only calls for an Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960/1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470. These are years-old GPUs, so if you’re someone who routinely plays PC games, it’s not a leap to assume you’ll check these boxes. The most stringent requirement for some might be the need to have an SSD, where the game will take up 149GB at launch–though you’ll only need 78GB free if you already have CoD HQ and Warzone installed.
On the recommended-specs side, the storage requirements remain the same, but the CPUs called for move up to an i7-6700K or Ryzen 5 1600X paired with 16GB of RAM. The GPUs still aren’t the most recent set, as Activision calls for a GTX 1080Ti/RTX 3060, RX 6600XT, or Intel Arc A770.
Of note, Activision doesn’t specify exactly what type of experience you’ll get at these various hardware levels–if you’re intent on running Black Ops 6 at 4K, max settings, and a high frame rate, you’ll undoubtedly need to go well beyond what’s outlined above. We may still get a Competitive/Ultra 4K set of specs, as we did last year; in that case, Modern Warfare 3 called for an RTX 3080/4070 or RX 6800XT, which is much more recent hardware. More details may come as part of the Call of Duty: Next event.
Whatever your rig might be equipped with, you’ll soon have a chance to try the game out, as the Black Ops 6 beta is right around the corner. The early-access version launches on August 30 for all platforms, but that will only be available to those with certain Game Pass tiers or by preordering Black Ops 6. An open beta will then begin on September 6. The full version of Black Ops 6 launches on October 25.
Black Ops 6 system requirements
Minimum specs
Operation System: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470Storage: SSD with 149GB available space at launch (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400Memory: 8GB RAMInternet: Broadband internet connection
Recommended specs
Operating system: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT, or Intel Arc A770Storage: SSD with 149GB available space at launch (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600XMemory: 16GB RAMInternet: Broadband internet connection
