Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 PC Requirements Revealed

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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2's PC specs just dropped, and those looking to get into Warzone 2 without an upgrade will be happy to note your current rig will survive for another game--at least, for now. Activision notes that the PC requirements might change over the course of Modern Warfare 2's lifespan, as is the case for most live-service games.

The minimum PC specs are surprisingly low. You could manage to squeak into Modern Warfare 2 with an Intel Core i3-6100, 8 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. You'll still need 72GB of storage, of course, and Activision said "additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates." Previous Call of Duties have a history of storage bloat, so prepare to set aside a good chunk of hard drive space.

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Here are the recommended PC specs for Modern Warfare 2:

This sits right on Steam's "average" user in its latest hardware survey, which Activision says will provide 60 fps on "high" graphics "in most situations." For higher framerates or high-rez assets (which will require an additional 32 GB of storage), you'll want to look towards the Competitive or Ultra 4K recommendations. Note that fancy graphics options like ray tracing, DLSS, or FSR will require a more modern graphics card such as the RTX 30-series or Radeon RX 5000-series.

Activision is clearly going for the highest possible user count by optimizing Modern Warfare 2 for lower hardware. That's in distinct contrast to Gotham Knights, which is forgoing previous-gen consoles in favor of the current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. This has also raised the minimum requirements for Gotham Knights to need a GTX 1660 Ti or an AMD Radeon