Can I Run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III?
Sledgehammer Games released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III in 2023. It is an action game, published by Activision. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Over 17 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Completionists have 39 achievements to work through. 15 languages are covered by the store listing. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
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 III is demanding
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or Intel Arc A770, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III needs 64 bit Windows. An SSD is specified rather than suggested. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III at the floor and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III expects 16 GB of system memory. DirectX 12 is named, so Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 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 III?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 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 III'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 III?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III?
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 III?
The RTX 3060 runs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is the GPU.