Will Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Run on Your Laptop? (2024)

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.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 $69 at Best Buy

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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.

There's a handy benchmark app built into the PC version of the game, so you can try different combinations of graphics settings and see how they affect performance. You can find the app under Multiplayer in the game's main menu. Below are the results from running the game at the Ultra settings preset on theAlienware x15 R2gaming laptop.

This Alienware system has an Intel Core i7-12700H CPU and Nvidia RTX 3070Ti GPU. The game ran great, no complaints, with an average frame rate of 82fps. I'll follow up when I have a chance to download the game on other gaming laptops.