World of Warcraft: The War Within PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060. Among the games we track, it is among the most demanding titles we track.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
- RAM
- 8–16 GB
- Disk
- 128 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, AMD Radeon RX 470 (GCN 4th gen) or Intel Iris Xe matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA 2) or Intel Arc 7 matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4690 (4th gen Haswell) or AMD Ryzen (Zen), 4 cores at 3.0 GHz matches AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | Intel Core i7-9700 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 matches AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 64-bit | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 5 2600-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 20 | 12 | 7 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 35 | 22 | 12 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 42 | 26 | 15 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 42 | 26 | 15 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 50 | 31 | 18 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 50 | 31 | 18 | Minimum |
| Intel Arc B580 | 56 | 35 | 20 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 62 | 38 | 22 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 75 | 56 | 32 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 75 | 59 | 35 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 75 | 72 | 42 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 75 | 75 | 49 | Recommended |
Answers about World of Warcraft: The War Within on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs World of Warcraft: The War Within?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, AMD Radeon RX 470 (GCN 4th gen) or Intel Iris Xe. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti.
How much RAM does World of Warcraft: The War Within need?
8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does World of Warcraft: The War Within take?
128 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Does World of Warcraft: The War Within support DLSS or FSR?
It supports AMD FSR. Turning it on is the cheapest way to more frames on a card near the minimum.
If your PC runs World of Warcraft: The War Within, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
