Back in April of the year, Blizzard additional Ray Traced Shadow alternatives to the game's Alpha. Unfortunately, actual Ray Traced Shadows were not enabled just yet and those from the Alpha were only able to observe the Classic wow gold new choices. According to the option's description, it"improves shadow quality with beam design, which generates shadows with more natural softness, substantially increased precision, and out of additional light sources"

Players in the alpha Could select among the following Ray Traced Shadows choices:

Fast forward four weeks and we could now finally see the way the new shadows look in the forthcoming Shadowlands expansion. Before this week we already reported the new NVIDIA Game Ready Driver added support for the brand new feature in Shadowlands, and several Beta/PTR players have now shared several screenshots comparing Shadowlands together and with no Ray Traced Shadows enabled.

According to Blizzard, the new alternative within Shadowlands uses DirectX Ray Tracing 1.1 (DXR 1.1) along with a DXR 1.1-capable driver is required to utilize Ray Traced Shadows.We've included the shared contrast screenshots down below. As can be seen in those shots, and as might have been anticipated, the effects of Ray Traced Shadows are not that obvious but do seem to be stronger in darker areas with low lighting.

Blizzard has updated their minimal necessary spec to include 100GB storage area for both SSDs and hard drives. Howeverthey warn players who functionality of your hard disk might influence Shadowland's gaming experience.

In a surprising turn of events, Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft Shadowlands currently needs a 100GB SSD for a minimum requirement, but does that mean that you can't run the game with a regular spinning hard disk? A few Shadowlands beta testers have reported that running the game on an HDD hasn't influenced their performance or gameplay in any significant way. However, as this expansion is still in beta, this can be subject to change.

However, it's probably a good idea to run this game in an SSD anyway (here's our list of Greatest SSDs). If you look at games such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare which do not need an SSD but possess very large storage requirements, the game is playable but you will encounter painfully long loading times. You can also potentially experience"hitching" where the HDD isn't fast enough to stream assets in real time.

Purchasing an SSD should not be a huge problem for most consumers -- almost all new PCs and laptops include solid state storage. Additionally, with the price of SSDs dropping exponentially over the buy wow gold classic past few decades, grabbing a shiny new SSD only for Shadowlands will not break the bank for many budget gamers.