With the the release of shadowlands pre patch I got the notification that my graphics card is out of date and I checked blizzards list and my card isn’t on it. My current card is a Geforce GT 740. In addition, my cpu is hitting close to 90% sometimes when I play wow. So my main question is if I upgrade my cpu first will I not be able to play wow due to the outdated gpu or will it still work with lower graphic quality.
Thank you
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What’s your current CPU? You’ll probably need an entirely new build but that can be done for pretty cheap.
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If your budget is low, you could always start off with something like a Ryzen 3 3200g/5 3400g for a while until you could afford a decent gpu. Then if all you’re doing is playing WoW, those CPUs will still be suitable.
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If you can play WoW now with that card, you’ll still be able to play after upgrading your CPU; upgrading your CPU won’t make your GPU any worse than it already is. But I can’t say for sure what will happen when you go to Shadowlands. If they’ve increased the graphical complexity beyond what’s currently in Kul Tiras/Zandalar, it could be that extra work would push your GPU beyond it’s limits even with a CPU upgrade. So I guess it would be more accurate to say that you’ll be able to continue playing the content you’re currently playing.
In any case I suspect you won’t see much benefit from upgrading just your CPU, you’re going to have to replace both to get any real improvement.
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Hi guys. What about my Rig? you guys think it can handle Shadowlands?
Geforce GTX 1060 3gb
Intel Core I7-3770 3.40ghz
16gb RAM
Windows 10 64bit
My computer is 7 years old so it is kinda old. My GPU 3 years old and just put in a new coolermaster hyper 212 cpu fan since my cpu thermal paste dried up and decided to not only replace the paste but the stock fan to prevent overheating.
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You will be fine fine, you should be able to get 60fps @ 1080p around level setting 7
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That is good to hear. Thanks 
yeah, what lily said
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My specs are as follows:
- I have a Gateway GM5478
- Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU (2.40Ghz, 4Cores)
- And my motherboard is Intel/Gateway DG33SXG2
This was a hand me down from my brother which he only upgraded the power source and ram ;(
Yeah, you’re gonna want a full system build. Nothing from there save storage media is usable in a new system and a new graphics card won’t help.
Note the minimum system requirements for shadowlands is an i5-3450 which is three generations better than what you have
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What’s your budget?
My budget is like 400-600 max mainly due to covid I can’t be dropping stacks on a cpu to play wow lol.
Hokushin dropped some $500 builds on this forum along with videos you can check out. You can also try logical increments WoW build (slightly dated but still good for ideas)
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Here’s the $400 one
This is sweet ill probably end up saving for this build. Thank you so much for the help 