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well you can't upgrade your laptop except for RAM.
only option is unfortunately build a new computer, but with teamliquid's help it will be a breeze ;p
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This was exactly the problem I forsaw for my laptop, and I just decided to not be excited for SC2.
It's worked so far.
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There is really no way to improve the performance on a laptop other than adding RAM
and adding RAM in your situation is a worthless endeavor. An SC2 desktop can be decently cheap depending on where you are (not sure about prices in New Zealand), but the problem is you will need everything :/
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sorry dude, your going to have to build a new one
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Buying a computer that would run SC2 shouldn't be too expensive, building it on your own would be even cheaper and it's not even that hard. And as mentioned above that is pretty much your only option =/
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or give ol trusty del your account.
Nah but I have the same problem that's why I don't want a key cos I know my lappy can't run it - I am gonna make the leap and buy a new computer when SC2 comes out.
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On February 19 2010 15:37 DanceCommander wrote:sorry dude, your going to have to build a new one
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You could give me your beta key? :D
Its not too difficult to build a decent gaming desktop that would run SC2, and it would be pretty cheap. I mean if your goal is to get it to run smoothly on something like low-medium settings, then you wouldn't have to spend too much at all.
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Yeah upgrading a laptop GPU is difficult/impossible.
Dunno how much else you could do, some games (i.e. Source engine based) have graphics optimizers, but obviously there's nothing like that for SC2. You turned of antialiasing and set the resolution to something like 800x600 too? Just making sure you have the absolute lowest settings. xD
A new desktop wouldn't be terribly expensive. You could get a lower end one just capable of SC2 for maybe $400, but if you are going to invest in a new desktop, you should probably spend a bit more than that.
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The cheapest solution is probably to get a friend with a better computer and play the game at his house. And in return you could let the guy play it for the 1 hour nap you'll be needing once every other day.
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On February 19 2010 16:21 stenole wrote:
The cheapest solution is probably to get a friend with a better computer and play the game at his house. And in return you could let the guy play it for the 1 hour nap you'll be needing once every other day.
Brilliant.
This or you build one.
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really I doubt it's the graphics card. I run the same chipset family in my toshiba Satellite L355 and it pretty much man handles WoW on any setting. What are the other specs of you computer because my laptop also runs off a Dual core 1.83 with 3 GB of RAM
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
Intel Core Duo T8100 @ 2.10 GHz
3gb RAM
I feared as much =[ oh well!!
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On February 19 2010 16:37 Shotcoder wrote:
really I doubt it's the graphics card. I run the same chipset family in my toshiba Satellite L355 and it pretty much man handles WoW on any setting. What are the other specs of you computer because my laptop also runs off a Dual core 1.83 with 3 GB of RAM
I dunno about that. I would never expect that GPU to run new games well, if at all. It can depend on the OS too, older cards may perform better in XP than Vista.
(the X3100 is the GPU associated with that chipset btw)
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On February 19 2010 16:51 LxRogue wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2010 16:37 Shotcoder wrote:
really I doubt it's the graphics card. I run the same chipset family in my toshiba Satellite L355 and it pretty much man handles WoW on any setting. What are the other specs of you computer because my laptop also runs off a Dual core 1.83 with 3 GB of RAM I dunno about that. I would never expect that GPU to run new games well, if at all. It can depend on the OS too, older cards may perform better in XP than Vista. (the X3100 is the GPU associated with that chipset btw)
I run Vista and I've been trying to get Windows 7 on it for quite some time. But after I updated my drivers for WoW and got it compatible with the latest WoW patches it ran smoother than ever before..
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
Mmmm I wonder if it would be worth upgrading one of my old towers (they're not that old ... i don't think they're dual core though..)
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Katowice25012 Posts
Lets start a TL charity and use the money to buy staff new computers that can run sc2
(I'm in the same boat as you)
(I'm probably going to build a new machine this summer)
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On February 19 2010 15:32 Plexa wrote:
So I've been playing SC2 on my laptop and it barely runs... When I say barely, I mean it. I've got everything switched to low and I can't add units to a group by holding shift and selecting them, cuing commands for my problem with shift also fails regularly, as well as just doing anything when there is lots of shit flying about.
Your symptoms point to the easily solvable problem that your shift key is stuck. Use an external keyboard.
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Nvidia or ATI for graphics card for gaming. Never Intel. It runs but never well.
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You could continue playing SC1 with me 
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On February 19 2010 18:34 Scorch wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2010 15:32 Plexa wrote:
So I've been playing SC2 on my laptop and it barely runs... When I say barely, I mean it. I've got everything switched to low and I can't add units to a group by holding shift and selecting them, cuing commands for my problem with shift also fails regularly, as well as just doing anything when there is lots of shit flying about. Your symptoms point to the easily solvable problem that your shift key is stuck. Use an external keyboard. No my shift key is fine  I play sc with no problems lol
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Belgium9949 Posts
integrated graphics = nono
need a new computer
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You may be able to upgrade the processor on some laptops as well ... but the GPU is usually a no. Integrated graphics can't be expected to run most 3D games well.
Time to bone up on your computers and start lurking on some technology deals sites in New Zealand to see what you can scrounge up. Your cheapest option would probably be to be some pre-configured tower like a Dell or an HP with integrated graphics, make sure that the power supply can handle an external graphics card, and then throw in a budget $80-$100 graphics card.
Obviously if you are going for the long term you should build your rig from scratch with a high end motherboard (most pre-configured towers usually come with absolute crap motherboards). If you just want something that will run SC2 decently then this might be the way to go.
Also, make sure you don't get a tower that is a slim design because most of them can't hold normal sized graphics cards.
Good luck!
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I'm sure if your old computer desktop isn't totally ancient, you can just buy a decent video card and SC2 will run alright.
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YOU BIG MEANIE
im tdot by the way
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