The early access for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 kicks off tomorrow, and gamers are eager to ensure their current PC configurations can handle the game. Activision Blizzard has thoughtfully disclosed the PC requirements prior to the release, and the good news is that they are far from as demanding as many had anticipated.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 requires a mid-tier gaming PC to make the most of the title. The recommended settings for the upcoming installment are an Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT GPU. The game also recommends 16 GB of RAM and up to 149 GB of SSD storage space.
This is great news for players who don’t own high-end gaming PCs or laptops. The RTX 3060 is one of the most popular GPUs used by Steam users while the Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X are pretty old CPUs at this point.
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The full PC requirements for MW3
Minimum
- OS: Windows 10-64 Bit with the latest update
- CPU: Either the Intel Core i5-6600 or the AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- RAM: 8GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32 GB
- GPU: Either NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- VRAM: 2GB
- Storage: Should be SSD with 149GB available space (78GB only if COD HQ and Warzone are installed)
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-Bit or Windows 11 64-bit, both should have the latest update
- CPU: Either the Intel Core i7-6700K or the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- RAM: 16GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
- GPU: Either NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti/RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
- Video Memory: 8GB
- Storage: Should be SSD with 149GB available space (78GB only if COD HQ and Warzone are installed)
Competitive / Ultra 4K Specifications
- OS: Windows 10-64 Bit or Windows 11-64 bit, both should have the latest update
- CPU: Either the Intel Core i7-8700K or the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- RAM: 16GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64 GB
- GPU: Either NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080/RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
- VRAM: 10GB
- Storage: Should be SSD with 149GB available space (78GB only if COD HQ and Warzone are installed)
Activision Blizzard also shared the preload information for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Game files for the upcoming installment will be available for download today. Players with early access are advised to already start preloading the game. The single-player campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be playable starting November 2.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
