Laptop for WoW, and Wow only (Will it run on a 5060 laptop?)

[Arthäas-silvermoon]

Hello there

Coming next month, I need to buy a new laptop to play WoW, and I honestly can’t make a decision.

I will be using the future laptop with an exterior monitor I already own:
Asus TUF VG32WQ3B | 31,5" | QHD (2560 x 1440) | 0,5 ms | 180 Hz

I have been researching laptops review recently, and everybody seems to be poiting that the sweet spot lies with the 5070 Ti GPU’s, mainly due to them having 12Gb of VRAM, as opposed to the other inferior cards that only rock 8GB VRAM, but my god, are they expensive?!
In my country (Portugal) you can’t find anything below 2300€ with a 5070Ti. I’m trying to find options, and the only ones avaiable are, ofc, laptops with either a 5060 or a 5070.

Now, very single review I see of the 5060 says its a dogshiet GPU (for Desktops), but is it the same story for laptops?

For AAA games, I understand the VRAM might be an issue, but I only play WoW.
Bottom line is:

Would I be able to play WoW on max settings for years to come on a laptop with a 5060 (playing at 1440p on an exterior monitor), or would I need to downgrade graphics on arrival already, so that the GPU could keep up with it?

Here are my two choices atm:
Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 (16" Intel)
CPU: Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX
RAM: 32GB DDR5
SSD: 1TB
16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600), OLED screen
GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7
Price: 2379€

Versus

Lenovo LOQ 15i Gen 10 (15" Intel)
Intel® Core™ i7-14700HX 14th Gen
RAM: 32GB DDR5
SSD: 1TB
15,6" WQHD (2560 x 1440), WVA screen
GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060 8GB GDDR7
Price: 1389€

As you can see, it’s a whooping 1000€ difference. But would it really run WoW as I desire?

[Charbolt-silvermoon]

The 5060 laptop should be fine to play the game with, WoW doesn’t have very high requirements.

You may need to turn one or two settings down for certain areas or large group content but generally speaking you can get a more than playable experience at decent settings.

[Aimjinx-blackhand]

You will be mostly CPU limited anyways if you do group content.
8GB of VRAM is ok for WoW right now, but noone can tell you for how long it will last.

You can always turn down gfx settings though, unlike CPU related stuff (there’s like 3 settings that have an impact on CPU, draw distance, environmental detail and RT shadows).