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Measured FPS benchmarks

Call of Duty: Black Ops FPS

  • 2010
  • 79/100 · 1,343 ratings
  • Capped at 91 FPS
  • Action
Measured · 19 results19 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 3/19
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Call of Duty: Black Ops was released in 2010. We list 19 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 19 graphics cards. Steam lists Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 3 of 19 times.

Frame rate cap: 91 FPS. Call of Duty: Black Ops limits the frame rate to 91 FPS by default, so no graphics card shows more than that. Our estimates stop at 91 FPS too.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

  1. Radeon HD 6870Ultra87Notebookcheck
  2. GTX 580MUltra83Notebookcheck
  3. GTX 580Ultra77Notebookcheck
  4. GTX 470Ultra76Notebookcheck
  5. GTX 485MUltra73Notebookcheck
  6. GTX 570MUltra68.6Notebookcheck
  7. Radeon HD 6970MUltra68Notebookcheck
  8. GTX 470MUltra63Notebookcheck
  9. GTX 560MUltra63Notebookcheck
  10. GTX 460MUltra54Notebookcheck
  11. GT 555MUltra42Notebookcheck
  12. GT 445MUltra37.1Notebookcheck
  13. Mobility Radeon HD 5850Ultra37Notebookcheck
  14. Radeon HD 6770MUltra32Notebookcheck
  15. GT 550MUltra28Notebookcheck
  16. Mobility Radeon HD 5650Ultra22.5Notebookcheck
  17. Radeon HD 6490MUltra16Notebookcheck
  18. Intel HD 4000Ultra16Notebookcheck
  19. Intel HD 3000Ultra6Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, Radeon HD 6870, averages 87 FPS; the slowest, Intel HD 3000, 6 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

3/19 within ±30% · median -37%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

×⅓×½−30%exact+30%×2×3
All 19 comparisons
GPUSettingMeasuredEstimateDiff.
GTX 5801080p Ultra77 FPS≈88 FPS+14%
GTX 4701080p Ultra76 FPS≈65 FPS-14%
GTX 485M1080p Ultra73 FPS≈51 FPS-30%
Radeon HD 6970M1080p Ultra68 FPS≈50 FPS-26%
Radeon HD 68701080p Ultra87 FPS≈49 FPS-44%
GTX 470M1080p Ultra63 FPS≈44 FPS-30%
GTX 570M1080p Ultra68.6 FPS≈43 FPS-37%
GTX 580M1080p Ultra83 FPS≈42 FPS-49%
GTX 560M1080p Ultra63 FPS≈32 FPS-49%
GTX 460M1080p Ultra54 FPS≈30 FPS-44%
Radeon HD 6770M1080p Ultra32 FPS≈25 FPS-22%
GT 445M1080p Ultra37.1 FPS≈21 FPS-43%
Mobility Radeon HD 58501080p Ultra37 FPS≈21 FPS-43%
GT 555M1080p Ultra42 FPS≈18 FPS-57%
GT 550M1080p Ultra28 FPS≈16 FPS-43%
Mobility Radeon HD 56501080p Ultra22.5 FPS≈13 FPS-42%
Radeon HD 6490M1080p Ultra16 FPS≈12 FPS-25%
Intel HD 40001080p Ultra16 FPS≈11 FPS-31%
Intel HD 30001080p Ultra6 FPS≈9 FPS+50%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

  1. RTX 409091game cap
  2. RTX 5070 Ti91game cap
  3. Radeon RX 9070 XT91game cap
  4. RTX 407091game cap
  5. Radeon RX 7800 XT91game cap
  6. RTX 4060 Ti91game cap
  7. RTX 406091game cap
  8. RTX 306091game cap
  9. Radeon RX 660091game cap
  10. GTX 165091game cap

Cards that run Call of Duty: Black Ops at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

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Player reports

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No player reports for Call of Duty: Black Ops yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU
Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
CPU
Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
RAM
2 GB

Call of Duty: Black Ops FPS questions

Does Call of Duty: Black Ops have an FPS cap?
Yes. Call of Duty: Black Ops caps the frame rate at 91 FPS by default, so a faster graphics card will not show more than 91 FPS.
What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Call of Duty: Black Ops at 1080p?
In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 560M averages 63 FPS at 1080p Ultra: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.
Can a GTX 1650 run Call of Duty: Black Ops?
By our estimate it gets about 91 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 91 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops?
Steam lists Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better graphics, Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better and 2 GB of RAM as the minimum.

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