Can I Run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?
Sledgehammer Games released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in 2023. It is an action game, published by Activision. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. There are 39 achievements to chase. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Steam lists support for 15 languages. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. With more than 17 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 6600XT or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| 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. The view is from a first person view. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is demanding
The ask Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or Intel Arc A770 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 needs 64 bit Windows. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. An SSD is specified rather than suggested.
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 3?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470, 8 GB RAM, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.56x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.25x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 3'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 3?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update).
Can an RTX 3060 run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the GPU.