{"id":8086,"date":"2026-10-31T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatemove.eu\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:06:17","slug":"mw4-pc-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatemove.eu\/en\/mw4-pc-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"MW4 PC Requirements: Official Specs, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot"},"content":{"rendered":"

MW4 PC requirements start at a GTX 970 or 1060, 8 GB of RAM and an SSD with 115 GB free, but the hard line is TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.<\/strong> Without them Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will not let you play, whatever your graphics card. The game came out on 23 October 2026 on Steam, Battle.net and the Xbox app.<\/p>\n

Below are the official specs from Activision support<\/a> dated 1 October, and what they mean for your PC.<\/p>\n

Official MW4 system requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nMinimum<\/th>\nRecommended<\/th>\nRay tracing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Target<\/td>\nThe game launches<\/td>\n90 FPS in multiplayer, High<\/td>\n4K upscaled, RT High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>\nWindows 10 64-bit<\/td>\nWindows 11 64-bit<\/td>\nWindows 11 64-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/td>\nRyzen 5 1400 or Core i5-6600<\/td>\nRyzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700K<\/td>\nRyzen 7 3700X or Core i7-10700K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics card<\/td>\nRX 470, GTX 970 \/ 1060, Arc A580<\/td>\nRX 6600 XT, RTX 3060 Ti, Arc B580<\/td>\nRX 9070 XT, RTX 5070 Ti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRAM<\/td>\n3 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n16 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n16 GB<\/td>\n32 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\nSSD, 115 GB<\/td>\nSSD, 115 GB<\/td>\nSSD, 115 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For every tier Activision adds DirectX 12, a broadband connection and an Intel or AMD CPU with AVX instructions. Intel Arc cards need Resizable BAR enabled. Trial, beta and Windows Insider builds may not be supported. The specs refer to desktop PCs: a laptop with a GPU of the same name is not guaranteed support.<\/p>\n

TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot: the requirement that locks out the most people<\/h2>\n

Activision states plainly that TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required to play MW4 and says it may add more security measures. You can work around a weaker card with lower settings. Secure Boot switched off has no workaround.<\/p>\n

You can check this in a minute without entering the BIOS. Press Windows + R, type msinfo32<\/code> and read two lines: Secure Boot State and BIOS Mode. You need the state On and the mode UEFI. Check TPM with tpm.msc<\/code>, which shows specification version 2.0.<\/p>\n

If BIOS Mode shows Legacy, one click in the BIOS is not enough, because Secure Boot needs a GPT disk. The full procedure, with the disk conversion and backing up your BitLocker key, is in our guide to the MW4 Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 error<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What these requirements mean for your PC<\/h2>\n