Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2009 · Shooter · Infinity Ward · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 86

Optimize Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for your hardware
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Optimize Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 6/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported) | — |
| Processor | Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported | — |
| Memory | Memory: 1 GB RAM | — |
| Graphics | Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better | — |
| Storage | DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c | — |
| DirectX | Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space | — |
| Item 7 | Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card | — |
| Item 8 | Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation. | — |
About Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Continuation of the sensational first-person shooter from Infinity Ward and Activision. It is rather difficult to maintain a high level of games every year, but it worked out in the sixth part of the series. The game continues the storyline of the previous part. The game consists of numerous fast-paced gunfights. Classic hit points are not here anymore - after receiving damage, the player only needs to sit tight in safety waiting for health to come back. There are three game modes: the story campaign, multiplayer and Spec Ops. If there are almost no changes in the campaign, and this is the same linear story, the Spec Ops includes 23 new levels for single or cooperative completion. Each level is a new task, a new challenge whether it is the defusing a bomb or the elimination of enemy forces. Levels are divided into tiers by their complexity. As in any other game of the series, the multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 takes a special place. Each match is a mission, for which you need to come up with new strategies to complete. As in the past, new weapons and perks are opened for the execution of tasks.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.