Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta requires GTX 970 or RX 470 at minimum
Key Points:
- Activision has released the official PC system requirements for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta, with a minimum GPU of GeForce GTX 970, GTX 1060, or Radeon RX 470, and a minimum CPU of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5-8400, alongside 12GB RAM and an SSD.
- Recommended specifications include NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti, Radeon RX 6700 XT, or Intel Arc B580 GPUs, 16GB system memory, 8GB VRAM, and a Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700 processor, with Windows 11 as the preferred OS.
- The beta requires DirectX 12 support, TPM 2.0, and Secure Boot enabled, with Activision warning that players without TPM 2.0 or Secure Boot cannot play the beta online.
- Modern Warfare 4 introduces shader preloading on PC to reduce in-game shader processing, with Battle.net supporting this feature from the first beta installation, while Steam users will still experience an initial shader compilation.
- The Modern Warfare 4 Beta launches on August 21 with Early Access until August 25, followed by an Open Beta from August 28 to September 1; these requirements apply specifically to the beta and may change for the final release.