World of Warcraft
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What World of Warcraft asks of your PC
For World of Warcraft the publisher lists a floor of 8 GB of memory and recommends 16 GB. The recommendation runs higher than for World of Warcraft in 1 of the 24 sourced specs, level with it in 14 and lower in 8. The floor runs higher than for World of Warcraft in 6 of the 24 specs and lower in 6.
The source ties no video memory figure for World of Warcraft to any resolution, so none appears here.
The same recommendation appears for Fortnite, Path of Exile 2 and Minecraft.
Source: World of Warcraft System Requirements, published on us.support.blizzard.com, retrieved 2026-08-19. Open World of Warcraft System Requirements
What these figures do not say about World of Warcraft
The numbers come from the publisher. What frame rate World of Warcraft reaches on your machine they do not say: that depends on resolution, detail level and how processor and graphics card work together. The Performance Hub estimates it for World of Warcraft, it does not measure it.
The hardware floor for World of Warcraft
This floor comes out of the frame rate model: it looks for the weakest buyable part in our catalogue that the model still credits with the target rate for World of Warcraft. It is a lower bound, not a buying recommendation, and none of it is measured.
For 60 frames at 1080p the model settles on NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB together with Intel Core i3-12100. For that pair it works out 91 frames.
For 144 frames at 1440p the model settles on NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti 16GB together with Intel Core i3-12100. For that pair it works out 144 frames.
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FPS and hardware for World of Warcraft
In the Performance Hub you pick processor, graphics card and memory and get a model estimate for World of Warcraft. That is not a measurement on your machine.
Frequently asked questions
What hardware do I need to play World of Warcraft smoothly?
That depends on the resolution and frame rate you want. In the Performance Hub you enter your processor, graphics card and memory and get an estimated FPS figure for World of Warcraft, a bottleneck analysis and matching upgrade suggestions. All values are model calculations, not measurements on your machine.
How do I find teammates for World of Warcraft?
Through the squad finder: filter open posts by World of Warcraft, region, language and play style, or create one yourself. Your in-game IDs stay hidden until a request has been accepted by both sides.
Where can I see the current meta and patch news for World of Warcraft?
The meta sits in the Meta Tierlist tab on this page, and every entry names its source. We do not keep patch news for World of Warcraft: we would rather write nothing than claim something we cannot back up.