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The smallest changes can make huge differences in games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Visibility is key, as noticing an enemy a moment early can be the deciding factor in a gunfight. While the games are set up to give players an exhilarating and engaging visual experience, these might not always be the best settings for visibility.
For those that want to prioritize competitive edge over anything else, there are changes they can make to their graphical settings to get a slight advantage over their foes. This guide will walk players through the best settings for visibility. For those just playing the campaign these changes can be ignored, but for those looking for more match wins, these could just be the thing that brings a player’s game to the next level.
What Are the Best Graphics Settings for Visibility in Modern Warfare 2?
The settings listed below are perfect for players who want to maximize visibility, even with lower-end computers. Many of the setting changes are made to lower the amount of extraneous detail on screen while making sure the important things, like enemy figures, bullet and equipment effects, and gameplay mechanics are vibrant.
For those with higher-end PC some of these settings can be changed, but those that affect things like rendering of terrain, shadows, and reflections should be left on the lower settings.
Display Settings for Modern Warfare 2
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Display Monitor: Choose your primary monitor
- Display Adapter: Choose your graphics card
- Screen Refresh rate: Set to your monitor’s max refresh rate
- Display Resolution: 1080p
- Dynamic Resolution: Off
- Aspect Ratio: Automatic (16:9)
- V-Sync Gameplay: Off
- V-Sync Menu: Off
- Custom Frame Rate Limit: Custom
- Gameplay Custom Frame Rate Limit: 300
- Menu Custom Frame Rate Limit: 90
- Out of focus Custom Frame Rate Limit: 30
- Display Gamma: 2.2
- Brightness: 55, although this can be up to personal preference
- Focus Mode: Off
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Quality Settings
- Quality Presets: Custom
- Render Resolution: 100
- Upscaling / Sharpening: FidelityFX CAS
- Strength: 65
- Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
- Anti-Aliasing Quality: Normal
- Video Memory Scale: 90
- Texture Resolution: Low
- Texture Filter Anisotropic: Medium
- Nearby Level of Detail: Low
- Distant Level of Detail: High
- Clutter Draw Distance: Short
- Particle Quality: High
- Particle Quality Level: Low
- Bullet Impacts & Sprays: On
- Shader Quality: Medium
- Tessellation: Off
- Terrain Memory: Max
- On-Demand Texture Streaming: Off
- Streaming Quality: Low
- Volumetric Quality: Low
- Deferred Physics Quality: Low
- Water Caustics: Off
- Shadow Map Resolution: Low
- Spot Shadow Quality: Low
- Cache Spot Shadows: On
- Spot Cache: Low
- Cache Sun Shadows: On
- Particle Lighting: Low
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Screen Space Reflections: Off
- Static Reflection Quality: Low
- Weather Grid Volumes: Off
- Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On
- Depth of Field: Off
- World Motion Blur: Off
- Weapon Motion Blur: Off
- Film Grain: 0.00
View Settings
- Field of View: 110 or preference
- ADS Field of View: Affected
- Weapon Field of View: Wide
- 3rd Person Field of View: 80-100
- Vehicle Field of View: Default
- 1st Person Camera Movement: 50%
- 3rd Person Camera Movement: 50%
- 3rd Person ADS Transition: Preference
- Default Spectator Camera: Preference
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These settings will go far in improving visibility and overall FPS, giving players a distinct advantage over their enemies. It is understandable if players feel like changing the settings, however. Part of the fun of newer gen games is the ever-increasing graphical fidelity, and it can be worth it to sacrifice some playability for impressive visuals. At least, until Warzone Ranked comes out. At that point, every advantage will be oh-so worth it.
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