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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will require a whopping 175GB of storage on PC

By Koh Wanzi - on 11 Oct 2019, 11:25am

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will require a whopping 175GB of storage on PC

Image Source: Activision

Did you pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? It might be time to check how much space you have left on your hard drive. In a post detailing the system requirements for the game, Activision is calling for a 175GB chunk of drive space, even as a minimum requirement. That's a terrifying amount of space for just one game, even if the publisher now says that that's just the recommended amount needed to download post-launch content. 

At launch, the initial download will be smaller, but Activision didn't say how much smaller exactly, which makes me think that it'll still be pretty big. To be fair, Modern Warfare isn't an outlier with its storage requirements, and many recent titles have all asked for upward of 100GB of storage. 

For instance, the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2 gobbles up 150GB of drive space, while Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is asking for 165GB (the base game needs 105GB). Elsewhere, big names like Gears 5 and Borderlands 3 require 80GB and 100GB respectively, which is better, but still a lot of space to ask for. 

Put simply, the increasingly complex textures that are being stuffed into modern games is causing their size to balloon. At this rate, a 1TB SSD is looking more and more like a requirement rather than a luxury, unless you're willing to put up with the slower load times on a spinning platter drive.

That aside, Activision also detailed the minimum and recommended specifications to play Modern Warfare at various settings. Here's a look at them: 

Minimum Specs

  • OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950
  • RAM: 8GB RAM
  • HDD: 175GB HD space

 

Recommended Specs

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
  • RAM: 12GB RAM
  • HDD: 175GB HD space

 

Recommended Specs for ray tracing

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
  • RAM: 16GB RAM
  • HDD: 220GB HD space

 

Competitive specs for use with high refresh rate monitor

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / RTX 2070 SUPER or Radeon RX Vega 64 Graphics
  • RAM: 16GB RAM
  • HDD: 175GB HD space

Separately, the blog post also revealed that Modern Warfare will also support other NVIDIA technologies at launch, including its Ansel photo mode and Highlights, which automatically captures key moments in games such as clutch kills and match-winning plays.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will launch on 25 October on PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: Activision

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