Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?

Yes — comfortably

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 handles World of Warcraft: The War Within comfortably — roughly 94 FPS at 1080p and 58 FPS at 1440p on high settings.

94FPS @ 1080p
58FPS @ 1440p
34FPS @ 4K

High preset, upscaling off, paired with a AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D-class processor.

How the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 measures up

RequirementNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080MinimumRecommendedResult
GPU performance score 49 5 32 Recommended
Video memory 10 GB 3 GB 8 GB Recommended
Ray tracing ✓ Supported Game supports RT (light) Available
Upscaling DLSS, FSR FSR Available

Recommended settings

For 60 FPS at 1080p

Use the ultra preset. You already clear 60 FPS on high, so this leaves headroom for dips in busy scenes.

At 1440p

Around 58 FPS on high. Playable, but drop to medium or enable upscaling for a stable 60.

At 4K

Around 34 FPS — not a realistic target for this pairing.

Upscaling

World of Warcraft: The War Within supports FSR. Your card supports FSR — Quality mode is worth 25–40% more frames. Compare upscalers.

How other cards handle World of Warcraft: The War Within

Graphics cardTier1080p FPSvs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE A 100 ▲ 6 FPS Compare
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER A 96 ▲ 2 FPS Compare
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT A 96 ▲ 2 FPS Compare
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 B 94 ▼ 0 FPS Compare
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop B 94 ▼ 0 FPS Compare
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT B 90 ▼ 4 FPS Compare

Frequently asked questions

Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 handles World of Warcraft: The War Within comfortably — roughly 94 FPS at 1080p and 58 FPS at 1440p on high settings.

What FPS will I get?

On high settings with upscaling off: roughly 94 FPS at 1080p, 58 FPS at 1440p and 34 FPS at 4K. These are modelled estimates — see our methodology.

What settings should I use?

Start at the ultra preset at 1080p. Then enable upscaling on Quality mode before lowering anything further.

Will my processor hold this back?

These figures assume a processor fast enough not to limit the card. If yours is older, run the bottleneck calculator — this title is unusually CPU-heavy, so it matters more than usual here.