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Measured FPS benchmarks

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 FPS

  • 2009
  • 82/100 · 1,567 ratings
  • Shooter
  • Action
Measured · 23 results23 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 1/23
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released in 2009. We list 23 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 23 graphics cards. Steam lists 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 1 of 23 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

  1. GTX 580Ultra121Notebookcheck
  2. Radeon HD 6870Ultra95Notebookcheck
  3. GTX 580MUltra77.8Notebookcheck
  4. GTX 485MUltra76.3Notebookcheck
  5. Radeon HD 6970MUltra72Notebookcheck
  6. GTX 570MUltra59.8Notebookcheck
  7. GTX 470MUltra58Notebookcheck
  8. GTX 560MUltra52Notebookcheck
  9. Mobility Radeon HD 5870Ultra50Notebookcheck
  10. GTX 460MUltra45Notebookcheck
  11. GTX 285MUltra43.3Notebookcheck
  12. GTX 260MUltra40Notebookcheck
  13. Mobility Radeon HD 5850Ultra35Notebookcheck
  14. GTS 360MUltra34Notebookcheck
  15. GT 445MUltra33.8Notebookcheck
  16. GT 555MUltra32Notebookcheck
  17. Mobility Radeon HD 4870Ultra30.8Notebookcheck
  18. GTS 250MUltra28Notebookcheck
  19. Mobility Radeon HD 5650Ultra28Notebookcheck
  20. Radeon HD 6770MUltra26.4Notebookcheck
  21. GT 550MUltra26Notebookcheck
  22. GT 435MUltra25.5Notebookcheck
  23. GT 425MUltra20Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 580, averages 121 FPS; the slowest, GT 425M, 20 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

1/23 within ±30% · median -38%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

×⅓×½−30%exact+30%×2×3
All 23 comparisons
GPUSettingMeasuredEstimateDiff.
GTX 5801080p Ultra121 FPS≈88 FPS-27%
GTX 485M1080p Ultra76.3 FPS≈51 FPS-33%
Radeon HD 6970M1080p Ultra72 FPS≈50 FPS-31%
Radeon HD 68701080p Ultra95 FPS≈49 FPS-48%
GTX 470M1080p Ultra58 FPS≈44 FPS-24%
GTX 570M1080p Ultra59.8 FPS≈43 FPS-28%
GTX 580M1080p Ultra77.8 FPS≈42 FPS-46%
GTX 560M1080p Ultra52 FPS≈32 FPS-38%
GTX 460M1080p Ultra45 FPS≈30 FPS-33%
Mobility Radeon HD 58701080p Ultra50 FPS≈27 FPS-46%
Radeon HD 6770M1080p Ultra26.4 FPS≈25 FPS-5%
GT 445M1080p Ultra33.8 FPS≈21 FPS-38%
Mobility Radeon HD 58501080p Ultra35 FPS≈21 FPS-40%
Mobility Radeon HD 48701080p Ultra30.8 FPS≈20 FPS-35%
GT 555M1080p Ultra32 FPS≈18 FPS-44%
GTS 360M1080p Ultra34 FPS≈18 FPS-47%
GTX 285M1080p Ultra43.3 FPS≈17 FPS-61%
GT 550M1080p Ultra26 FPS≈16 FPS-38%
GT 435M1080p Ultra25.5 FPS≈16 FPS-37%
GTS 250M1080p Ultra28 FPS≈15 FPS-46%
GT 425M1080p Ultra20 FPS≈15 FPS-25%
Mobility Radeon HD 56501080p Ultra28 FPS≈13 FPS-54%
GTX 260M1080p Ultra40 FPS≈12 FPS-70%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

  1. RTX 4090360model max
  2. RTX 5070 Ti360model max
  3. Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
  4. RTX 4070360model max
  5. Radeon RX 7800 XT360model max
  6. RTX 4060 Ti360model max
  7. RTX 4060360model max
  8. RTX 3060322225–419
  9. Radeon RX 6600279195–363
  10. GTX 1650166116–216

Cards that run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

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Player reports

0 reports

No player reports for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
CPU
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
RAM
1 GB

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 FPS questions

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at 1080p?
In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 580M averages 78 FPS at 1080p Ultra: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.
Can a GTX 1650 run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
By our estimate it gets about 259 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 166 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
Steam lists 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better graphics, Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported and 1 GB of RAM as the minimum.

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