Issues with Older GPUs
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For the last few expansions, World of Warcraft minimum specs have required a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that is shader-model-5 compatible (DirectX 11.0 or higher). With the newer graphical features included in the Shadowlands Pre-patch, the game has ceased supporting all GPUs that are not compatible with shader-model-5.
We’ve discovered that a very small number of players are attempting to run World of Warcraft on older hardware that cannot play the game after patching.
At this time, we’re working on a solution that could allow the game to operate on some older hardware, at the lowest graphical settings, with some graphic features unavailable. We expect this solution to take at least a couple of weeks to develop and test.
We will let you know when this workaround is available. Thank you.
Source: Issues with Older GPUs, Author: Kaivax, Posted: Thursday, October 15th 2020, 12:59 am
