Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PC specs: Minimum, Recommended and Competitive

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 releases worldwide on November 10 and if you haven’t already bought the game yet, you may be doing so sooner rather than later. With how much PC gaming have grown over the last couple of decades, there is a good chance that a lot of gamers will be making their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 purchase for the PC. If you are one of those gamers who plan on playing the latest Call of Duty on the PC, you may want to double check the PC requirements first before making the purchase.

What are the PC System Requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?

The PC requirements for Modern Warfare 3 has officially been released and if you are a PC gamer, you are going to want to make sure that your PC falls into one of the four categories of requirements below.

Minimum (Multiplayer Only) System Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
• RAM: 8GB
• Storage: SSD with 79GB available space at launch for COD HQ and MP (34 GB for MP if COD HQ is already installed)
• Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
• Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• Video Memory: 2GB

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
• RAM: 8GB
• Storage: SSD with 149GB available space (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)
• Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
• Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• Video Memory: 2GB

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: SSD with 149GB available space (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)
• 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 System Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: SSD with 149GB available space (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)
• Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64GB
• Video Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
• Video Memory: 10GB

These are all four categories of system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It is pretty interesting that there are minimum system requirements just for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer mode. If that is all you plan on play and you don’t plan on playing much of or any of the campaign, then all you need to do is try and make sure you meet those requirements.

The good news is that if you were able to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on your PC, chances are you won’t have any problems trying to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. However, it is always good to double check to make sure that your PC can run a game before making a purchase. The last thing you want is for your PC not to be strong enough and you wasted money on a video game that you can’t even play.