0 [WYHK] SparkyOreo Member 4 posts 1,660 battles Report post #1 Posted November 13, 2020 Any suggestion on the best hardware to fully take advantage of WoW graphic features? What type of gaming computer is best suitable to play WoW? Need to start looking for a new PC for Christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,906 [-CAT-] S0und_Theif Member 5,384 posts 19,259 battles Report post #2 Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, SparkyOreo said: Any suggestion on the best hardware to fully take advantage of WoW graphic features? What type of gaming computer is best suitable to play WoW? Need to start looking for a new PC for Christmas. Processor: Anything Core i5 (6th gen onwards) or Ryzen 5 will be enough. (Assuming you don't do any video coding / editing) GPU: 1070, 1060, 1660 will do just fine. If you want new and shiny hardware, go Ryzen 5000 series and nVidia 3070. AMD RX6700XT or RX5700XT = ???? You are future-proof for atleast 4-7 years. (Assuming you don't push your PC to its limits) Edited November 13, 2020 by S0und_Theif Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41 Fanmarsh Member 77 posts 5,842 battles Report post #3 Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) im using AMD Phenom II X4 945, 8 Gigs of RAM, and GTX 560 TI got 60 fps on med. so FX series, Ryzen series, I3, I5, I7 gen 5th with gtx 750 or R7 240 or newer is enough playing this game Edited November 13, 2020 by Fanmarsh 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
675 [RSN] Gummiheng Member 1,674 posts 15,172 battles Report post #4 Posted November 13, 2020 SSD is a must have too (get around 512GB) and a HDD (1 TB) @S0und_theif and me have the same opinion you can wait for the Ryzen 5k series best, Black friday is round the corner is near too but i doubt it will be on sale for cheaper price Throw in 16GB of RAM is sufficient for performance unless u plan on editing videos 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,704 [REPOI] EULA_violator Member 6,865 posts 31,868 battles Report post #5 Posted November 13, 2020 im useing a low wattage 2 core intel i7 CPU a nvida mx150 graphics card 500g SSD 1tb HDD and I have around 60fps usually, around 50 if I'm playing CV and I'm running into flak or is getting heavily spammed by HE to be honest tho, FPS isn't too much of an issue in wows and as you can see from my shitty laptop that you can run this game on really shitty hardware, so i'd suggest you move your aimed build to suite some of the more mainstream games like online FPSs or AAA titles's requirements 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
878 [AN-DO] LawrenceXVIII Beta Tester 2,086 posts 7,477 battles Report post #6 Posted November 13, 2020 Mid Level Entry nowadays people may get is at least ( For Desktop ) Old Gen Ryzen 3 or 5 / Intel Core I3 or I5 for Old Gen ( at least 2018 or less ) GPU for recommended should be Nvidia GeForce 950 to 1050 Ti or 16 series or GTX 700 series. Something older than 2017. 512 GB ( for SSD ) or 1 TB HDD ( if possible unless you want less game its 512 GB HD ) Ram is always at 8GB for some Mid Level games. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,974 [TLS] dejiko_nyo Member 5,738 posts 23,542 battles Report post #7 Posted November 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, Drakon233 said: to be honest tho, FPS isn't too much of an issue in wows and as you can see from my shitty laptop that you can run this game on really shitty hardware, so i'd suggest you move your aimed build to suite some of the more mainstream games like online FPSs or AAA titles's requirements ^ this. 1050Ti is perfectly fine. And before this I was running a i5 4650K. You do not need a high end PC to run this game. Frankly, I cannot see the difference between no antialiasing and 8x antialiasing or just cranking down the graphics setting a little. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
279 [TWR] BanditSE1977 Member 1,342 posts 5,796 battles Report post #8 Posted November 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Fanmarsh said: im using AMD Phenom II X4 945, 8 Gigs of RAM, and GTX 560 TI got 60 fps on med. so FX series, Ryzen series, I3, I5, I7 gen 5th with gtx 750 or R7 240 or newer is enough playing this game I set up a computer similar to this earlier in the year as a spare,but with an old ATI 5770 1gb video card.It will run the game at 80FPS,but as the video card runs 60 degrees Celsius plus when its asked to anything other than the desktop,I run Warships at low to medium settings too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
214 [NCOTS] ArseKrakenUnleashed Member 304 posts 6,682 battles Report post #9 Posted November 13, 2020 I've been using a Ryzen 7 and the new i7 11th gen. Both have been awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
22 PATHAK12345 Member 165 posts 1,401 battles Report post #10 Posted November 14, 2020 16 hours ago, SparkyOreo said: Any suggestion on the best hardware to fully take advantage of WoW graphic features? What type of gaming computer is best suitable to play WoW? Need to start looking for a new PC for Christmas. Minimum requirments for 60fps ultra at 1080p. I have acer nitro 5 with these specs- i5 7300hq,1050ti,8gb ram,128gb ssd. Fun thing is that you will never go below 60fps at ultra settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
21 [TQL] ContraXY Member 55 posts 4,439 battles Report post #11 Posted November 17, 2020 dont play Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,153 [LBAS] THAI_THIEF Member 5,848 posts 14,256 battles Report post #12 Posted November 17, 2020 Need unlock framerate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,974 [TLS] dejiko_nyo Member 5,738 posts 23,542 battles Report post #13 Posted November 18, 2020 Okay. The ultimate answer to your question is: What other games do you play? You should build according to the needs of that game and whatever you get for that game, invariably it will be enough for this server-side game. For example, I build my current setup for Kerbal Space Program and Oxygen not Included. I need CPU power. Lots of it. Because I am impatient and cannot wait a few more months, I got an i9 9700k instead of a 10700k. 9900k is just ridiculously overpriced for the little boost of performance. I traditionally get i5s because they are best value for performance, except now the stuff I like eats computational power like nuts. I want my core OS to run on an SSD because I am fucking impatient for bootup. So insert 256GB SSD stick. I want my primary games drive to be fast loading as KSP loads gazillions of files. Insert 1TB SSD. Secondary SATA drives for other non crucial storage. Graphics since I don't play Doom Crossing, I don't need the latest overpriced graphics card. Keep 1050Ti from old computer. 16GB RAM because KSP and ONI eats RAM. 2 more slots free if I want to through in another 16GB. Optical drives as I watch hentai cute animu BDs. So, the summary is build your computer for the highest end game you play. wows is not resource intensive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
744 [REPOI] Kek_Kek_Kek_KekKing Member 377 posts 15,790 battles Report post #14 Posted November 18, 2020 This game actually doesn't require much. I progressed the most on my old HP laptop which lasted me for 5 years+. i5-5200u, GeForce 840m 2gb GDDR3, 8gb DDR3 1666Mhz RAM, 1366x768 and it does run the game quite decently well. It sometimes depends on what you expect. This game doesn't generally get focused on its graphics. It is a nice to have but not a must. I am currently playing the game on my MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE. i7-8750h, GTX 1060 6gb, 1x16gb 2666Mhz RAM, 1920x1080 and it does perfectly fine with varying graphical settings to my needs. I don't need shadows etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
141 tsuenwan Member 605 posts 4,570 battles Report post #15 Posted November 18, 2020 WOWS and its big world engine did not use a lot of cores. it runs well on high clock speed 4 core CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites