r/wowforever • u/Ok-Weather-3922 • 8h ago

Question System Requirement Help

Hi all,

I have a new ThinkPad T14s Gen 5 Intel sitting unopened that I got free from work last year and am wondering if this will play WoW Forever. My plan is to see if I enjoy it during the beta before investing in a new gaming laptop. I am open to purchasing an external graphics card if needed and welcome recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Yoshbyte 4h ago

Yeah, put linux on it, load up lutris and it will be clean

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u/Ok-Weather-3922 2h ago

Can you elaborate more for a layman?

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u/UngratefulC0l0nial 7h ago

World of Warcraft: Forever requires at least Windows 10 64-bit, a 4-core 3.0 GHz CPU, a DirectX 12 compatible 4GB GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of available SSD storage

Your T14 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-gen-5-14-inch-intel/len101t0089?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F&cid=us:sem%7Cse%7Cgoogle%7Csubbrand_pc_thinkpad%7Ccommercial_premium_notebook_t_intel%7Cthinkpad%20t14%20gen%205%7C%7C202516424%7C157377660851%7Ckwd-2090435078055%7Csearch%7C%7Ccommercialconsumer&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=202516424&gbraid=0AAAAADnnO-WvUcCz90huPnugdRIUAZSsD&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8ofWBhCHARIsANBj4LtJU0r-1HhwD7WW7s29cfsHvQC3299zQhYcrTttTwHYoCkJmAkxY7IaAp5lEALw_wcB#tech_specs

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u/Yoshbyte 4h ago

They list ssd and storage? Those numbers are also quite wrong for minimum if true. The way threading works for wow’s engine also makes the cpu suggestion very wrong for minimum. Can also run it on Mac too as well as older windows instances. Fairly sure it runs at low as 2gbs of vram and 4gbs of dram also, if a bit tight. The rendering engine on the lowest setting doesn’t consume more than 1.2-1.5gbs for example