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Have TPM 2.0 and secure boot made a significant difference for CoD in general and Warzone in particular?

sebatss · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:42 · permalink

I played Warzone off and on for a few years up until TPM 2.0 and secure boot were mandated. My rig is decent but too old to support TPM 2.0, yet I don't want or need to upgrade right now, and the ridiculous seeming prices for SSDs, RAM, etc., make me even more hesitant.

That said, have these measures really made a difference?

I'd rarely encounter cheaters back in the day, and being a filthy casual that was not an important factor as I don't do esports or competitive play.

mustafamtecn · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:47 · permalink

As for cheaters I don't know, but for tpm you can buy a separate TPM module for your motherboard for like 10$ . You really don't need to buy new cpu/ MOBO if it's running fine.

mc_spam · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:47 · permalink

No. Not really . Cronus zen dma and ai tools make your awr age cheat install they CAN detect worthless. Not to mention the hardware spoofing if they do get caught. Can't ban IPs bc most run a database of ips shared to different customers depending on when they turn their router off for a short time or whatever. You get allocated a new one and the old one went to someone else. So yeah. They haven't done a damn thing.

Any streamer is cheating. 💯%. There are very few legitimate known players I gather. I know from my own experience. Playing legit is a nightmare. For higher end lobbies anyway.

DevastatedAngel · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:56 · permalink

Cheating being so rampant made it so I ONLY play Casuals now. I never run into cheaters in those lobbies and enjoy getting 15-25 kills every match and am always in the top 3.

Better than getting 3 kills at best in regulars like the old days.

excellente88 · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:56 · permalink

any streamer is a cheater? something a scrum would say LOL

filooss · 3 Sep 2026 at 20:57 · permalink

Playing in potato lobbies? No problem very few cheaters.

Playing in slightly better than average or above lobbies? Loaded with cheating

The recent betas were rife with cheaters and people defending it saying it's not possible the game isn't out yet as if it's not just a matter of changing a few memory address locations in the software

IceXz1 · 3 Sep 2026 at 21:05 · permalink

lol

smailasltu · 3 Sep 2026 at 21:07 · permalink

The first 2 seasons with TPM had significantly less cheaters.

When nukes were reintroduced, every cheater under the sun got into the game.

skwhisper · 3 Sep 2026 at 21:13 · permalink

Any streamer is cheating is an absolutely ridiculous statement. Some might and some certainly have been caught doing so, but TONS of those guys are 100% legit and just fantastic players.

mc_spam · 3 Sep 2026 at 21:17 · permalink

Very few.

excellente88 · 3 Sep 2026 at 21:32 · permalink

that mentality just means, he thinks anyone better than him is cheating LOL

agustinpicho · 3 Sep 2026 at 22:03 · permalink

Wish i saw this comment before

AuthorSei-chan · 3 Sep 2026 at 22:06 · permalink

I understand that you can get VPN that that "fake" the secure boot...