As we make our way towards a new month, the October 23 release of Infinity Ward's upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 draws closer.

Today, the team has provided a great big detailed list of PC specs for Minimum, Recommended, and Ray Tracing setups, with the inclusion of a handy Benchmark Tool to 'zero in' on your PC's recommended settings.

Here's a look at Modern Warfare 4's PC spec sheet:

Infinity Ward is also "raising the bar for PC performance", now targeting 90FPS at recommended settings without sacrificing any visual quality. The devs have listed a bunch of fancy notes, detailing upscaling techniques, RICOCHET Anti-Cheat, and advanced shader delivery.

  • 90 FPS at Recommended Specs - Enjoy buttery smooth gameplay with 90 FPS support at Recommended Specs without manual setting tweaks to achieve this.
  • Ray Tracing in All Modes - Ray Tracing is supported in Campaign, Multiplayer, and DMZ, enhancing graphical immersion with hyper-realistic reflections, shadows, and lighting.
  • Resolution Scaling Technique - Choose from several upscaling solutions based on your graphics card to maximize performance with the following options:
  • NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 - NVIDIA RTX technology which uses a deep learning neural network to boost frame rates and generate beautiful, sharp images.
  • AMD FSR Redstone - Cutting edge upscaling technique developed from the ground up to produce high resolution frames from lower resolution inputs.
  • Intel XeSS 3 - Super Sampling technology using machine learning to deliver more performance with expectational image quality.
  • Filmic SMAA T2X - Default post process effect to reduce perceived jagged edges in the final rendered image.

The team also highlight efforts taken to ensure players get into the action faster, achieving this with a built-in Benchmark Tool and Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD, as they happen to call it), which streamlines loading times on the Xbox PC version of the game.

"Updates no longer require restarts during game boots, reducing the friction of loading up the game after an update, though you can still expect a restart when an update goes live when you’re actively in-game. Expect this to occur between matches. We’ve also created a faster user experience flow by streamlining the game menus in favor of getting into a match as soon as possible."

A few other updates and fixes have been implemented into the game, which include the following:

  • Enhanced FOV - Available exclusively on PC, Enhanced FOV uses physically accurate lens effects to increase the field of view near the edges of your monitor without affecting the center FOV, a useful feature for players who prefer a smaller FOV but still want the awareness advantage of a wider field of view.
  • Greater Player Visibility - With HDR10+, the game engine interacts with your screen’s brightness settings in real time, adjusting contrast and lightning as needed for optimal clarity without the need to adjust manual sliders.
  • Visual Clarity in Combat: Weapon VFX Masking - Muzzle effects are dynamically masked at the point of aim, keeping targets visible without reducing visual intensity.
  • Depth of Field - The Depth of Field setting will now be split between two settings: World Depth of Field and Weapon Depth of Field. With this change, players who prefer a sharper world can still experience the realistic effects of aiming with a weapon.
  • Weapon Bloom - In previous games, bullets fired used to hit randomly within a certain area of effect. In Modern Warfare 4, bullets are now fired based on the weapon’s barrel position, leading to more intuitive, precise, and realistic aiming, in both ADS and hipfire stances. Optionally add a Laser Attachment to your weapons to help you read where these shots are traveling.

Collateral Mode

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 PC Specs Revealed, Ray Tracing & New Collateral Mode 3

In Collateral, every dollar counts and every decision matters. Teams alternate between attacking and defending two bomb sites, and all players start with a Pistol and earn in-game cash throughout the match to spend on upgrades between rounds. You lose your loadout if you die, and all earned money is kept between rounds. Respawns, Killstreaks, automatic health regeneration, and custom loadouts are all disabled. Use the limited tools available to you and make smart purchases to improve your odds in the high stakes, single life gameplay of Collateral.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches for Xbox and PC on October 23, 2026 - and after sifting through all of this, we're keen to see just how fast booting up MW4 on some pretty worn-out, albeit, recommended-spec PC hardware.

For those who need a reminder, Modern Warfare 4 won't be launching day one onto Xbox Game Pass, and players will need to instead buy the game if they fancy checking out the latest COD.

What system will you be playing MW4 on? Talk to us about Xbox's upcoming FPS down in the comments.

[source callofduty.com]