Modern Warfare 2 Performance Improvement [stuttering and frame loss fix]

COD Modern Warfare 2 is facing several bugs and crashes ahead of October 28, 2022 launch. From bugs that caused the system to fail to verify a phone number, to a bug in the Kill or Capture campaign story mode, the game is full of problems. Issues like this are mostly fixed by the developers and players just have to wait for the patch to be updated. However, players can fix issues that affect game performance. Such performance issues include frame rate drops and constant freezes while playing Modern Warfare II. If you are facing this issue, then you have come to the right place. Check out this guide for some tips on fixing COD Modern Warfare 2 performance.

Modern Warfare 2 Performance Tips – Stuttering and Frame Dropping

Here is what you can do to improve the performance of COD MW2:

Check system requirements

The very first thing you should do is compare your PC’s specs with the game’s requirements. In the case of Modern Warfare 2, the requirements are:

• minimum system requirements
  • OS – Windows 10 64 bit
  • Processor – Intel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
  • Memory – 8GB RAM
  • GPU – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 – DirectX 12.0 compliant system
  • Storage – 125 GB of free space
• recommended system requirements
  • OS – Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
  • Processor – Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / Core™ i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400
  • Memory – 12GB RAM
  • GPU – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580 – DirectX 12.0 compliant system
  • Storage – 125 GB of free space

Update Driver

Sometimes an outdated driver can cause a game to run poorly. You can update your graphics driver to fix Modern Warfare 2 performance:

• Right-click the Start menu and open Device Manager.
• After that, navigate to Display adapters and double click to collapse the dropdown menu.
• Next, right-click on your graphics driver and update it.

Remove unwanted apps from the background

Also, to improve performance, close all applications running in the background. This can be done by ending the application process from the task manager.

Restore game files

Also, in some cases Modern Warfare 2 performance is fixed by restoring the game:

• If you play MW2 on Steam:
  • In your Steam Library, right-click on Modern Warfare II and select Properties.
  • After that, go to “Local Files”and click “Verify Integrity of Game Files”to restore.
• If you play Battle.net
  • Just click on the Cog icon next to the Play button.
  • After that, click “Scan and Fix”to fix any issue, including freezes and frame drops in Modern Warfare 2.

This is all you can do to fix stuttering and frame drops and improve Modern Warfare 2 performance. If you found this article helpful, be sure to check out our other COD MW2 guides.