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Worried about the Dragonflight system requirements? Chickity-check the specs here.
If this isn’t your first World of Warcraft rodeo then you probably already guessed that theDragonflightsystem requirements aren’t going to blow the roof off your PC tower. After all, WoW prides itself on a game that’s always played well on just about any rig imaginable, dating back years at a time in hopes of wrangling old players back to the dance.
Allow us to provide the system specs for both Windows and Mac, as well as a bit of a rewind to the Shadowlands specs if you’re wondering how the new compares with the old. Now, away we go!
Windows Dragonflight system requirements
MINIMUMRECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONSOPERATING SYSTEMWindows® 7 64-bitPROCESSOR: 4 Cores, 3.0 GHz processor, 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Haswell, AMD Ryzen™ ZenVIDEO: DirectX® 12 capable 3GB GPU, NVIDIA® GeForce®, GTX 900 series, AMD™ GCN 4th gen, Intel® Iris® Xe GraphicsMEMORY: 8 GB RAMSTORAGE: Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available spaceINTERNET: Broadband internet connectionINPUT: Keyboard and mouse required.RESOLUTION: 1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONSOPERATING SYSTEMWindows® 10 64-bitPROCESSOR: 6 Cores; 3.5 GHz processor 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Coffee Lake; AMD Ryzen™ Zen 2VIDEO: DirectX® 12 capable 8 GB GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX AMD RDNA™ 2 Intel® Arc™ 7 GraphicsMEMORY:16 GB RAMSTORAGE: Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available spaceINTERNET: Broadband internet connectionINPUT: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheelRESOLUTION:1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
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Mac Dragonflight system requirements
MINIMUMRECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONSOPERATING SYSTEMmacOS® 10.15PROCESSOR: 4 Cores, 2.9 GHz processor, 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Skylake, Apple® M1VIDEO: Metal® capable 3 GB GPU, AMD™ GCN 4th gen, Apple® M1MEMORY: 8 GB RAMSTORAGE: Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available spaceINTERNET: Broadband internet connectionINPUT: Keyboard and mouse required.RESOLUTION: 1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONSOPERATING SYSTEMmacOS® 12 (latest version)PROCESSOR: 8 Cores, 3.6 GHz processor 9th Generation Intel®Core™ Coffee Lake Apple® M1 MaxVIDEO: Metal® capable 8 GB GPU AMD RDNA™ Apple® M1 MaxsMEMORY:16 GB RAMSTORAGE: Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available spaceINTERNET: Broadband internet connectionINPUT: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheelRESOLUTION: 1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
Note: World of Warcraft will attempt to run on hardware below minimum specifications, including HDDs, DirectX11, and older CPUs and integrated GPUs.
FileVault options and case-sensitive formatted volumes are not supported for installation of Blizzard games.
And if you’re curious for a comparison, theShadowlands system requirements are at the link.
