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Call of Duty raises recommended RAM to 16 GB as Modern Warfare 4 launches on PC

Call of Duty's Steam page, which covers Modern Warfare 4, Black Ops 7 and Warzone, now recommends 16 GB of RAM instead of 12 GB. Full requirements, which GPUs clear the minimum and recommended, and the Steam Deck situation.

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In this guide 4
  1. Call of Duty PC requirements
  2. What the RAM change means for your PC
  3. What about Steam Deck?
  4. Can your PC run Call of Duty?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches in full today, October 23. The Steam page for Call of Duty, the app that covers Modern Warfare 4, Black Ops 7 and Warzone, arrives with a change to its requirements: recommended RAM goes up from 12 GB to 16 GB. Minimum RAM stays at 8 GB, and the minimum and recommended GPUs are the same as before. If you play with 12 GB, you are still above the minimum, but you no longer meet the recommended spec.

On October 17 we told you the campaign was playable in early access and that DMZ would follow on October 20. Since then DMZ has opened its early access too, and today the full game joins it. Right now the app has 110,769 concurrent players.

Call of Duty PC requirements

These are the Windows requirements on the Steam page today:

MinimumRecommended
GPURX 470, GTX 970 / 1060 or Arc A580RX 6600 XT, RTX 3060 or Arc B580
CPURyzen 5 1400 or Core i5-6600Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700K
RAM8 GB16 GB (was 12 GB)
Storage115 GB on SSD115 GB on SSD
OSWindows 10 64-bitWindows 11 64-bit

The recommended spec also lists DirectX 12. There is no Mac or Linux version.

What the RAM change means for your PC

canirun grades assume 16 GB of RAM, which is now exactly what the recommended spec asks for. If your PC has 12 GB, you clear the memory minimum but fall below the recommended.

The recommended GPU did not change, so neither did the GPU grades. All of them are measured against the recommended requirement:

  • RTX 3060: meets the recommended, grade B (Solid).
  • RTX 4070: grade A (Smooth), with room to spare.
  • RX 6600 XT: it is listed in the official recommended spec. On canirun it clears the minimum and grades C (Tight) against the recommended.
  • GTX 1060 6GB: clears the minimum with a D (Struggles). The game runs, but expect it to struggle.

What about Steam Deck?

Valve has not verified Call of Duty for Steam Deck: it is listed as Unsupported. Our spec-based estimate puts the Deck below the minimum, at an F. The details are on the game’s Steam Deck page.

Can your PC run Call of Duty?

Here is how your setup grades against the current requirements:

Live data · 1 games Detect your PC to fill the last column Detect →
GameRec. GPU scoreRec. RAMMin. RAM Your PC
Call of Duty® 17,05016 GB8 GB ?

On the full game page you can see your grade with your detected GPU and RAM, and which upgrade gets you closest to the recommended spec.

Sources: Call of Duty on Steam, Steam: Campaign Early Access, Steam: DMZ Early Access

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