What You'll Need To Run Modern Warfare 2 On PC

It's Friday, and here we are, revisiting this week's hot-button game: Modern Warfare 2. Wait, calm yourself! This time it's all business.

This time, it's the finalized hardware requirements for the PC version, which Activision has just released to allay any confusion. And here they are.

OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (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
Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation

Excitable readers' attention may be drawn to the last item, which seems to imply that you'll have to go online and validate your ownership to play the game. Whether that includes the single-player campaign remains to be seen, and will depend on the particulars of the IWNet service.

So hey, uh, how about that service? After a few days to digest the news about the new multiplayer setup, are you feeling any better about that stuff?

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mhkjtha

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@Curufinwe said:

" @mhkjtha: The Ornage Box on the PC idn't give you Xbox Live points, right? RE 5 does. "

yes, but so what? :\

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@Elyx said:

" you know what, Brad? why don't you let someone else who really cares about the issue handle this and stop wasting our time with your nudging and winking? you don't even play games on pc, so - if i may be candid - stfu. "

That wasn't necessary.

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@ArbitraryWater said:

" @RsistncE: So you have lowered yourself to personal attacks now? Pathetic. "

Newflash genius: you were making personal attacks also, which is why I retorted with one. Teapot calling the kettle black much?

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@Gorillawhat:@Gorillawhat said:

" 1GB of RAM? That seems like a lot for a PC game. "

It usually means 1GB total RAM, and accounts for memory taken up by the operating system. The specs are actually quite reasonable.

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@darkjester74 said:

" @Gorillawhat:@Gorillawhat said:
" 1GB of RAM? That seems like a lot for a PC game. "
It usually means 1GB total RAM, and accounts for memory taken up by the operating system. The specs are actually quite reasonable. "

Also, if you don't have 1GB of RAM in your computer you shouldn't really expect to be able to play anything from 2004 and upwards.

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Well seeing as my computer monitor is like 13 inches, and my TV is like 60 inches, I think I'll get the console version. It boils down simply to how much shit I can see at once. Snipers shan't be a problem if the screen's bigger, thus TV is the way to go.

As for dedicated servers... eh I have no preference really. Well actually I do kinda lean toward matchmaking, but that's mainly because I hated sifting though servers back in my battlefield days, and also it has skill level matching generally, which is good for me, I can play with people of similar skill levels. I might get the PC version right before I go on my next vacation, but that's probably a long ways away.

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I meet the minimum graphics card requirement(I have a 256mb Radeon HD 3650). I wish I had a better card in my laptop. :(

This doesn't really matter, though, since I was planning on getting Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 all along. I am even getting the Prestige Edition. ^__^

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@Snail said:

"I can run this. Not that I want to anymore. "

Hypocrite.

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@mrhankey said:

" Umm, those requirements aren't that bad. A lot of us are used to the online activation stuff. And concerning IWnet, it'll be judged when it comes out. As long as we can still have hardcore mode on the servers i'll be fine. "

i concur

Everybody_Poops

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I still want it on PC. But Im bummed that there taking out what makes PC games definetively better.

RuffRyder93

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I got:
I7 860 @ 2.8GHZ
8gb Ram
3.7gb HD Video Ram
64-bit

And this game works with highest graphics no lag. Just letting you guys know, its really good on the PC as well.

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