Blizzard recently revealed the release date for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands during Gamescom 2020. However, along with that announcement, they also revealed a vital piece of information necessary for you to play the game smoothly.
The minimum and recommended PC requirements for Shadowlands have now been made available and this might mean bad news for many PC gamers out there. For one thing, every single requirement has been increased since the previous expansion for World of Warcraft.
In other words, the CPU, GPU, and storage requirements have been upped. It appears that the only thing you won’t need upgrading is the RAM since Shadowlands and Battle of Azeroth seem to be consistent in that department.
Possibly one of the biggest changes, however, is the fact that World of Warcraft players are now required to have a Solid State Drive (SSD) for storage. To be fair, having an SSD was always a recommendation when playing the game, but Battle of Azeroth allowed for a 7200 RPG HDD.
Shadowlands, however, now asks for a minimum requirement of 100GB SSD, which also happens to be its recommended storage, too. For the CPU, the minimum requirements have been increased from Intel i5-760 or AMD FX-8100 up to an Intel i5-3450 or AMD FX-8300.
On the other hand, the recommended specs have been changed from Intel i7-4770 or AMD FC-8300 to Intel i7-6700k or Ryzen 7 2700X.
It’s the same for the GPU requirements, as there has been a step up as well. Minimum requirements are now Nvidia GTX 760 2GB or AMD RX 560 2GB or Intel UHD Graphics 630 from Invidia GT 560 2GB or AMD HD 7850 2GB or Intel HD Graphics 530.
There has been a boost in the recommended requirements, as well – from Nvidia GTX 960 or AMD R9 280 to an Nvidia GTX 1080 or AMD RX Vega 64. That said, the requirements for the GPU has always been quite high for World of Worldcraft, considering the scale of this MMO.
It will be difficult for those who are simply on the edge of the minimum requirements. World of Warcraft has always been an MMORPG that embraced players no matter the PC setup. However, some gamers may have to consider getting a new PC or laptop after the announcement of these new requirements.
