Below are the minimum and recommended system specifications for World of Warcraft and The War Within™ on Windows® and Mac®. Due to potential programming changes, the system requirements may change over time.
Windows
Minimum Requirements | Recommended Specifications | |
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Operating System | Windows® 7 64-bit (Service Pack 1) | Windows® 10 64-bit |
Processor | 4 Cores, 3.0 GHz processor 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Haswell AMD Ryzen™ Zen | 6 Cores, 3.5 GHz processor 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Coffee Lake AMD Ryzen™ Zen 2 |
Video | DirectX® 12 capable 3 GB GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 900 series AMD™ GCN 4th gen Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics Shader Model 5 or greater | DirectX® 12 capable 8 GB GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX AMD RDNA™ 2 Intel® Arc™ 7 Graphics Shader Model 5 or greater |
Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
Storage |
Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available space
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Internet |
Broadband internet connection
| |
Input | Keyboard and mouse required. | Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel |
Resolution |
1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
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Mac
Minimum Requirements | Recommended Specifications | |
---|---|---|
Operating System | macOS® 11 | macOS® 13 (latest version) |
Processor | 4 Cores, 2.9 GHz processor 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Skylake Apple® M1 | 8 Cores, 3.6 GHz processor 9th Generation Intel® Core™ Coffee Lake Apple® M1 Max |
Video | Metal® capable 3 GB GPU AMD™ GCN 4th gen Apple® M1 | Metal® capable 8 GB GPU AMD RDNA™ Apple® M1 Max |
Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
Storage |
Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available space
| |
Internet |
Broadband internet connection
| |
Input | Keyboard and mouse required. | Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel |
Resolution |
1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
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Note: FileVault options and case-sensitive formatted volumes are not supported for installation of Blizzard games.
Note: World of Warcraft will attempt to run on hardware below minimum specifications, including HDDs, DirectX11, and older CPUs and integrated GPUs. However, the game experience may be significantly diminished.
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