It depends on your card's generation: a GTX 760 is among the unsupported examples, and controller support is still beta. Owners of older rigs in South Africa should check architecture before speed; Evetech's MSI RTX 3050 Ventus 2X is R5,199.
Blizzard has drawn the line for World of Warcraft: Forever GPU requirements by architecture, not by clock speed: graphics chips older than AMD's Graphics Core Next 1 (2012), NVIDIA's Maxwell (2014) or Intel's Skylake (2015) are no longer supported. The game opened on 4 November, so the question is live for anyone running a hand-me-down rig. The controller question has a shorter answer: yes, in beta.
Your PC runs World of Warcraft: Forever if its graphics chip is built on GCN 1, Maxwell or Skylake graphics or newer. A GTX 760, 770 or 780 falls outside that and is unsupported, while a GTX 960 or 970 (both Maxwell) sits inside it. A gamepad works, with Blizzard labelling controller support as beta. If you must replace a card, Evetech's MSI Ventus 2X RTX 3050 is R5,199.
Blizzard names a floor for each maker. AMD needs Graphics Core Next 1, which dates from 2012. NVIDIA needs Maxwell, from 2014. Intel integrated graphics needs Skylake, from 2015. Examples on the unsupported side include the Radeon HD 6950 (2010), the GeForce GTX 760, 770 and 780 (2014) and Intel HD Graphics 6000 (2015).
Notice the trap: a GTX 780 was a top-end card in its day, and it still fails, because the rule reads the generation and not the speed. Equally, a budget card from a newer family can pass where a once-expensive one does not. Blizzard also keeps a separate, higher bar for minimum hardware performance, so passing the architecture test is the first gate and not the only one.
Type dxdiag into the Start menu, switch to its Display tab and note the chip name. Then match it: a GTX 9xx, GTX 10xx, GTX 16xx or any RTX is Maxwell or newer. A GTX 7xx is older, apart from a few Maxwell exceptions, so look up the exact model. This matters in South Africa because the second-hand and refurbished market moves many 2013 to 2014 cards into first rigs, and a seller will happily call a GTX 770 "still a gaming card".
If you are comparing a laptop for varsity, check the same line: the chip name sits under Device Manager, Display adapters, and laptop chips ending in M follow the same generation rule.
Blizzard describes controller support as beta (the game opened on 4 November), meaning it works for players who prefer a gamepad, so expect it to keep changing. A wired or Bluetooth pad you already own is the cheapest test: give it a 30-minute trial on a level 1 character before you commit, perhaps from the couch with a lounge TV in a Durban flat. Treat mouse and keyboard as the fallback for anything fiddly such as crowded addon bars.
The MSI Ventus 2X RTX 3050 is R5,199 with Palit's StormX cut-down at R4,399, and both sit far inside the architecture floor. For a newer 8GB GDDR7 design, the RTX 5060 Dual from Palit is R9,199. Browse the Nvidia GeForce lineup, watch for discounted graphics cards, or consider a ready-made budget PC when the whole machine is the real age problem.
It does if it is built on AMD GCN 1, NVIDIA Maxwell or Intel Skylake graphics, or anything newer. A GTX 760, GTX 770 and GTX 780 are examples that do not.
Yes, Blizzard lists controller support, still labelled as beta.
The GTX 970 is a Maxwell card, which meets the NVIDIA floor. Blizzard keeps a separate minimum performance bar, so read the full requirements on the Battle.net shop page.
Only if its chip clears the same floors: AMD GCN 1, NVIDIA Maxwell or Intel Skylake. Intel HD Graphics 6000 is on the unsupported list.
Is your old graphics card below Blizzard's line? Evetech's Nvidia range has cards well inside the supported architectures, so you can be ready for Azeroth without guessing.
It does if it is built on AMD GCN 1, NVIDIA Maxwell or Intel Skylake graphics, or anything newer. A GTX 760, GTX 770 and GTX 780 are examples that do not.
Yes, Blizzard lists controller support, still labelled as beta.
The GTX 970 is a Maxwell card, which meets the NVIDIA floor. Blizzard keeps a separate minimum performance bar, so read the full requirements on the Battle.net shop page.
Only if its chip clears the same floors: AMD GCN 1, NVIDIA Maxwell or Intel Skylake. Intel HD Graphics 6000 is on the unsupported list.
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No firm answer yet: Shrek 2 Remastered reaches PC on 10 November 2026 and its published requirements are not settled. Set a Rand ceiling first, since Evetech's Nvidia shelf runs from R1,099 to R33,999.
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