Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system requirements 2022
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system requirements 2022

Check the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system requirements to see if you can run it. Fortunately, the FPS game doesn’t need a high-end graphics card or CPU

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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 boost fps at higher resolutions, you’ll want to play using the 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
CPU 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 terms of CPU, you’ll need to equip your gaming PC with an Intel Core i3-6100, Intel Core i5-2500K, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU 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 gaming RAM demands aren’t rambunctious, as they fall in line with most of the 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 download 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.

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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.

Take the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system requirements test over on PCGameBenchmark to answer the question… Can I run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?

Check the Warzone 2 release date and check your specs and the PC size in our Call of Duty Warzone 2 system requirements guide.