World of Warcraft System Requirements

The World of Warcraft system requirements 2024 suggest the cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 series. But, according to Blizzard they recommend an NVIDIA GeForce GTX RTX card to play the game at its best. The WoW system requirements include a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core i5-760, but recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core i7-4770. The minimum memory requirement for World of Warcraft is 8GB of RAM installed in your computer, but ideally have 16GB of RAM. World of Warcraft computer specs need a 64 bit operating system.

World of Warcraft size

The World of Warcraft download size for PC is an initial 128GB of SSD space. So, if you need more space or want to make an upgrade, check the PCGamesN buyers guide for the best SSD for gaming.

You can download WoW here and to get World of Warcraft addons we recommend Curseforge.

World of Warcraft Steam

There is no Steam release of WoW. It's available exclusively through Blizzard's own Battle.net launcher.

Is World of Warcraft Free?

World of Warcraft is free to try up until you reach level 20 in game. After this, the game is playable through a WoW subscription, which is $15 monthly. If you're looking for the latest update, then check out the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight system requirements.

World of Warcraft update

A new World of Warcraft hotfix was released April 1, 2024. This tiny patch fixed bugs related to the Warrior class' Merciless Bonegrinder, and fixed two issues with the Noblegarden event. That is the full patch notes for the latest WoW update, which just so happens to be one of the smallest hotfixes Blizzard have release to date.

World of Warcraft will run on PC system with Windows 7 64-Bit and upwards.

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World of Warcraft FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on World of Warcraft? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how World of Warcraft performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does World of Warcraft run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
109	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	Intel HD 630	16 GB
96	Intel Core i7-6700K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	16 GB
91	Intel Core i7-9700K	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	16 GB
74	Intel Core i7-8086K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	32 GB
31	Intel Core i7-6700K	Intel HD 530	16 GB

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