(NOTE: I put my recommended competitive settings at the bottom of this post.)

You can monitor VRAM usage by enabling it in the Interface tab. High Texture Quality seems to be one of the biggest offenders. Turn down graphics settings to aid the memory leak further.This is just a band-aid fix though so I would recommend restarting the game every hour to maintain performance. This game has a memory leak and this helps slow it down. Set VRAM Usage Target to Low (70%) in the graphics settings.Right click the your launcher and click properties, then go to the compatibility tab and check Run this game as Administrator and click apply. Run and BlackOpsColdWar.exe as Administrator.Tips to improve performance and stability on PC: My system specs for reference, and my slight CPU undervolt settings here. Since I've done everything from troubleshooting my whole system to reinstalling Windows I'll save you the trouble and share the things I've learned to make the game run as smooth as possible. In fact it is without a doubt the worst optimized game I have ever played, but I still love it. As you are painfully aware of this game is not well optimized.

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