Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (abbreviated as Call of Duty: MW3, or just simply MW3) is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development. It is the third installment in the Modern Warfare series, a direct sequel to 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the eighth Call of Duty installment.

Modern Warfare 3 System Requirements

1 May 2012 - Specs reviewed

Minimum Requirements

OS: Win Xp 32
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3650 or NVIDIA GeForce 210 1GB
System Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 16 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 32
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz / AMD Phenom 8750 Triple-Core
Graphics: AMD Radeon X1900 Series or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
System Memory: 3 GB RAM
Storage: 16 GB Hard drive space

PC System Analysis For Modern Warfare 3 Requirements

To run Modern Warfare 3 on high graphics settings your PC will require at least a 0MB GeForce 8800 GS / Radeon X1900 Series with a Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz or Phenom 8750 Triple-Core CPU. System memory required for Modern Warfare 3 is 3 GB performance memory. To be able to run at all you will need at least 2 GB system memory. Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. Modern Warfare 3 needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 9. Recommended needs around a 13 year old PC to run.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Modern Warfare 3 for PC? Modern Warfare 3 is excellently optimized

9.4

Where does Modern Warfare 3 rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, Online, Shooter, War

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Modern Warfare 3 System Requirements

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GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+

GeForce 210 1GB

Radeon HD 3650

256 MB

2 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

16 GB

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Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

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GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz

Athlon II X2 240

GeForce GT 430

Radeon X850 Series

256 MB

3 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

16 GB

FPS

Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

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AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

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Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz

Phenom 8750 Triple-Core

GeForce 8800 GS

Radeon X1900 Series

256 MB

3 GB

Win 7 32

DX 9

16 GB

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Modern Warfare 3 PC Release Date:

8 Nov 2011

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Modern Warfare 3 vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

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Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

538%

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Radeon RX 480X 4GB

1947%

RAM

13GB

333%

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