Best Modern Warfare 3 graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 2070 Super

The Nvidia RTX 2070 Super can play Modern Warfare 3 with some compromises (Image via Nvidia and Activision)
The Nvidia RTX 2070 Super can play Modern Warfare 3 with some compromises (Image via Nvidia and Activision)

Nvidia's RTX 2070 Super was launched as a premium graphics card in the Turing GPU lineup ideal for 1440p gaming. This GPU has already been replaced by the much more capable RTX 3070 and RTX 4070. However, gamers can still play new titles like Modern Warfare 3 at high framerates on this graphics card if they make a few tweaks to their settings.

The latest Call of Duty shooter bundles a bunch of customizable graphics options. Going through them one by one can be time-consuming and overwhelming for gamers who just want to have a good time playing the game. Moreover, the settings combination will determine the overall experience, including determining whether you win or lose a game.

To help you set up MW3 quickly and get the best framerates and gameplay, this article will list the best settings to use on Nvidia's RTX 2070 Super.


Ideal Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 2070 Super

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The RTX 2070 Super was initially launched as a 1440p gaming GPU. However, these days, it's recommended to stick to 1080p resolutions on this card in demanding games like Modern Warfare 3. The game is well optimized on PC, meaning players with modest hardware like the Turing-based 70-class GPU can have a decent experience.

However, you need to crank down to a mix of medium and high settings to ensure high framerates on the 2070 Super without relying on any form of upscaling like DLSS. The game doesn't look the best with these settings, but the shooter is very playable.

Our recommendations for the best Modern Warfare 3 settings when this title is running on the 20 series card are as follows:

Display

  • Display mode: Fullscreen exclusive
  • Display monitor: Primary monitor
  • Display adapter: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
  • Screen refresh rate: Maximum supported by the display
  • Display resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • Aspect ratio: Automatic
  • V-sync: Off
  • Custom frame rate limit: Custom
  • Display gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
  • Brightness: As per your preference
  • Focused mode: Off
  • Nvidia reflex low latency: On

Quality

  • Quality presets: Basic
  • Render resolution: 100
  • Dynamic resolution: Off
  • Upscaling/sharpening: Off
  • Anti-aliasing: Filmic SMAA T2X
  • VRAM scale target: 90
  • Variable rate shading: On

Details and textures

  • Texture resolution: Medium
  • Texture filter anisotropic: Normal
  • Depth of field: Off
  • Detail quality level: High
  • Particle resolution: Medium
  • Bullet impacts: On
  • Persistent effects: Off
  • Shader quality: High
  • On-demand texture streaming: Off

Shadow and lighting

  • Shadow quality: High
  • Screen space shadows: High
  • Ambient occlusion: On
  • Screen space reflections: On
  • Static reflection quality: High

Environment

  • Tessellation: Near
  • Terrain memory: Max
  • Volumetric quality: High
  • Deferred physics quality: High
  • Weather grid volumes: Ultra
  • Water quality: Water caustics and wave wetness

View

  • Field of view (FOV): 120
  • ADS field of view: Affected
  • Weapon field of view: Default
  • Vehicle field of view: Default

Camera

  • World motion blur: Off
  • Weapon motion blur: Off
  • Film grain: 0.00
  • 1st person camera movement: Default (100%)
  • Spectator camera: Helmet camera
  • Inverted flashbang: Off

Nvidia's RTX 2070 Super doesn't rank among the most powerful graphics cards on the market. However, with the above tweaks applied, gamers with Turing 70-class GPUs can have a decent experience in MW3, yielding framerates well over 60.

The game looks pretty good despite reducing its settings to high and medium as well. Moreover, the admirable optimization of this Call of Duty title will help those with more modest GPUs like the 2070 Super.

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