The best Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II console settings

While pure skill is king Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, having the right settings can definitely improve your performance. Tinkering with the settings is part of the Modern Warfare II experience, but as with most things in the series, there are an overwhelming number of options to choose from.

We spent a lot of time on the multiplayer mode and fine-tuned our settings to maximize performance. In this guide, we’ll show you the best in-game multiplayer settings, but keep in mind that many of these options come down to personal preference. Still, there are some that are objectively better than others. In addition, Infinity Ward will likely add new settings or change the way some current settings work.

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Graphics

Details & textures

Texture streaming on demand	On (depending on your internet)
Mapped texture cache size	Car
Enable download limits	Off (depending on your internet) Allocated texture cache size
Daily download limit	1.0 (depending on your internet) Assigned texture cache size

Post-processing effects

World motion blur	Out
Weapon Motion Blur	Out
film grain	0.00
Depth of Field	Out
Marriage CAS	on
Fidelity CAS Strength	50

Vision

120 Hz refresh rate	on
Field of View (FOV)	100 (personal preference)
ADS Field of View	Affected
Weapon Field of View	Standard
3rd person field of view	80
Vehicle field of view	Standard
1st person camera movement	Standard [100%]
3rd person camera movement	Standard [100%]
3rd person ADS transition	3rd person ADS
Standard spectator camera	Game perspective

audio

Volumes

audio mix	Headphone Bass Boost
Master volume	100
Music volume
Dialog Volume
Effects volume	100
Volume of hit mark	100
mono audio	Out
Mono amount	N/A

Subtitles

Subtitles	Personal preference
Subtitle size	Standard
Subtitles Background Coverage

voice chat

voice chat	on
Game voice channel	Party only (personal preference)
Voice chat device	Headphones
Open Microphone Record Threshold	70 (personal preference)
Voice chat volume	100
Microphone Test	Out
Microphone Volume	100 (personal preference)

Channels

Mute yourself while connecting

Out

Advanced audio settings

Juggernaut music	Out
Hit marker sound effects	MW (personal preference)
Reduce Tinnitus Sound	Out

Couple

legibility

Text size menu	Default (personal preference)
Text size text chat	Default (personal preference)
Text Chat Background Coverage	20 (personal preference)
Duration of text messages	Short (personal preference)
Language selection	English (personal preference)
Color matching	Personal preference

Subtitles

Subtitles	All off (personal preference)
Subtitle size	Default (personal preference)
Subtitles Background Coverage	0 (personal preference)

HUD

mini card shape	Square
Mini Map Rotation	on
crosshairs	on
Hit marker visuals	on
Damage-based hit markers	on
Player names	abbreviated
Vehicle HUD prompts	Fade after 5 seconds

Telemetry

Telemetry	Amended
Server latency	on
Packet Loss	on
Clock	Out
connection meter	on

Advanced interface settings

Tooltips	on
Parallax Effects	on
Point in the middle	Out
Point scale in the middle	Standard

Account & Network