Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system requirements won't leave your gaming PC battle-worn. In fact, you'll be able to run the FPS game using a GPU from seven years ago, so you shouldn't need to grab one of those fancy RTX 4090 graphics cards to get your boots on the ground.
According to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC specs, the final build runs on an AMD Radeon RX 470 or the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 – an entry-level GPU that rolled up back in 2015. To best graphics card available to you, but even Infinity Ward's recommended requirements list a GTX 1060.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| U | Intel Core i5 2500K AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i7 4770 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
| RAM | 8GB | 12GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 470 |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| VRAM | 2GB | 4GB |
| Storage | 125GB | 125GB |
In of U, you'll need to equip your gaming PC with an Intel Core i3-6100, Intel Core i5-2500K, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 U or better to meet minimum specs. Naturally, the developer recommends using something a tad newer, like an AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or an Intel Core i7 4770, but any decent chip from the past decade should do the trick.
Modern Warfare 2's best PC games released today. If your rig is rocking more than 8GB, getting your Call of Duty boots on shouldn't be a problem, but bumping things up to 12GB will help improve the experience.
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Call of Duty Steam files traditionally take up a lot of storage space, as the likes of Warzone demands a whopping 85GB. The new Modern Warefare 2 size requirements follow suit, asking for 125GB of storage space, preferably on the best SSD for gaming so you're not holding the lobby back with loading times.
Is Modern Warfare 2 coming to Steam Deck?
Infinity Ward has confirmed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 isn't Steam Deck compatible at launch, because of its kernel-level Ricochet anti-cheat not playing nicely with the Linux operating system. If you're running Windows on your Steam Deck, however, you'll be good to go without issue.
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For the latest COD game, Modern Warfare 3, check our 2024 Call of Duty requirements page. For the next game in the series to be released, check out the Black Ops 6 requirements guide