NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 440.97 WHQL Driver Delivers COD: Modern Warfare Optimizations

by Brandon Hill — Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 12:50 PM EDT

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The release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot is right around the corner: the game launches for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 platforms on October 25^th (Friday). In preparation for this big day, NVIDIA is rolling out its latest GeForce Game Ready driver (440.97 WHQL).

These new Game Ready drivers are specifically optimized for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which includes native support for real-time ray tracing found on NVIDIA's Turing-based GeForce RTX and GeForce GTX graphics cards (although you're definitely get much improved performance with these effects on the former cards). Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will in particular make use of ray traced shadow effects to enhance gameplay in both single-player campaign and 2v2 Gunfight multiplayer modes.

Activision's system requirements for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are listed below:

Minimum Specifications

Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit (1709 or later)
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k or AMD equivalent
Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB / GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon HD 7950
RAM: 8GB RAM
HDD: 45GB HD space
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Specifications

Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest Service Pack)
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k or AMD equivalent
Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / GTX 1660 6GB or AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
RAM: 16GB RAM
HDD: 45GB HD space
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

More specifically, NVIDIA adds that it recommends an Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X along with a GeForce RTX for ray tracing support (1080p @ 60fps). For those that want to go for the ultimate in image quality with all ray tracing and detail effects cranked up at 4K/60fps, NVIDIA recommends an Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with a GeForce RTX 2080 Super.

And we'd be remiss if we didn't mention that NVIDIA is currently running a promotion where if you purchase a GeForce RTX card or a new system with a GeForce RTX card installed (desktop or laptop), you'll get a free copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

In addition to being optimized for Activision's latest shooter, the latest GeForce Game Ready drivers also include full support for The Outer Worlds along with Day-1 optimizations.

You can download the GeForce Game Ready 440.97 WHQL drivers right here directly from NVIDIA, or you can choose to do so from within the GeForce Experience software.

Tags: Nvidia, call-of-duty-modern-warfare, game-ready-driver

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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