Call of Duty is back for another year of high-octane action for Black Ops 7, and for PC gamers, there's some important info to know before buying in.
Firstly, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play BO7 on PC in an effort to combat hackers and cheaters, but that's just the start. Like any big new game in 2025, there are recommended and minimum specifications that your gaming rig needs to be able to play the game as smoothly as possible.
Here's all of the info you need on how to get BO7 up and running on your PC, directly from Activision.
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Black Ops 7 PC requirements
Minimum
"Minimum specifications needed to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7."
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
- RAM: 8 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / 1060 or Intel Arc A580
- Video Memory: 3 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Recommended
"Recommended specs to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high."
- OS: Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
- RAM: 12 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or Intel Arc B580
- Video Memory: 8 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Competitive/Ultra 4K
"Competitive specs to run at a high FPS for use with a high refresh monitor, and Ultra specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution."
- OS: Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i7-10700K
- RAM: 16 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 9070XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 / 5070
- Video Memory: 16 GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 115 GB available space at launch
Recommended Drivers
- AMD: 25.9.2
- NVIDIA: 581.42
- INTEL: 32.0.101.8132
Required For All Specs
- All specifications require a broadband internet connection and DirectX12 compatibility.
- Additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates.
- Specs are valid for product launch and may be updated in the future.
- TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Other security measures may be enforced. Learn more at https://support.activision.com/tpm.
- Intel ARC GPUs require Resizable Bar (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090831/graphics)
- Only Intel/AMD processors (with AVX instruction set) are supported at this time.
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