World of Warcraft: Forever Raises GPU Requirements but Keeps Some 2012 Hardware Supported

Blizzard is raising World of Warcraft: Forever system requirements to GPUs with DirectX 12 and 4 GB of VRAM. Minimum is GeForce GTX 10, AMD RDNA 1, and Intel Xe2 LPG, but some older cards remain supported while some newer ones lose support due to missing RGBA16F UAV in compute shaders. Release is November 4, 2026.

• Requires a GPU with DirectX 12 and 4 GB of VRAM
• Minimum: GeForce GTX 10, AMD RDNA 1, Intel Xe2 LPG
• Radeon HD 7850 (2012) remains; GTX 760/770/780 lose support
• Release on November 4, 2026, via subscription