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Finally my turn to get a new computer. It isn't top notch, but i think its good enough to run SC2:
OS: Windows 7 32 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67 GHz (4 CPUs) ~2.7GHz
4096 MB DDR3 RAM
Geforce 9500GT 512 MB RAM
I did have some problems with starcraft. My colors were pretty badly messed up in-game, but a little script force-killing explorer.exe does the trick. I shouldn't have any problems with starcraft now. I hope to get a livestream up soon, but right now im just trying to get back in shape after a break from SC. I'm just D/D+, afterall
PS: anyone know why i can't set affinity to Starcraft in task manager? kthxbai
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Videocard is bad. Good PC otherwise.
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Why are you using the 32bit version of Win7? It only uses a bit over 3GB of your RAM, and if you ever decide to buy additional RAM it's no use.
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Grats on the new comp. How much did it cost you?
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Weird, second i5 build on this forum recently that sports a 9500, is this some preconfigured stuff?
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I just want my computer to run diablo 3 when it finally comes out. I'm so unknowledgable about computers though. I just go blaming life on vista all day long because of all the glitches.
What's a good all-around computer nowadays anyway? I really miss the XP when I compare it to vista 
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Nice, getting a new PC owns 
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That's a lot better than the laptop I'm running. When the time comes, look for a mid-tier video card (those usually have the best deals).
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I've set a time frame when i am getting my new PC. And that's as soon as SCII hits the stores (not Diablo III, although i am waiting the game with same anticipation). I am hoping they will not drag out the game. Just release the game and then add 16 patches np. :>
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i don't understand why you put a decent amount of ram and a decent cpu together with a crap videocard? you should match the components, i'd suggest a cheaper cpu for a better videocard.
oh, and i think what you did wrong was looking at the program starcraft in task manager, and not the process?
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yes, the videocard is bad. its not crap though. i think we started with an ATI radeon 4870 or whatever the name was, but since i had a dad who partially sponsored the computer, we had to save some parts. we started at an i7 core but went down to i5, instead of buying new cabinet, we bought a fresh power supply and cut down a lot at the graphics card (basically my dad said that i had no need for a better card cause i didn't play graphically complex games, its hard to explain to your dad that you're getting those better parts for a game you don't even know when is out). but we discussed it, we might upgrade it later.
actually, the reason i have 32 bit win7 is kinda weird. my brother studies at university, so he got a win 7 64 and 32 bit OS for free. He got himself the 32 bit for his laptop, i got the 64 bit for my new computer. but for some reason, i seem to have gotten 32 bit anyways. i dunno if he got 64 bit instead, but im still pretty ok with 32 bit cause my RAM is quite powerful.
EDIT: the whole computer costs 800 USD or so. i dunno if thats cheap or expensive in the US, it was the cheapest we could get in Denmark. also add a new screen im getting soon, another 300 or so.
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4870s in Crossfire should perform better than the 9500, actually I don't remember the 9500s being good cards in general (meaning its probably going to need a replacement in the lifetime of the computer).
That system for 800 is decent, if you deal search some more you can probably knock it down to 600.
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Good ram or not, having an entire gig not doing anything is pretty shitty. But whatever looks like you got windows 7 for free.
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On October 25 2009 07:41 Judicator wrote:
4870s in Crossfire should perform better than the 9500, actually I don't remember the 9500s being good cards in general (meaning its probably going to need a replacement in the lifetime of the computer).
That system for 800 is decent, if you deal search some more you can probably knock it down to 600.
You don't need a xfire 4870 to perform better than the 9500, in fact, a 4870 will perform better than two 9500 in SLI, maybe even three.
As for the price, remember, Denmark. In the states something like that should be in the 700s and below.
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^You're right, I was mixing up the 9000s from Nvidia with something else. 9600s were average cards I think while the 4870s were high end ones.
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yeah well my dad isn't too happy with the thought of spending even more money on a computer. but we'll see if i can scratch up the money for better graphics.
also, why can't i right click on starcraft.exe in task manager and set it on 1 core? grrr.
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I thought like 1.16 or something changed it so that SC always runs on a single core anyway? Can well be wrong.
As for graphics, well, before you brought it there was the option of settling for a less powerful processor and go for a better graphics solution rightaway, now you'll just have to save for an upgrade I suppose.
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you dont need a better card unless you're playing an FPS adventure game in high/very high settings
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This is arguably one of the best budget cards that does better than anything else in his budget area. If what he wants to do is be able to run SC2, he'll definitely be able to do that and it certainly doesn't need a upgrade in his computer's lifetime.
Not to mention Blizzard is extremely good with keeping low low minimum requirements.
+ Show Spoiler +600 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, 32 MB 3D video card, DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card (Windows) for WC3
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