12/07/2022 at 5:30 p.m. by Karsten Scholz – The colleagues from PC Games Hardware took a close look at the new WoW expansion Dragonflight on several PC systems to find out how hardware-hungry Blizzard’s 20-year-old MMORPG is . The result might surprise some.
World of Warcraft may be almost 20 years old, but the online role-playing game from Blizzard doesn’t show its age. The reason for this is obvious: The Blizzard developers use every expansion to make minor or sometimes major improvements to the technical framework of the game. For example, WoW has been supporting DirectX 12 for several years. Modern features such as ray tracing shadows can also be activated. In addition, there are the constant improvements in the level of detail of models and game world or the foresight.
How hardware hungry is Dragonflight?
So if you think that Blizzard’s oldie MMO should run on every toaster, you’re wrong. How hardware-hungry World of Warcraft (buy now) with the new Dragonflight extension turns out in detail, the colleagues from PC Games Hardware tested over several days on different systems. You can find the extensive result of the tests, with benchmarks and comparison images, in the large technology test for WoW: Dragonflight. Alternatively, you can also watch the very exciting video summary of the test:
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The crisp conclusion of the colleagues reads as follows: “With every expansion, World of Warcraft becomes prettier and more extensive – Dragonflight continues this tradition. If you want to enjoy maximum graphics quality, you need more than the proverbial toaster for a long time, WoW has the “We’ve developed a real hunger for hardware over the years. This comes with a considerable equivalent value, especially the visibility has increased in an impressive way. Which processors and graphics cards generate smooth frame rates is up to your own requirements – our benchmarks will help you to find the optimal PC or the right one to find an upgrade for WoW Dragonflight.”
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The most important innovations of WoW: Dragonflight
All important information about the innovations of WoW: Dragonflight can be found on our large overview page. With the Caller of the Dracthyr, the new expansion brings a race-class combination, the first of its kind in WoW. On the Dragon Islands you can level up to level 70 and experience adventures in four new zones! You learn how to ride a dragon and thus get the opportunity to jet through the skies of the Dragon Islands based on skills.
There are also three super large construction sites: The talent system is being drastically revised and brings talent trees “back”. The professions also feel developer love. And the user interface will be heavily overhauled to make third-party WoW addons a bit redundant again.
