One thing you're not going to be worrying about on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm's December 9 launch is wondering if your computer can handle it. The system requirements are out and they're just a touch above Wrath of the Lich King's needs.
Cataclysm's only demanding requirement is hard drive space; 25GB of storage is needed to have game data installed. Otherwise, it should be no problem for anyone to get Azeroth running pretty. Here's the PC and Macintosh specs:
PC Minimum PC Recommended Mac Minimum Mac Recommended
OS Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista SP1, 7 10.5.8 10.6.4
Processor Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500 Dual core processors such as Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Intel Core Duo Intel Core Duo 2
Memory 1GB RAM or more 2GB RAM 2GB RAM 4GB RAM
HDD 25GB free hard drive space 25GB free hard drive space 25GB free hard drive space 25GB free hard drive space
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce FX or ATI Radeon 9500 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or ATI Radeon HD 2600 128 MB ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 128 MB ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600
Sound DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound DirectX-compatible sound card or motherboard sound -- --
Source:Blizzard
Section:PC Games
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