World of Warcraft raises its system requirements. Perhaps it’s time to upgrade your hardware!
Although World of Warcraft is probably one of the oldest still-running MMORPGs on the market, the game’s graphics are constantly being improved. Sometimes there are new models for the characters, new spell animations, or generally higher resolution textures. It only makes sense that the requirements for players’ hardware also increase over time.
In the upcoming Patch 7.3.5, a number of new warning messages have been implemented in World of Warcraft. This time, Blizzard warns in advance that the system requirements for WoW will be raised in an upcoming version of the game. This presumably refers to the next expansion, Battle for Azeroth, or the preceding Patch 8.0.
WoW requires more processing power
Old systems will no longer be supported. The following requirements will be made by World of Warcraft for your computer:
- The graphics card must support at least DirectX 11 (Windows) or Metal (Mac).
- The computer must be a 64-bit system.
- The graphics card must be capable of using “Shader Model 5” at the very least.
Moreover, the requirements for RAM will rise to at least 4 GB – but if you don’t have that, you likely already have problems with World of Warcraft.
While it is not explicitly stated that WoW will no longer work under any circumstances, the game’s performance under the new system requirements may not be enjoyable.
Will your PC still handle Battle for Azeroth? Or does the new WoW update require fresh hardware as well?
What Patch 7.3.5 has to offer besides technical warning messages, we reveal in this article.
