Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is Infinity Ward's twenty-third entry in the series and the fourth chapter in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series. The campaign follows a war erupting on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea launches a full-scale invasion of the South. Players take on the role of Private Park, a young South Korean soldier facing combat for the first time, fighting to survive alongside his squad through collapsing cities. Meanwhile, operator-turned-outlaw Captain Price wages a personal war from the shadows, staying one step ahead of those hunting him. The campaign spans trench warfare in Korea, close-quarters combat in New York, car chases through Paris, and SAS night raids in Mumbai. Multiplayer introduces a new weapons-first system called 'Ballistic Authority,' removing bloom on hip-fire so weapons always hit where aimed. The game launches with 12 new 6v6 maps and 'Kill Block,' a dynamic battleground that reconfigures itself across more than 500 layouts between rounds. DMZ, the extraction mode absent since Modern Warfare II (2022), also returns, set in a new exclusion zone called Hajin. Unlike GTA VI, MW4's PC release is CONFIRMED — it launches October 23, 2026 via Steam, Battle.net, and Xbox on PC. Infinity Ward has said the game was 'built with the PC community in mind,' promising more options to tune performance, visual fidelity, and responsiveness. However, Activision has not yet published official minimum or recommended system requirements. We'll update this page with real specs — and add it to our FPS calculator — as soon as they're announced.
| Graphics Card (GPU) | Estimated FPS |
|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 78 |
| RTX 4070 SUPER | 74 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 57 |
| RTX 3060 | 50 |
| GTX 1660 SUPER | 38 |
Calculated at 1080p · High settings, with Ryzen 7 7700X held constant.
Minimum System Requirements: AMD Radeon RX 470, GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060, Intel Arc A580, AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400, 12 GB. Recommended System Requirements: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, Intel Arc B580, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel Core i7-8700, 16 GB.
With our reference setup (1080p, High settings, Ryzen 7 7700X), FPS Driver estimates about 78 FPS in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on the RTX 4090, 57 FPS on the RTX 4060 Ti and 38 FPS on the GTX 1660 SUPER. Pick your exact hardware in the calculator above for a personal estimate.
For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the minimum configuration is AMD Radeon RX 470, GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060, Intel Arc A580, AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400, 12 GB, while the recommended one is AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, Intel Arc B580, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel Core i7-8700, 16 GB. Minimum requirements are the least hardware needed to run the game at its lowest settings, usually around 30 FPS. Recommended requirements are the hardware suggested for a smoother experience at medium-high settings, typically around 60 FPS.
In large open-world and story-driven games, the biggest gains usually come from lowering draw distance, volumetric effects, shadows and ray tracing, while keeping texture quality as high as your VRAM allows. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 recommends 16 GB of RAM, so check your memory before changing any other setting. Keep your graphics card drivers up to date, lower a few graphics settings (shadows, reflections, draw distance), close unnecessary background apps, and try disabling V-Sync. If you're considering a hardware upgrade: Hardware By Game