System requirements for "Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War" are slightly relaxed.

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System requirements for "Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War" are slightly relaxed.

With the launch of "Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War" just weeks away, Activision today released a new trailer showcasing a number of additional features for PC players to enjoy: 4K resolution support, uncapped frame rates, ray-traced shadows, DLSS, ultrawide and multi-monitor support, and more. In addition, the system requirements have been updated to be lower than those recommended in the beta.

The trailer you can see above is pretty much what you would expect from Call of Duty. There's shooting, there's screaming, there's tons of explosions, but it's cool to see that Activision is taking the PC version seriously. I only got a glimpse, but the settings menu is especially nice, with a preview window that looks like you can compare settings on the fly.

The new system requirements are equally exciting. The biggest change from the beta version is that the minimum specs recommend an Intel Core i3 and just 8GB of RAM, while the recommended specs require at least an i5-2500K and 12GB of RAM. Here is the full list:

Minimum specs:

Recommended specs:

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