For those of you who pre-ordered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, you’re probably extremely excited to start playing through the campaign on the 2nd of November, just more than a week before the actual release on the 10th.
In light of this, Activision has released the hardware specs required to play the game for those of us who will be playing on PC.
Minimum, Multiplayer Only:
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 31200
RAM: 8GB
Storage Space: SSD with 79GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960/GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Video Memory: 2GB
Minimum:
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-5600 or AMD Ryzen 51400
RAM: 8GB
Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960/GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Video Memory: 2GB
Recommended (for 60 FPS with options set to High):
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit or Windows 11, 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
RAM: 16GB
Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti/RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
Video Memory: 8GB
Competitive/4K Ultra (high FPS with 4K resolution):
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit or Windows 11, 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 16GB
Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080/RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
Video Memory: 10GB
There are also a few notes that come along with the hardware specs
- Specs are valid for the product at launch and may be updated in the future
- All specifications require a broadband connection and DirectX12 compatibility
- Additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates
- Hi-Rez assets cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high-resolution assets – that option can be turned off in the game’s settings
- Only Intel/AMD processors (with AVX instruction set) are supported at this time
- 149GB of available space is required for the initial download of Modern Warfare III (78GB if COD HQ and Warzeon are already installed)
- Content can be uninstalled to access COD HQ + MP only
The game doesn’t seem to be too resource-hungry, except for the obviously humongous storage space required, which is good news for us running on a bit of a tight budget. Although, with Black Friday just around the corner, maybe we’ll be able to snag an upgrade kit for a steal to be able to push the game to the limits.