Will your computer run WoW: Forever

Fill in your specs and we will compare them with Blizzard’s published requirements and show you which part is the weakest.

Which system do you haveWindowsMac

System versionProcessorHow to find your processor: on Windows — Task Manager → Performance tab → CPU; on a Mac — Apple menu → About This Mac.Intel: Series 2 covers the processors numbered in the 200 range — 200S, 200V, 200H, 200HX. A number outside the two-hundreds means Series 1.AMD: the Ryzen series number does not map one-to-one onto the Zen generation — desktop and laptop lines are numbered differently. If you are not sure, check the specification of your exact model.Cores in totalHow many physical cores the processor has — not threads.Of those, performance cores (P-cores)Hybrid processors have two kinds of cores. The recommended requirement counts the performance ones. If all your cores are the same, enter the same number again.Clock speed, GHzThe maximum boost clock as the manufacturer states it.Memory, GBFree space, GBFree space, not the size of the drive.Drive type

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The published requirements in full

Windows
Item	Minimum	Recommended
Cores	4 cores	8 cores · 8 performance
Clock speed	3 GHz	5.2 GHz
Memory	8 GB	16 GB
Storage	128 GB	128 GB

Mac
Item	Minimum	Recommended
Cores	Blizzard does not publish this number for Mac	Blizzard does not publish this number for Mac
Clock speed	Blizzard does not publish this number for Mac	Blizzard does not publish this number for Mac
Memory	8 GB	16 GB
Storage	128 GB	128 GB

Storage is the only item where both columns name the same number.

This tool does not check the graphics card: Blizzard set a separate rule for it that works unlike the rest of the requirements. Check the graphics card

The numbers come from Blizzard’s published requirements, but the verdict is built from what YOU entered: the tool reads nothing from your computer. The graphics card is not counted here — it has a separate check.

How we calculate

Blizzard published the requirements as two columns, minimum and recommended. The tool compares each of your items against both and shows which column it reaches. The verdict comes from the weakest item: a computer is never “recommended on average”, the slowest part drags it down.

The trickiest row is cores. The minimum column simply says “4 cores”, while the recommended one says “8 performance cores”. The word “performance” appears only in the second column, and it is not decorative: in modern hybrid processors some cores are efficiency cores. A chip with 6 performance and 8 efficiency cores has 14 cores in total and still misses the recommended requirement.

For Mac there are no numbers for cores or clock speed in the table — it names the chips themselves instead. We do not fill that gap with our own estimates: those two rows are simply marked as unpublished. A blank row is more honest than an invented number.

Storage needs attention twice. First, both columns say SSD — on an ordinary hard drive the item fails regardless of capacity. Second, 128 GB means available space, not the size of the drive.

Sources

checked 21 September 2026

Questions and answers

Why does my 14-core processor miss the recommended requirement?

Because the recommended column asks for 8 performance cores, not just 8 cores. Hybrid processors have two kinds of cores, and the efficiency ones do not count towards that eight. Six performance plus eight efficiency cores is 14 cores and an unmet requirement at the same time.

Why do you not ask for clock speed and core count on Mac?

Because Blizzard did not publish them: in the Mac table the processor is named as a chip model rather than as numbers. We leave those rows blank and marked “unpublished” instead of substituting our own estimate.

I have an ordinary hard drive with plenty of space. Is that enough?

No. An SSD is named in both columns of the requirements, the minimum one included. Capacity does not help here: the item fails on an HDD of any size.

Why is the storage figure the same in both columns?

That is how it is printed in the source: 128 GB of available space on an SSD in both the minimum and the recommended requirements. It is the only row of the table where the columns match.

What about the graphics card?

Blizzard set a separate rule for it, based on the chip architecture rather than the model, so an older card sometimes passes where a newer one does not. That is a separate tool, linked on this page.

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Data verified on 21 September 2026.