Edit: This thread has been resolved and I really appreciate all the help you quickly offered. Thank you very much =]
Okay, I’m kind of dumb when it comes to computers. I have the Shadowlands Minimum Requirements pulled up in another tab, but have no idea if my CPU/GPU is okay. I’ve looked through the internet, and I haven’t been able to find good answers, so I was wondering if I could have some help.
CPU: The AMD FX 8300 is the minimum requirement, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X is recommended. I have the AMD A9 9400. Is that fine?
GPU: The AMD Radeon RX 560 is the minimum requirement, AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 is recommended. Is the AMD Radeon R5 good enough?
If no one knows off the top of their head, that’s fine, you don’t have to put in any effort for me. I just don’t want to pay for Shadowlands and then be forced to buy parts. (In for a penny, in for a pound) I’ve been fine throughout BfA, but will I be fine in SL?
If you google “[Your part] vs [Part you are told you need]”, some website will compare them for you, usually with a handy “effective speed” in case you don’t want to learn nerd stuff.
The AMD FX 8300 is 90% faster (100% faster would be double) than the AMD A9 9400.
Radeon RX560 is 1085% (10x faster) compared to the Radeon R5.
You have basically half of the minimum for CPU and 1/10th of the minimum for GPU. It might run, but it won’t run well.
TL;DR:Minimum specs are up 10-15% from BFA to SL. If you are managing in BFA and feel it’s playable, cut your frame rate by 15% and decide if you would still enjoy how it runs.
Okay google your cpu vs the minimum your GPU vs the minimum etc…
That is the easiest way. Youll see a link saying benchmark and if you scroll through the page you’ll see how much better or worse it is vs the minimum requirement. You can do the same for that max requirement as well
Darien gave a lot of useful information and I think I’ll be fine with SL. I just thought that by ‘minimum requirements’ Blizzard wouldn’t let me play the game without the right pieces. I’ve apparently been playing BfA with outdated pieces but pretty good fps. I think SL will run just as well if I lower the graphics a bit more. I appreciate all the help though
You’re a bit below minimum CPU spec. FX 8300 is significantly faster than your current CPU. Basically any mobile CPU made in the past 2 or 3 years is faster than an FX 8300.
You’re far below minimum GPU spec. RX 580 is a desktop graphics card that is much, much faster than the graphics on your laptop.
You might still be able to run WoW, but… I wouldn’t have high expectations.
You can also try running it on a lower version of directx. I think it might let you go older versions if you edit the config file. Could let you get a bit better performance, but disable some features of directx.
But I’ve run wow on serious potato computers. It will run on many systems far below system requirements, but it sucked.
When it comes to games, minimum requirements are never literally requirements where the game will refuse to work if you are below it. It’s more that if you drop below it, you might have some issues with running the game.
If you’re okay with how BfA runs on it and you’re not at the minimum settings, then you should be able to run Shadowlands even if you have to bump it down a notch.
I should add - if you are below requirements then you might miss some effects. So if you raid its possible some raid boss moves wont show up properly due to potato computer.
I already get a notice every time I go into the game that my Graphics Card is out of date, and I’ve never been really disappointed in the graphics of wow. As far as I know, that’s just missing particle effects and stuff, right? And the CPU has been fine throughout BfA, so I think I’m okay. Also, I don’t know what directx is, and I’m worried if that could be a problem
DirectX is just the library of games/graphics techniques that most Windows games use. Newer DirectX versions just feature support for fancy techniques like raytracing and variable rate shading. Make the games look prettier.
Older techniques tended to use fewer resources, because with new versions they like to push the envelope and support fancier techniques that utilize better computer hardware.
I’ll just assume that I don’t have it then, which is like not using any of the features of it. Seems like the best case scenario for someone trying their best to reduce lag
In the game options if you go to Advanced, you can choose between DX11, DX12, and DX11 Legacy.
What Thurgs was saying (and I have no idea if this works or not) is that you could edit the config file in your WoW folder and tell it to use an older DirectX version (DX10, I guess). Your computer ought to have all the relevant DirectX already downloaded.
My grand daughter has an A10,as long as she has no interest in raiding or BGs,she will have fun questing,and probably dungeons.I think you would be about the same after adjusting settings.
I under exaggerated in the topic post. I’m really dumb with computers. I can find my way to the config folder, but inside is 120 folders named with a letter and a number containing another folder with a number and a letter. I can’t find an option for Advanced