World of Warcraft: Cataclysm System Requirements: Can You Run It?

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Developer:
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher:
Blizzard Entertainment
Release date:
7 December 2010 (13 years old)
Our user score:
4.7 / 5 (19 votes)

Official World of Warcraft: Cataclysm system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run World of Warcraft: Cataclysm at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics 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
Pass CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Pass Memory:
512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)
File size:
15 Gigabytes or more free hard drive space is required
Operating system:
Windows XP 32/64-Bit (Service pack 3) Windows Vista 32/64-Bit (with the latest Service Packs) Windows 7** 32/64-Bit (with the latest updates)
DirectX:
no data

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics 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
Pass CPU:
Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
Pass Memory:
1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista users)
File size:
15 Gigabytes or more free hard drive space is required
Operating system:
Windows XP 32/64-Bit (Service pack 3) Windows Vista 32/64-Bit (with the latest Service Packs) Windows 7** 32/64-Bit (with the latest updates)
DirectX:
no data

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm performance on your PC


World of Warcraft: Cataclysm performance with your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
GeForce 7600 GT


World of Warcraft: Cataclysm performance with your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400

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