COD Black Ops PC Memory Leak Widespread

Ok so you just finished downloading the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops and you’re all amped to get it booted up right? Now you get into your first multiplayer game after that tedious step of setting up your controls and by this time you’re gripping the mouse with much anticipation ready to get on that first kill streak. Oh wow, a new server browser. And what’s this? It actually loads the servers fast… nothing like that POS Bad Company 2 server browser that takes forever and looks like it came from 1999.

You’ve Joined and Now You’re Playing

Perhaps you’ve gotten down the first corridor and you’re just changin weapons when you see the first glitch. Just a little bit of lag, it’s nothing you say. But wait, there it is again. Another skipped frame, another chopped sound. Oh no, this is not good.

It Can’t Be My Computer

You’re rig runs everything tip top right? You’ve got BC2 installed and it’s running smoother than a greased monkey on a slip-n-slide and you’ve got your OS tuned to the sound of a songbird in the spring. You’re wondering what you can do to make it better. Quick, take a look at the game’s settings.

My Black Ops Setting Must Be Wrong

Fiddling with the settings over and over again may help. Perhaps on the lowest resolution you won’t experience such a major lag during multiplayer gameplay. Unfortunately this hasn’t been the case thus far. There’s been numerous threads on the forums about performance issues.

Forums Threads Mentioning Black Ops PC Performance Issues

Here’s a few threads I think may be helpful for you guys to check out if you want to see the latest developments on a resolution for the COD PC Black Ops performance issue.

1. Weird system resource usage = heavy lag
2. Is it just me?! Black Ops Memory Leak
3. Weird system resource usage = heavy lag

Is there a Fix or Solution for the Black Ops Performance Issue?

As of right now it seems everything is speculation. I’ve seen in the threads a variety of resoltutions that I will attempt to document through this posting. If you know of a resolutions that helped you fix your COD Black Ops PC Install then please post in the comment sections below.

Fixes for Steam PC Multiplayer

If you bought COD Black Ops on Steam for PC and are experiencing lag issues you’re not alone. The problem has been acknowledged by Steam and there’s already a few workarounds floating around the interwebs that might work for you:

Running Steam in Offline Mode and Closing the Process

1. Run Steam in Offline mode
2. Run Black Ops
3. When in the game CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the Process Manager and turn off Steam.exe there.

Set Processes Priority via Windows Task Manager

1. Boot up the game via Steam like you normally would
2. Minimize the COD application using the windows button and open task manager
3. Set the COD application’s process priority to high in the task manager processes tab
4. Set the Steam application’s process priority level to low
5. Resume gameplay

Complete and Updated List of Current COD Black Ops PC Fixes

Have a ton of problems that you’re not sure exactly what the issue is? Check out this great link: Call of Duty: Black Ops Crashes, Freezes, Errors, and Fixes to find out how to fix your PC COD Black Ops problem…. hopefully. :]

Video on Black OPs PC Lag Issue

Want to see the issue for yourself? Here’s a good screencast that demonstrates a typical example of the issue PC users are experiencing when they boot up their new copies of Call of Duty Black Ops multiplayer games.

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