|
|
 |
What video cards are supported by Blizzard for the game?
 | Page 1 of 1 |  | | (solution id: 830) |
- Notes:
- First, be certain that your video card meets the World of Warcraft/Burning Crusade System Requirements.
- To find out what video card, sound card, drivers and version of DirectX® you are currently using please visit our Driver Update Information page.
- The latest drivers for your card can often be found on the manufacturer's web site. You can click on the name of the manufacturer in the first column of the table below to go to their site.
- If your screen has wavy lines, is off center, or is experiencing other problems; try setting your monitor refresh rate manually.
- Although some customers may have success running the game with video cards listed as unsupported below, these cards may have serious graphical defects or simply keep the game from running at all. We do not offer support for getting the game to run on the cards listed as unsupported at this time.
- Please note that while many professional OpenGL workstation 3D video accelerators (Quadro series, Fire GL series) may be able to run the game, we only offer support for consumer level cards at this time.
- The game is highly dependant on the video adaptor in your computer using up to date drivers. Please bear in mind that laptop computer manufacturers commonly do not update their drivers on a regular basis. Frequently, these manufacturers only supply drivers based on the drivers that the chipset manufacturer's were offering at approximately the same time the laptop was released. This means that laptops with older video cards (Geforce 2Go, ATI Radeon Mobility series, and Radeon IGP 300 series) that technically meet our system requirements will often be unable to run the game for lack of modern drivers. Trying to install the latest reference drivers from your laptop's video chipset manufacturer (ATI or nVidia, for example) will usually result in an error that advises you that the video chip installed is not supported, and installation will fail. Although it is possible to install these files by modifying the driver's .inf file or using unsupported third-party distributions of the drivers, this can cause serious display issues and we cannot recommend this strategy.
Although it may be possible to run the game on a laptop or notebook computer, we will be unable to offer support for video related problems stemming from inconsistent driver implementations. We sincerely apologize if you are unable to run the game for this reason and advise contacting your laptop's manufacturer and requesting the release of a new driver package based on the latest reference drivers from the video chip manufacturer. - Please note that hardware in a Highlighted text offers support for the game's pixelshaders, for faster rendering and proper display of special effects.
Supported Video Hardware:
| Manufacturer | Video Hardware
(Highlighted text indicates Pixelshader Support) | Tested driver version | Notes | | ATI | ATI Radeon 7200 and 7500 (QW /QE /QY)
ATI Radeon 8000 series
ATI Radeon 9000 series
ATI Radeon X000 series | Windows 2000/XP - Catalyst 4.9
Windows 98/ME - Catalyst 4.7 | None | | Intel | Extreme Graphics 2 (865G / 865GV / 855GM) Series
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA 900 / 82915) Chipset* | Windows 2000/XP - 14.7
Windows 98/ME - 13.6.1 | *Limited Pixelshader Support | | nVidia | nForce Integrated Graphics
GeForce 2 (GTS / Ultra / Ti / Pro / MX) Series
GeForce 3 (Ti) Series
GeForce 4 MX Series
GeForce 4 Ti Series
GeForce FX Series
GeForce 6 Series
GeForce 7 Series*
| Windows 2000/XP - ForceWare 61.77
Windows 98/ME - ForceWare 61.76 | For more information on nVidia cards and pixel shader support, please see this page on their support site.
*The GeForce 7 Series was released after the 61.77/.76 drivers and so it is recommended to obtain the latest drivers available from nVidia supporting the GeForce 7 Series. | | Matrox | Parhelia Series | 1.10.00.037 HF* | *Known driver issue: Running the game with Triple Buffering enabled while in a 2048x1536 or 1920x1440 resolution may cause screen flickering. | | PowerVR | Kyro Series
Kyro II Series | 2.01.21.0007 | Graphical Corruption | | SiS | Xabre Series* | 3.1 | *Limited Pixelshader Support |
Unsupported Video Hardware:
| Manufacturer | Video Hardware | | 3dfx | Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo Series
Voodoo 2 Series
Voodoo 3 Series
Voodoo 4 Series
Voodoo 5 Series | | ATI | 3D (Charger / Pro Turbo / Xpression) Series
Rage (II / IIc / Pro) Series
Xpert (98 / @play / @work) Series
Rage 128 (Pro) Series
All in Wonder (Pro / Rage 128)
Rage MAXX
Radeon 7000 | | Intel | Extreme Graphics (82810 / 82815) Series | | Matrox | Millenium G200 Series
Millenium G400 Series
Millenium G450 Series
Millenium G550 Series
P750/P650 Series
| | nVidia | Riva 128 Series
TNT Series
TNT2 (M64 / Pro) Series
GeForce 256
| | S3 Graphics | UniChrome Series
AlphaChrome Series
Savage Series
ViRGE Series
| | SiS/Trident | SiS300 Series
SiS500 Series
SiS600FX/SiS600MX Series
SiS700 Series
Trident Blade Series
|
Navigation Options:
Options:  | Print the entire solution. |  | Email the entire solution to yourself. |  | Report an issue or bug with this web page. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
