World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor system requirements

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed the official system requirements for World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion- Warlords of Draenor. The game which has been up and running since 2004, was originally built to run on Windows 98 and XP. Players had approached Blizzard, earlier this year, asking if the new models would cause problems with performance and if they should consider buying a new computer. According to the studio, while the newer models would need more processing power, steps are being taken so that everyone playing can enjoy all the new visuals. Community Manager Taepsilum had said back in April,“I’d say that you shouldn’t be worried about any big drop in performance; things will most likely remain very close to what you are experiencing right now. So if you’re satisfied with what you have right now, then there shouldn’t be any need to change anything.”

The minimum and suggested system specifications, as outlined on the Battle.net blog, are below:

Minimum System Requirements:

• PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows7/Windows8 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or Intel HD Graphics 3000
• Mac: OS X 10.8, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4850,
• PC/Mac: 35 GB available HD space, 2 GB RAM, Broadband Internet connection, Keyboard/mouse, DVD-ROM drive, 1024×768 minimum display resolution

Recommended Specifications:

• PC/Mac: 4 GB RAM, Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
• PC: Windows 7/Windows 8 64-bit (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 2400 or AMD FX-4100 or better, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, ATI Radeon HD 5870 or better
• Mac: OS X 10.9 (or latest version), Intel Core i5 or better, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M or ATI Radeon HD 6750M or better

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, the fifth expansion for the game, is set to release on November 13, 2014 for PC and Mac. The 6.0.2 patch can be downloaded now to prepare for the full game’s release.