[Oct 13] Main Thread - Shadowlands Pre-Patch: 3D Accelerator Card Not Supported

[Jambrix]

Hello everyone,

We have a bit of an update to share. Please check out the link below of a post from Kaivax, one of our WoW Community Managers.

Issues with Older GPUs

For the last few expansions, World of Warcraft minimum specs have required a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that is shader-model-5 compatible (DirectX 11.0 or higher). With the newer graphical features included in the Shadowlands Pre-patch, the game has ceased supporting all GPUs that are not compatible with shader-model-5. We’ve discovered that a very small number of players are attempting to run World of Warcraft on older hardware that cannot play the game after patching. At this time, we’re…