The final moments of the opening ceremonies for the 2022 League of Legends World Championship featured star performer Lil Nas X seemingly lifted into the air by the hand of a giant mech while a championship trophy floated around him. It was an impressive display of artistic vision and technical expertise — and it’s also the reason Carrie Dunn, creative director for Riot esports, has been a little stressed of late. “Any time you hoist a cultural superstar in the air for your finale,” she says, “there’s anxiety in that.”
Will Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Run on Your Laptop?
With so many highly anticipated holiday 2022 games delayed until next year, there are really only a handful of big releases this season. That short list includes God of War: Ragnarok, Gotham Knights and the latest installment in one of gaming’s longest-running franchises, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Of these, Modern Warfare 2 is the most likely to wow graphics fans, especially running on a high-powered gaming PC. If you’ve got a budget gaming laptop, you should still be able to run the game, but it won’t look nearly as nice. If you have a laptop or desktop without a discrete graphics card from Nvidia or AMD, there’s no chance. You should stick to the console version, as the game is also available on the PlayStation and Xbox platforms.
Activision actually lists four different sets of specs to consider for PC players. They include the usual minimum and recommended specs, but also a separate set for competitive gamers (online multiplayer) and another set specifically for 4K gaming.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 specs
Minimum |
Recommended |
Competitive |
Ultra 4K |
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Operating system |
Windows 10 64-bit |
Windows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit |
Windows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit |
Windows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit |
CPU |
Intel Core i3-6100/i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i5-6600K/Core i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X |
Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
RAM |
8GB |
12GB |
16GB |
16GB |
Storage space |
72GB at launch |
72GB at launch |
72GB at |