October 23, 2026 · Official specs

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4System Requirements (Official)

Price hunts Makarov as Korea burns — CoD goes all-in on PC The official PC requirements, with estimated FPS on budget, mid-range and high-end hardware.

Out October 23, 2026. Digital pre-orders get the campaign a week early, from October 16. Source: callofduty.com

Official specs: Activision has published official PC system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The specs on this page are those official figures — the FPS numbers remain our own estimates, modelled from the game's rendering demand.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
GPU: Radeon RX 470 / GeForce GTX 970 / GeForce GTX 1060 / Arc A580
VRAM: 3 GB
CPU: Ryzen 5 1400 / Core i5-6600
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 115 GB SSD (at launch)

Recommended (90 FPS in multiplayer · High)

OS: Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
GPU: Radeon RX 6600 XT / GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / Arc B580
VRAM: 8 GB
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 / Core i7-8700
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: 115 GB SSD (at launch)

Ray tracing (4K upscaled · High-quality ray tracing)

OS: Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
GPU: Radeon RX 9070 XT / GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
VRAM: 16 GB
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X / Core i7-10700K
RAM: 32 GB
Storage: 115 GB SSD (at launch)

Every tier

TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play.
DirectX 12 and a broadband internet connection.
An Intel or AMD processor with the AVX instruction set.
Intel Arc graphics cards need Resizable BAR.
Desktop specs: some laptops use graphics cards that match these but are different models, and may not be supported.
Mandatory updates may need more than the 115 GB available at launch.

Official requirements: Activision Support, 1 October 2026.

TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot

Activision requires both to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on PC. To check yours:

TPM 2.0: press Win+R, type tpm.msc and choose OK. Under TPM Manufacturer Information, Specification Version should read 2.0.
Secure Boot: press Win+R, type msinfo32 and press Enter. In System Information, Secure Boot State should read On.

If either is missing or off, both are switched on in your PC's BIOS/UEFI settings.

Steps from Microsoft: Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC and checking Secure Boot.

Estimated FPS at 1080p

GAMERSPECS ESTIMATE

Budget GPU

GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT

~34–42

estimated FPS

High (publisher's target) · native

Mid-range GPU

RTX 4060 / RX 7600

~85–105

estimated FPS

High (publisher's target) · native

High-end GPU

RTX 4080 / RX 7900 XTX

~215–265

estimated FPS

High (publisher's target) · native

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 PC — FAQ

What are the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 PC system requirements?

Activision has published official PC requirements. Minimum: Radeon RX 470 / GeForce GTX 970 / GeForce GTX 1060 / Arc A580, Ryzen 5 1400 / Core i5-6600, 8GB RAM and 115 GB SSD (at launch). Recommended: Radeon RX 6600 XT / GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / Arc B580, Ryzen 5 3600 / Core i7-8700, 16GB RAM. TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play.

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When does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 come out?

October 23, 2026, according to callofduty.com. Digital pre-orders get the campaign a week early, from October 16.

Where do these requirements come from?

They're the official PC requirements published by Activision (Activision Support, 1 October 2026). The FPS figures on this page remain our own estimates, modeled from the game's rendering demand.

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