Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a great entry in the series after quite some time. The game looks graphically astounding, and levels in “The Clean House” mission looks reality-defying! The game does benefit from the new IW 8.0 engine, and gameplay truly feels next-gen. But, with great power comes great responsibilities. Thus, it’s not surprising that the bottom-line system requirements of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are quite beefy. You will need at least an AMD FX 6300 or a Core i3-4340 coupled with an Nvidia GTX 670 or a GTX 1650 to run the game at the lowest settings at 1080p. But, the GTX 1650 is much more capable than the ages-old GTX 670. A GTX 760 2 GB is almost comparable to the GTX 670’s performance.
It is confusing as to why Activision included two very different performing cards in the minimum requirements. The GTX 1650 can give over 60 FPS in the game even in the highest settings.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Minimum System Requirements
1080p 30fps using the lowest settings, DXR off
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1709 or higher |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i3 4340 @3.60GHz | AMD© FX 6300 @3.80GHz |
| Memory | 8 GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ GTX 670 or GeForce™ GTX 1650 | AMD© Radeon™ HD 7950 |
| Video Memory | 4 GB (GTX 670 and GTX 1650), 3 GB (HD 7950) |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | Broadband Internet Connection with 512 kbps or faster connection |
| Storage | 246 GB HDD |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Recommended System Requirements
1. 1080p 60fps using the highest settings, DXR off
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 21H1 (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i5 2500K @3.70GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 5 1600X @4.00GHz |
| Memory | 12 GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ GTX 970 or GeForce™ GTX 1660 | AMD© Radeon™ R9 390 or Radeon™ RX 580 |
| Video Memory | 4 GB (GTX 970), 6 GB (GTX 1660), 8 GB (R9 390 and RX 580) |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | Broadband Internet Connection with 512 kbps or faster connection |
| Storage | 246 GB SSD |
2. Ray Tracing System Requirements (DXR on)
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 21H1 (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i5 2500K @3.70GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 5 1600X @4.00GHz |
| Memory | 12 GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ RTX 2060 |
| Video Memory | 6 GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | Broadband Internet Connection with 512 kbps or faster connection |
| Storage | 246 GB SSD |
3. Competitive: 120+ FPS on a 120+Hz refresh rate display, DXR-off
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 21H1 (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i7 8700K @4.70GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 7 1800X @4.00GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ GTX 1080 or GeForce™ RTX 2070 Super | AMD© Radeon RX Vega64 |
| Video Memory | 8 GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | Broadband Internet Connection with 512 kbps or faster connection |
| Storage | 246 GB SSD |
4. Ultra RTX: 60+ FPS at 2160p, DXR-on
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 21H1 (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i7 9700K @4.70GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 7 2700X @4.00GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ RTX 2080 Super or GeForce™ RTX 3060 Ti | AMD© Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Video Memory | 8 GB (RTX 2080 Super and RTX 3060 Ti), 12 GB (RX 6700 XT) |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | Broadband Internet Connection with 512 kbps or faster connection |
| Storage | 246 GB SSD |
Previously, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare supported Windows 7 too. But, after Microsoft withdrew support for Windows 7 in January 2020, the game stopped supporting the OS. A high-resolution texture pack was also released in November 2020 and is only recommended to players on PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and Xbox Series X.
Modern Warfare isn’t a very demanding game, plus its optimization is superb. We think it’s the best Call of Duty game in quite a while and thus has a wholehearted recommendation from us.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Microsoft Windows.