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Call of Duty: Black Ops Patch Tweaks CPU Performance

by Alice O'Connor, Nov 22, 2010 5:40am PST

Related Topics – Call of Duty: Black Ops, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS

Another patch was deployaed for the PC edition of Treyarch's record-breaking shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops on Saturday via Steam, bringing more much-awaited performance tweaks and fixes for a handful of other issues.

As with the previous performance patch, there's no clear consensus on how much this actually remedies the PC version's notorious performance woes, as our own Xav experienced. If you played Cod Blops on PC over the weekend, how did you find it?

Here's the short but sweet changelog for Saturday's patch:

CPU performance improvements
Zombie matchmaking improvements
Fix for locked ADS after pressing shift-TAB to bring up Steam overlay
Fix for ADS while holding shift as a sniper

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still unplayable.... medal of honor looking tempting on youtube..

my squadmate was able to play til this patch, now it crashes every other game for him.

Nov 23, 2010 3:15pm PST

still unplayable.... medal of honor looking tempting on youtube.. my squadmate was able to play til t... : megreedy

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By: Toraz Chryx x Show Full Post

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There's actually more frequent hitching of a different sort for me, usually felt as the mouse input getting very non-distinct and usually ending up in my facing a different way to the way I was intending, running with FRAPS showing the FPS shows that it drops from 100FPS+ to what measures as 40FPS when this happens, but it's almost like it's displaying 40 and throwing away every other frame it intended to display making it very... shuddery?

Q9550 @ 3.8Ghz
Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP
8GB DDR2
GTX 470
X-Fi Fatality

This machine isn't brand new and state of the art, but it can hardly be accused of being underpowered. I mean, srsly.

Nov 22, 2010 5:51am PST

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There's actually more frequent hitching of a different sort for me, usually felt as the mouse input getti : Toraz Chryx
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By: vHazardous x Show Full Post

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Never noticed any difference at all here.

x6800 @ 2.93ghz (stock)
4BG 1066mhz
GTX 480
Windows XP Pro SP3

I can hold 120fps solid @ 1680x1050 on automatic settings. No AA, AF - VSTINK OFF.

My problem with this game is the sheer amount of wingnuts trying to play it with crappy computers - they got good connections but lag all over the maps. Try playing OIC with people like this - near impossible.

Nov 22, 2010 6:30am PST

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Never noticed any difference at all here. x6800 @ 2.93ghz (stock) 4BG 1066mhz GTX 480 Windows XP Pr... : vHazardous
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- Well, given the level of graphics, there's no reason it shouldn't run great on a 2.5ghz dual core and 880... : Freon
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  Somebody talking mess about v-sync? Now I've truly seen it all. Have fun with your screen tearing :) : pzoned
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    Have fun with your input lag :) You probably don't notice it and thus don't care, but in a multiplayer... : bouxdag
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      I'm curious about the use of vsync on MP games I recall that back in the Quake III days, it was a big n... : azuvatar
      
      I will have to try this. Know the dvars? I tried using vsync but had terrible mouse lag. Disabling V... : EnderWigginDA
      
      I've tried messing with flip que size on my 5970 using radeon pro but still felt some lag. In the end I d... : abjectblitz
  - If the guy is holding 120fps, I seriously doubt he's going to notice any screen tearing. : mobab

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By: prokat x Show Full Post

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Turning Textures from Auto to High did wonders for my perfomance.

Nov 22, 2010 6:46pm PST

Turning Textures from Auto to High did wonders for my perfomance. : prokat

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By: xpogox x Show Full Post

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Game will freeze with distorted graphics......didn't happen till the new patch...meh.

Nov 22, 2010 9:26am PST

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Game will freeze with distorted graphics......didn't happen till the new patch...meh. : xpogox
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- Ever since the patch came out on Saturday my system has been crashing mid-game. I'm talking the whole wor... : Rhinequist
- Ever since the patch came out on Saturday my system has been crashing mid-game. I'm talking the whole wor... : Rhinequist

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By: ABooth22 x Show Full Post

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Now if Bethesda would give us a PC tweak for Fallout: NV that gave us better CPU performance. I personally haven't had any issues with CoD: Blops thus far

Nov 22, 2010 3:45pm PST

Now if Bethesda would give us a PC tweak for Fallout: NV that gave us better CPU performance. I personall... : ABooth22

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By: abjectblitz x Show Full Post

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I gained 10fps in some heavy areas where I was getting dips before in multiplayer. SP improved loads. Still need ATI/AMD to release optimized drivers for this game as Crossfire scaling is not great.

Q9650 @ 4.2ghz
HD5970 stock clocks
Xfi-Fatality

Nov 22, 2010 2:51pm PST

I gained 10fps in some heavy areas where I was getting dips before in multiplayer. SP improved loads. Sti... : abjectblitz

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By: nugget3p x Show Full Post

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http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=313644&sid=db302fdgbk7h5hp320e72g9c67

that is all I have to say about this game... I can honestly smell a lawsuit

Nov 22, 2010 2:37pm PST

http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=313644&sid=db302fdgbk7h5hp320e72g9c67 that is all... : nugget3p

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By: TwwIX x Show Full Post

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Great! Still nothing regarding the shitty spawn system. Not even a mention of it.

Nov 22, 2010 10:14am PST

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Great! Still nothing regarding the shitty spawn system. Not even a mention of it. : TwwIX
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Are you guys having stuttering like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFpGz0qIxA

Nov 22, 2010 11:27am PST

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Are you guys having stuttering like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFpGz0qIxA : freshyk
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- Yes, the game runs perfectly fine but it keeps stuttering like that. In some stages more than others. ... : Kypriss

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By: darksied x Show Full Post

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ATTENTION PC BLACK OPS USERS: if you're having trouble with the PC version, to the point where the game is unplayable, then I would suggest you try to return the game. I know, the trouble of returning a PC game is pretty bad, and it might not fly; but there's lots of places that will accept the return if you say it is not working, and it's completely unplayable, like amazon. Show Activision that the PC version is unplayable in the only way they will understand, their wallets. When they get thousands of returns and demands for money back from retailers, they will listen and maybe fix the PC version. Then you can pick it up again when it's on sale.

Nov 22, 2010 6:10am PST

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ATTENTION PC BLACK OPS USERS: if you're having trouble with the PC version, to the point where the game i... : darksied
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By: Jon-Ace x Show Full Post

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Saturday's patch broke the game for me.

Nov 22, 2010 12:52pm PST

Saturday's patch broke the game for me. : Jon-Ace

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By: Beelzebud x Show Full Post

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AAA titles FTW! Good to see them utilizing all the money they make to help them ship a quality product!

Nov 22, 2010 10:01am PST

AAA titles FTW! Good to see them utilizing all the money they make to help them ship a quality product... : Beelzebud

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By: Yumcheese x Show Full Post

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PII 940 @ 3.4 with a 9800gtx+ running at 1680x1050, settings maxed and getting 50-60 fps steadily in mp. Occasionally get some stuttering but it doesn't really affect gameplay much. It can be annoying when I feel like trying and let my reaction speed go all out. Other than when times slowed down subjectively for me, it's doesn't really impact gameplay. Maybe you guys need to update your drivers?

Nov 22, 2010 9:07am PST

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- Lol frontpage. : korruptedone

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Multiplayer was hitching to the point that it was unplayable. Zombie mode had occasional hitches (particularly Dead Ops), but for the most part was playable.

Nov 22, 2010 8:58am PST

Multiplayer was hitching to the point that it was unplayable. Zombie mode had occasional hitches (partic... : Nicodem-X

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This patch makes my MP unstable. I used to play fine before, and now every 5 or so matches (even less), it just froze usually during loading. It just plays the background ambiance sound (not music) and the level never loads. Anyone else having the same problem?

Nov 22, 2010 6:27am PST

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This patch makes my MP unstable. I used to play fine before, and now every 5 or so matches (even less), i... : p34nk
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- Not exactly the same problem but did start crashing every 5 to 15 minutes after the last patch and my ran... : Cashh

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By: 77magic x Show Full Post

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Hi All! I am fron argentina. this game is a shit like a treyarch and activision! they are a thieves. they can't do to decent patch. I want my money back! they are rip-off . I am very angry with this game is unplayable.
dear steam cuts this companys. they are thieves. sorry my english! bye all!

Nov 22, 2010 7:06am PST

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Hi All! I am fron argentina. this game is a shit like a treyarch and activision! they are a thieves. they... : 77magic
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- No disrespect here of course, but this reminded me of a review of Neural Imbalance's first EP. I believe ... : Neural Imbalance
- I agree with you my Argentinian friend . : Cashh

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By: sebconn x Show Full Post

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It's been playing great for me since the first patch. I'm waiting for a region filter for the server browser, some sort of solution for the spawn issues, getting sick of spawning around 3 enemies every now and then, other than that, it's a blast.

Nov 22, 2010 7:54am PST

It's been playing great for me since the first patch. I'm waiting for a region filter for the server brow... : sebconn

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By: SpinyNorman x Show Full Post

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Still broken

E6750@3ghz+ati 5850

Nov 22, 2010 6:24am PST

Still broken E6750@3ghz+ati 5850 : SpinyNorman

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