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Can you run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)? PC requirements and settings

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), by Infinity Ward (Action), came out on Steam on November 11, 2009. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum card256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
Recommended RAM1 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Processor
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
Memory
1 GB RAM
Graphics
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
DirectX
Microsoft DirectX (R) 9.0c
Storage
12GB of free hard drive space

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) at 1080p?

Minimum: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) need?

The publisher recommends 1 GB of RAM.

How much storage does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) take?

The official page asks for 12GB of free hard drive space of storage.

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