World of Warcraft System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher:
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Release date:
- 23 November 2004 (20 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.5 / 5 (706 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 3.7 / 10 - fairly demanding
Official World of Warcraft system requirements for PC
To run World of Warcraft, you'll need at least 4 GB of RAM and 100 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon RX 560, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon RX Vega 64. As for your CPU, an Core i5-3450 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i7-6700K or better.
Minimum requirements
Minimum requirements- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 2 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 2 GB or Intel® UHD Graphics 630
- CPU:
- Intel® Core™ i5-3450 or AMD FX™ 8300
- RAM:
- 4 GB RAM
- File size:
- Solid State Drive (SSD) 100 GB available space Or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) 100 GB available space (depending on the performance of the drive, player experience may be impacted on HDD)
- Operating system:
- Windows® 7 64-bit
- DirectX:
- DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 64 8 GB or better
- CPU:
- Intel® Core™ i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X
- RAM:
- 8 GB RAM
- File size:
- Solid State Drive (SSD) 100 GB available space
- Operating system:
- Windows® 10 64-bit
- DirectX:
- DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
World of Warcraft performance on your PC
World of Warcraft performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.2x faster than Radeon RX Vega 64. Your graphics card can run World of Warcraft at recommended settings according to Blizzard Entertainment.
Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions
World of Warcraft FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.
World of Warcraft performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Core i5-12400 is 2.2x faster than Core i7-6700K. Your CPU can run World of Warcraft at recommended settings according to Blizzard Entertainment.
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