System Requirements (PC) World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has the following minimum requirements. While some users may be able to play on computers that do not meet these requirements, Blizzard Entertainment Technical Support will only be able to help if your computer meets the following:
Windows(R) System/OS: 2000 (Service Pack 4)/XP (Service Pack 2)
- Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD Duron 800 MHz processor.
- 512 megabytes or more of RAM.
- 32MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above.
(Recommended: 64MB 3D Graphics Card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above.) - 10 gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
- DirectX(R) 9.0c or above.
- Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card.
- Internet Connection: Broadband.
- Mouse: multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.
Play Requirements
- The Burning Crusade is an Expansion set to World of Warcraft. You must already have a properly installed version of World of Warcraft in order to install and play this expansion.
- You must upgrade a World of Warcraft account before you can play World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
- You must have an active Broadband Internet connection to play World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.