Call of Duty Modern Warfare III PC hardware specs revealed; campaign preloads begin Nov. 1

Activision, now owned by Microsoft, is getting close to launching one of the biggest games of 2023, Call of Duty Modern Warfare III. Today, the company announced the hardware requirements for the PC version of the military first-person shooter, along with preload times for the game.

The blog post states the development team at Beenox is handling the porting duties of the PC version. It will come with over 500 customization options. Here are the hardware recommendations for the game:

Minimum - Multiplayer only

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

Minimum

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

Recommended

  • 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: 16 GB
  • Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32 GB
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
  • Video Memory: 8 GB
  • Storage: SSD with 149GB available space (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)

Competitive / Ultra 4K Specifications

  • 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: 16 GB
  • Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64 GB
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
  • Video Memory: 10 GB
  • Storage: SSD with 149GB available space (78GB if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed)

Required for all specs

  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Recommended Drivers for NVIDIA/AMD

  • NVIDIA: 537.58
  • AMD: 23.10.2

As you can see, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will become yet another high-end PC game that will require a SSD for storage.

Owners of NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series 40 GPUs will also be able to get support for DLSS 3 for higher frame rates and performance, along with NVIDIA Reflex for low latency gaming.

The PC version will be available via Battle.net and Steam. Preloads will begin on November 1 at noon Eastern time for buyers who get early access to the game"s campaign mode, which goes live for those players on November 1 at 1 pm Eastern time.

Preloads for the Multiplayer and Zombies mode begin on November 8 at Noon Eastern time, and goes live on November 10 at midnight Eastern time.

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