Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 System Requirements
The much-awaited sequel to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot is finally here. And everyone is equally excited to be reacquainted with iconic characters like Ghost, who we haven’t seen for more than a decade.
The question that comes to everyone’s mind is obvious: what are the system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? After all, you need to be sure that your PC can run the game – whether you’re aiming for the lowest settings or 4K visual fidelity.
Let’s look at the official sources and answer this question.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Minimum System Requirements
The first thing that you need to know about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 requirements is that you need a 64-bit operating system, as it does not support anything lower. The rest of the minimum requirements are:
- OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 125 GB available space
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC Recommended System Requirements
If you want to run the game on high settings, then you’ll need a computer with:
- OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / Core™ i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 125 GB available space
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC 4K System Requirements
If you want to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on 4K resolution and the highest possible graphics settings, then you’ll need a very powerful PC. The calculated system requirements for that are:
- OS:Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- Processor:Intel® Core™ i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 9™ 3900X
- Memory:16 GB
- Graphics:NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT (both cards preferably with 10GB video memory)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 125 GB available space
Recommended GPU drivers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
It’s recommended that you make sure that your graphics drivers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are up-to-date. Since it’s a competitive game that is often updated, having outdated drivers can cause technical problems.
For NVIDIA users, we recommend having at least driver version 526.86. And for AMD users, we recommend the driver version 22.9.1, which was released close to the game’s launch.
Keep in mind that these drivers are a bit outdated, and this is just what you can run the game on. You need to update to whatever is the latest version of drivers as soon as you can for both NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.
How can you buy and play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
So, your computer is good enough to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Then it’s time to add the game to your library!
You can purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. On PC, the game can be bought both on the official Battle.net PC client and on Steam – with the latter being the preferable version of the game.
At the moment, the game is not available on the Nintendo Switch or mobile phones. However, you can play Call of Duty: Mobile on smartphones as an alternative.
