Activision published the full PC system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on 29 September, three tiers deep and specific down to a 115GB SSD and a TPM 2.0 check. The Steam listing that takes the pre-order still carries one line under both Minimum and Recommended, “Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system”, followed by “Additional Notes: TBD”.
Activision’s requirements card sets out minimum, recommended and ray tracing tiers, with 115GB on an SSD in all three. Image: Activision
That is how appid 4435490 read at 12:16 UTC on 5 October, queried against the US store in English. The same listing gives a release date of “Oct 22, 2026”.
The requirements are not hard to find. They are in Activision’s own post of 29 September, which sets out three tiers and a single list of recommended drivers.
Activision’s tiers run from a GTX 970 to an RX 9070 XT
The minimum asks for Windows 10 64-bit, a Ryzen 5 1400 or Core i5-6600, 8GB of RAM and a Radeon RX 470, GeForce GTX 970 or 1060, or an Intel Arc A580, with 3GB of video memory. The recommended tier, which Activision states is the specification for 90 FPS in multiplayer on High settings, moves to Windows 11, a Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700K, 16GB of RAM and an RX 6600 XT, RTX 3060 Ti or Arc B580.
The third tier, described as ultra specs for high quality ray tracing at 4K upscaled, wants 32GB of RAM and an RX 9070 XT or RTX 5070 Ti with 16GB of video memory. For scale, Valve’s September hardware survey put the RTX 5070 at the top of its all-video-cards table, one rung below the Nvidia card Activision names there.
All three tiers want the same 115GB on an SSD. Activision’s card also lists DLSS 4.5, FSR Redstone and XeSS 3 upscaling, ray traced reflections and global illumination, and a built-in benchmark tool.
Activision’s global notes add that every specification assumes DirectX 12 compatibility and a broadband connection, and that mandatory game updates may need storage beyond the 115GB.
The anti-cheat requirement is disclosed, the hardware is not
Steam’s listing does disclose part of what the game checks. It is flagged as using kernel level anti-cheat, names RICOCHET Anti-Cheat, and carries a second line reading “Boot Protection” with the note “Requires both Secure Boot & TPM 2.0”, which Activision’s support article explains. Activision’s requirements repeat it plainly: “TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on PC. Other security measures may be enforced.”
Activision adds two further conditions. Intel Arc cards need Resizable Bar, and only Intel and AMD processors carrying the AVX instruction set are supported for now.
The requirements name a driver Activision has not numbered
Activision names recommended drivers for each vendor: AMD 26.7.1, Intel 32.0.101.8974, and for Nvidia “616.56; ASD-compatible driver will be made available before MW4 launch”. ASD is Advanced Shader Delivery, the precompiled-shader system the game ships with. That second Nvidia build is the only entry in the list with no version number against it, and no date beyond launch.
The two launch dates on offer are worded differently. Steam gives “Oct 22, 2026”, while Activision’s post says the full game “releases on October 23 at midnight local time”, with PC preloading from October 15 at 9am PT and campaign early access for digital pre-orders from October 16.
Activision’s own closing note on the specification says they “are valid for product launch and may be updated in the future”, which leaves the numbers themselves open. What is settled is where to read them: the publisher’s post carries all three tiers, and the store listing’s requirements fields still read TBD.
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