Can I Run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an action game from Infinity Ward, released in 2022. Activision published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Over 22 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Steam lists support for 14 languages. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. There are 24 achievements to chase. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / Core™ i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update) |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a military setting, moving through combat arenas. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a first person view.
Why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is demanding
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system or Intel Arc A770 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Installation is large at roughly 125 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. DirectX 12 is named, so Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
Free up space before installing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: it needs roughly 125 GB of HDD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 needs about 125 GB of HDD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update).
How much storage does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 need?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 needs about 125 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the GPU.