Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is facing significant issues implementing major upscaling technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS. Many players report that these features aren’t delivering the hoped-for performance boosts.
A Reddit user known as Important_Shake_1491 shared his findings, revealing that enabling any of these upscale leads to a staggering 40% drop in frame rates before any improvement kicks in. He noted that similar issues were observed in the last few seasons of Modern Warfare III, and Activision hasn’t addressed them yet.
DLSS, FSR, XESS completely broken and actually reduces performance on PC BO6.
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In his post, he conducted benchmark tests on various PC setups, including one with an Intel Core i9-12900H paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile GPU and another featuring an Intel Core i9-9900K alongside an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. Both configurations exhibited the same drop in performance when features like DLAA and FSR 3 Native were turned on.
Given that many others have echoed these concerns, it appears that this is a more widespread issue, and it’s clear that Activision Blizzard needs to release an update quickly to fix it.
Developers usually respond to performance-related issues by communicating with the community. However, there’s been no word from either Activision or Treyarch regarding the frame rate drops associated with the upscaling options in Black Ops 6.
With high frame rates crucial for competitive gameplay, this problem could be a real headache for players looking to enjoy online multiplayer matches on PC.
The launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launched this Friday (October 25) across multiple platforms, including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC. The game is also available through subscription services like Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
With the introduction of this popular title on Game Pass, Microsoft aims to boost its subscriber numbers, leveraging the immense popularity of one of gaming’s most iconic franchises. Analysts predict that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 could lead to a subscriber increase of up to 10%, a significant growth for the service.
