Blizzard Entertainment has officially revealed the system requirements for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
In keeping with the game's tradition of requiring relatively little computing power, Wrath's official minimum requirements are very reasonable:
- Operating System: Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+
- RAM: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)
- Video Card: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM (such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better)
Blizzard's forum post adds that the expansion will require 15GB of hard drive space, though presumably this number includes the nearly 10GB already required to play World of Warcraft.
Own a more powerful computer or a Mac? Blizzard also revealed the game's recommended system requirements as well as the necessary tech for Apple gamers:
Operating System: Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
Processor: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
RAM: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users)
Video Card: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM (such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better)
Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound capability
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer
Processor: Minimum: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor
Recommended: Intel 1.8GHz processor or betterProcessor:
RAM: Minimum: 1 GB RAM
Recommended: 2 GB RAM
Video: Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM (such as an ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better)
Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM (such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better)
Wrath of the Lich King should hit retail shelves on November 13, though Australian gamers will have to wait until November 14.
Updated World of Warcraft System Requirements [Official WoW Forums]
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