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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Minimum Specs

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US

Is your PC good enough to run MW2?

Yes, you may have been stressed out by the rumored delay of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Thankfully, that wasn't true. Yes, you might be angry that there are no dedicated servers for online multiplayer matches. Sadly, that's still true.

But will your PC be able to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Well, that's up to your rig. GameStop posted a box shot of the PC version of the game, which listed system requirements. As it turns out, as Joystiq found out from Activision, they're final and accurate.

  • OS: Windows Vista/XP
  • Processor: AMD 64 3200+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz or better
  • Memory: 16 GB free hard drive space / 512 MB RAM (XP) / 1 GB RAM (Vista)
  • Video Card: Shader 3.0 or better 256 MB Nvidia Geforce 6600GT / ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

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  • 38
    Jclonts82 , October 24, 2009 4:21 AM
    Don't buy it. They spit in the faces of loyal PC gamers for the sake of profit, whatever they might say the reasons are for their decisions.
  • 30
    Silluete , October 24, 2009 4:21 AM
    16 Gb hdd. Games just getting bigger and bigger eh?
  • 25
    kyeana , October 24, 2009 4:30 AM
    ...and no dedicate servers.

    Pass
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  • 30
    Silluete , October 24, 2009 4:21 AM
    16 Gb hdd. Games just getting bigger and bigger eh?
  • 38
    Jclonts82 , October 24, 2009 4:21 AM
    Don't buy it. They spit in the faces of loyal PC gamers for the sake of profit, whatever they might say the reasons are for their decisions.
  • 20
    mlcloud , October 24, 2009 4:26 AM
    Heh. Impressive "minimum" system requirements...
  • 7
    Zoidman , October 24, 2009 4:26 AM
    I'm actually surprised they are that low, I was hoping for a bit more (granted they do amazing things with even those low specs). I watched the teaser videos, and honestly they did look better then CoD4 but not a whole lot. For comparison, here is CoD4 PC Minimum Specs
    Quote:

    System:
    Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster or equivalent
    RAM:
    512 MB
    Hard Drive Space:
    8000 MB
    Other:
    GeForce 6600 / Ati Radeon 9800Pro or better



    Which are roughly the same...

  • 25
    gorehound , October 24, 2009 4:27 AM
    i won't support what they did to the gaming community.if i play this at all and a big if it will be free.
  • 25
    kyeana , October 24, 2009 4:30 AM
    ...and no dedicate servers.

    Pass
  • 0
    CHRISTLUBAS , October 24, 2009 4:33 AM
    yehey not gonna buy and replace a 9400GT cause i can game!
  • 12
    Shadow703793 , October 24, 2009 4:39 AM
    CHRISTLUBASyehey not gonna buy and replace a 9400GT cause i can game!

    WTF?

    @Infinity Ward: F### YOU! Won't be buying it as for not giving us Private servers.
  • 11
    08nwsula , October 24, 2009 4:45 AM
    you could run that on a graphing calculator
  • 24
    captainfugu , October 24, 2009 4:47 AM
    No PC gamer in their right mind would ever buy this game. $60 for a short single player and hobbled multiplayer? F that.

    Myself and thousands of others will be choosing to spend our money elsewhere. Way to go IW! You're a winner!! If I was the CEO at Activision, people would be getting fired for loosing my company millions of dollars in potential sales.
  • 17
    Hellbound , October 24, 2009 4:50 AM
    My computer far surpasses the minimum specs, but I wont be buying it. I want dedicated server support.
  • 10
    CoryInJapan , October 24, 2009 4:50 AM
    Those are some pretty low system requirments.

    pretty much the same as COD4 but a 5-10% increase in requirments.

    Meaning its just an upadted COD4 engine without dedicated servers and a 60$ price tag with a SP thats just as long as COD4 sad 6 our story.Pass...Maybe Ill buy it whens it like 30 bucks and patched to have dedicated servers.
  • 6
    anonymous@guest , October 24, 2009 4:57 AM
    it doesn't require much big specs becuase it is just a crappy console port, especially now that it doesn't have mods or dedicated servers. there isn't anything to differentiate them
  • 15
    precariousgray , October 24, 2009 5:03 AM
    I had actually considered buying this game

    ...until I found out it wouldn't have dedicated servers.
  • 15
    maxmaleev , October 24, 2009 5:18 AM
    Here in Europe this wonderful game is 60 Euros on Steam. That's 90 American dollars. Now that's what I call entertainment...
  • 9
    helux , October 24, 2009 5:40 AM
    I am a PC and Console gamer and I am very upset on what IW is doing. This game might be a great and fun game to play but I and thousands of other gamers will not be purchasing this. There are petitions out and a mass boycott that is in the process. I found a petition that you may sign at hellselite.com. In my personal opinion this game is now not worth the purchase and to the rest of you do not wast your money either.

    Thank you to all for reading this.
  • 12
    brett_monkey , October 24, 2009 5:53 AM
    I will not buy this game. No dedicated servers or mods = no purchase.
  • 3
    ern88 , October 24, 2009 6:08 AM
    And no dedicated servers is a kick in the balls though. Bad move forsure.
  • 6
    dhowie , October 24, 2009 6:19 AM
    owe well, just got to wait till march for battlefield bad company 2 on the pc....
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