It won’t be long before the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Open Beta is available, with Early Access available to those who pre-ordered the game and Game Pass subscribers accessing the Early Access period between August 30 and September 4. However, those who don’t fit those criteria will be able to access the Open Beta, which is available from September 6 to September 9. If you’re planning on getting stuck into the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 open beta, you’ll need to know the PC requirements.

Fortunately, those on console won’t have to worry about the requirements. However, if you’re a PC user, you’ll want to make sure your computer can run it. It’s well known that Call of Duty games can be a strain on your system, especially with the size of the downloads for Call of Duty games. This is something they’re planning to work on to make the download sizes smaller and more tolerable for players. However, we’re still a long way from that.

Below are the minimum and recommended PC requirements to play the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Open Beta.

Minimum requirements	Recommended requirements
OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)	OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600	CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K

Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or Intel Arc A750	Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Storage space: SSD required	Storage space: SSD required
Network: Broadband Internet Connection	Network: Broadband Internet Connection
Sound Card: DirectX compatible	Sound Card: DirectX compatible

The minimum requirements listed for the Black Ops 6 Open Beta will likely be to run the game at 30 FPS consistently throughout the entire game, with low or medium settings if necessary.

The recommended requirements are for those who want to play the game consistently at 60 FPS on high settings. However, they noted that in some situations, FPS may drop, so your settings may need to be adjusted to make the Black Ops 6 Open Beta run smoothly.

In addition to these settings, you’ll need at least 149 GB to download the Open Beta. Considering it’s likely gated content, this is a hefty download size and doesn’t take into account the total download size of the actual game on release date. Currently, the Steam page It doesn’t even have system requirements available, other than that players need to have a phone number linked to their Steam account to play.