Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?

Yes — comfortably

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 handles World of Warcraft: The War Within comfortably — roughly 157 FPS at 1080p and 123 FPS at 1440p on high settings.

157FPS @ 1080p
123FPS @ 1440p
71FPS @ 4K

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

How the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 measures up

RequirementNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090MinimumRecommendedResult
GPU performance score 100 5 32 Recommended
Video memory 32 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

Comfortable — around 123 FPS on high.

At 4K

Around 71 FPS on high — genuinely viable.

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 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 S 153 ▼ 4 FPS Compare
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 S 136 ▼ 21 FPS Compare
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX A 130 ▼ 27 FPS Compare
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER A 128 ▼ 29 FPS Compare

Frequently asked questions

Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run World of Warcraft: The War Within?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 handles World of Warcraft: The War Within comfortably — roughly 157 FPS at 1080p and 123 FPS at 1440p on high settings.

What FPS will I get?

On high settings with upscaling off: roughly 157 FPS at 1080p, 123 FPS at 1440p and 71 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.