I really think its time for blizz to overhaul wow’s graphics engine. It just seems like an outdated engine, Most of the time when someone buys a new video card; they can expect to turn up the gfx settings, get more fps or both from most of the games in their library.
But with wow, your fps and how high you can crank the settings depends heavily on your cpu. We shouldn’t need a top of the line cpu to set the gfx slider to ten and get e-sports grade fps because most video games benefit from a good gpu; If I spend my money on an expensive cpu instead of a gfx card, then it’s mostly just going to affect wow and not my entire gaming library.
Also, the graphics need to be upgraded on all areas, not just the areas from a new expansion; I’m talking about like stormwind, ogrimmar, and all the pvp battlegrounds too. Upgraded gfx on the ui and action button icons should be done too.