World of Warcraft Gaming Compatibility

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World of Warcraft Gaming Compatibility

I have been playing World of Warcraft for years, and now a new expansion: Battle for Azeroth. Which, unfortunately now requires me to upgrade my current system to play it.

System requirements are as follows:

Minimum Requirements	Recommended Specifications
Operating System	macOS® 10.12 (latest version)	macOS® 10.13 (latest version)
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-760 or better	Intel® Core™ i7-4770 or better
Video	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M or better AMD Radeon™ R9 M290 or better Intel® HD 530 (macOS 10.13 or higher, 45W) 2GB VRAM Metal capable GPU	AMD Radeon™ R9 M395X or better 4GB VRAM Metal capable GPU
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Storage	70GB available space 7200 RPM HDD	70GB available space SSD
Internet	Broadband internet connection
Input	Keyboard and mouse required. Other input devices are not supported.	Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
Resolution	1024 x 768 minimum display resolution

I'm thinking of purchasing the following machine:

21.5 inch iMac with retina 4K display

3.6GHz quad-core 7th generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.2GHz

16GB 2400MHz DDR4

512 SSD

Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB video memory

Do you think this system would be substantial enough? Anything that is overkill? Should I upgrade or downgrade certain aspects?

Please let me know.

Kind regards,

Blubber Bear.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 12GB 1TB

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 7:28 AM

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Answer 1

padams35

Level 4

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Aug 29, 2018 10:22 AM in response to Blubber Bear

The Pro 560 easily satisfies the minimum requirements but is a little slower than the recommended GPU. It should be substantial enough for anyone upgrading from a Core 2 Duo era machine but don't expect max settings at native 4K.

The 3.6GHz i7 is probably overkill. Benchmarkssuggest the 7th gen 3.4GHz i5-7500 is already faster than the recommended CPU.

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dialabrain

Level 10

136,523 points

Aug 29, 2018 8:40 AM in response to Blubber Bear

Your choice looks fine. I'm not a gamer but my only concern would be its difficult to find compatible multi-button mice for macOS. Of course those aren't mandatory.

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Allan Jones

Level 9

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Aug 29, 2018 10:56 AM in response to Blubber Bear

Welcome, BB!

There do not seem to be a lot of gamers here. You might wish to post in WoW forums too, seeing if anyone has real-world WoW experience with a similarly-configured Mac.

I still do a little gaming (I'm almost 71)--mostly single player stuff--with my 2010 iMac with the 2.93Ghz i7. The processor still meets many current requirements. However, more and more games want a better GPU that my 1TB VRAM ATI Radeion 5750 that was "hot stuff" in 2010. Therefore I share padams35's concerns about the video hardware. You may need to get all the GPU you can now to keep the iMac relevant longer.

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