PC System Requirements
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
IWWindows Vista12 GB
PC PERFORMANCE BRIEF
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Call of Duty: Black Ops leans into Cold War paranoia, secret operations, and one of the series' most memorable conspiracy-driven campaigns. It also laid the groundwork for a multiplayer style built on speed, scorestreaks, and snappy close-range gunfights.
The original Black Ops stands out because it wraps familiar run-and-gun shooting in a more conspiratorial, feverish tone than the Modern Warfare games. Its campaign is loud and stylish, but the real legacy is how confidently it established a separate Call of Duty flavor built on espionage, paranoia, and attitude.
The original Black Ops stands out because it wraps familiar run-and-gun shooting in a more conspiratorial, feverish tone than the Modern Warfare games. Its campaign is loud and stylish, but the real legacy is how confidently it established a separate Call of Duty flavor built on espionage, paranoia, and attitude.
2 GB Minimum RAM
12 GB Storage
Steam Requirement Tiers
Steam provides a minimum PC requirement tier for this release.
Windows Listing
Official OS listing: Windows Vista.
API Support
Official DirectX listing: DirectX 9.0c.
System Requirements
Specs sourced from the official Steam store page. Steam provides an official minimum PC requirement tier. Additional official notes are included where the store page provides them.
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Minimum System Requirements
Official Steam minimum tier
CPUIntel Core2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 or better
GPUShader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT / ATI Radeon X1950Pro or better
RAM2GB
OSWindows Vista / XP / 7
Storage12GB*
DirectXDirectX 9.0c
Sound CardDirectX 9.0c-compatible
NotesBlack Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive. Please make note of where the compressed and decompressed files are being saved on your hard drive in order to later locate these temporary files for removal.
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