Update: System requirements have been changed and the story has been uppdated to reflect that
If you've been playing all of last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, you should be able to run Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 without needing to buy new parts. Miraculously, it seems to take a little less storage space too, so you can make just enough room for it by deleting the last entry. You'll be better off that way.
Despite my personal misgivings with the last entry in the COD franchise, Black Ops 6 is shaping up to work a treat on minimally powerful gear. The Black Ops 6 beta that went live just last month shows it all runs pretty smoothly too.
With just a GTX 960 and an AMD Ryzen 5 1400, two bits of gear that launched more than five years ago, you can get Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 running on its minimum settings. This will give you access to the new singleplayer campaign set in the '90s, multiplayer with a new movement and old prestige system, and the return to round-based easter egg-filled zombies. The game itself will launch on October 25, this year.
| Header Cell - Column 0 | Minimum requirements | Recommended requirements | Competitive |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS: | Windows 10 64 Bit | Windows 10 / Windows 11 64 Bit | Windows 10 / Windows 11 64 Bit |
| Processor: | AMD Ryzen 5 1400 / Intel Core i5 6600 | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i7 6700K | AMDD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-8700K |
| Memory: | 8 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics: | AMD Radeon RX 470 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or 1650 | AMD Radeon 6600 XT / Intel Arc A770 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 3060 | AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070 |
| Video memory: | 2 GB | 8 GB | 10 GB |
| Storage: | 102 GB free on an SSD | 102 GB free on an SSD | 102 GB free on an SSD |
The storage requirements this year are a little smaller than last year, which is a good sign of how well-optimised the game is. The same is true of the relatively light specs. Interestingly, three different spec requirements have been given, with a suggestion of how to get it running in 4K present.
As well as this, there aren't unique requirements for the multiplayer, like in previous years—with all game modes requiring the same specs. With Modern Warfare 3, you can play the multiplayer mode even if your CPU isn't strong enough to handle the campaign. The same does not appear to be true for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Let's hope it's worth the storage space this time.
