Many Warzone PC players have reported a significant impact on their performance with each Warzone update, so here’s how to make sure you’re getting the best performance out of your system in Season 2.
Frames per second, or FPS, is an extremely important statistic for competitive shooters. The smoother the game, the faster the reaction time and the easier it will be to track moving targets. That’s why streamers and professionals spend thousands of dollars on their gaming platforms.
With each new Warzone season, the map is updated. Season 2 did not bring about as many changes as the previous season, but the addition of some of the new features has caused some FPS problems.
Unfortunately, with Warzone continuing to update, the minimum PC specs may no longer be sufficient. Every day, more players report a drop in FPS since the start of the second season of Warzone.
Warzone FPS falls in season 2
Since the start of Season 2 on February 25, social media is on fire, with players reporting a significant drop in FPS. Reddit user u / N_Assassin72 said he has had a performance drop since downloading the update. The same problem was repeated in the responses
This problem is not unique to a handful of users, with many high-end players seeing extremely low SPF in the war zone. The game is getting heavier and heavier for the CPU, so a good graphics card will no longer be enough to achieve competitive performance from your system.
How to maximize the performance of Warzone PC
It seems that Warzone is experiencing optimization problems, with the game getting more and more difficult for PCs to run. Although many players are struggling to run Warzone, neither Infinity Ward nor Raven Software commented on performance issues.
In the meantime, here are some things you can do to make sure you’re getting the most out of your PC.
Use the best war zone settings in the game
You need to make sure that you are running the best war zone settings for the game on your PC. For Warzone, good performance significantly outperforms tall graphics; configurations like Raytracing will be extremely stressful for your system, without offering any competitive advantage.
You can check out our complete guide on the best war zone settings for season 2 here.
Revert NVIDIA drivers
NVIDIA releases new graphics drivers to maintain optimal system performance, but sometimes these updates have the opposite effect.
If you have noticed a significant drop in your PC’s performance, it may be worthwhile to revert your drivers to an earlier version.
To roll back an NVIDIA driver on Windows 10:
- Search for Device Manager and open it
- Click Display Adapters
- Double-click your graphics card
- Open the Drivers tab
- Select Roll Back Driver
If the Roll back driver box is grayed out, you will need to manually uninstall and install a previous driver.
- Select Uninstall driver from the same menu and follow the steps
- Go to the GeForce Drivers tab on NVIDIA.com
- Search for your graphics card
- Install a previous driver from the list
Fix Ryzen / Intel CPU Warzone problems
By simply changing a value in your Modern Warfare folder in documents, you can see a huge increase in performance.
Modern Warfare can default to an incorrect value for how many cores your system has, which leads to crashes and FPS crashes. This correction from the YouTube Channel Techtesters will apply the correct number.
To recap the Techtesters video:
- Open the Task Manager and select the Performance tab
- Click on CPU and on the right you will see how many cores your PC has (for example, 6)
- Open modern war on documents
- Select the ‘players’ folder
- Click on ‘adv_options’
- Set the ‘RenderWorkerCount’ to match your number of cores
- Save and exit and you will see a marked improvement in war zone performance
Until war zone performance issues are resolved through official channels, check these tips to make sure you are getting the best performance from your PC.
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