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Okay, my best friend is looking to upgrade his comp for SC2, to play on low-mid settings. He is not looking to buy a completely new computer, just upgrade the parts that need upgrading for as cheap as he can (he's in college).
So far he has ordered 2 more GB of RAM as he felt that would greatly improve his overall computer performance - mostly asking about his graphics card and processor now.
# Operating system:Windows 2.6.0.6002 (SP 2)
# CPU type:AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200
# CPU Speed (GHz):2.22
# System memory (GB):0.935
# Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
# Graphics card driver:nvd3dum.dll
# Desktop resolution:1024x768
# Hard disk size (GB):298.089
# Hard disk free space (GB):111.853
His processor looks okay based on FragKrag's thread, but his graphics card will probably need an upgrade. I'm looking for you guys to suggest the best price: performance out there to run SC2 at low-mid settings (preferably mid, but low is acceptable if it means a large difference in price).
edit: If you want info about the motherboard/PSU/other parts, I'll see what I can do and try to find out ASAP. These specs are just the ones from his SC2 beta profile.
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I got a great idea
Trash his comp and tell him to give me the beta key
Edit: DOES he have one? Or is he just preparing for it?
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is the graphic card the agp or the pci-e variation?
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I'd actually tell you to wait for the official reccomended specs before deciding for the GFX-card, everything else looks fine from my POV though. (guessing "system memory" is his RAM)
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I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D
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On February 22 2010 06:46 Piste wrote:
I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D
... I view you with contempt sir...
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8800GT for 50$ and hes good to go
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Ok I'm gonna need some more info first poke.
1) your friends home address
2) strength of home security at his house
3) times and dates you friend will be away from home(unrelated to #1 and #2)
4) height and weight of friend
I'll be happy to help once this info is provided
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He has no key, just feels like upgrading his 4 year old comp because it feels too slow (RAM he hopes will solve this) and then prepare for running SC2.
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Apparently SC2 is very GPU intensive so getting him a new graphics card with atleast 256MB of RAM will be enough. My ATI HD 2600XT plays on High settings just fine.
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Tell him to get a new monitor...
I would become so annoyed working on a 1024x768 screen. He will see the light once he has a 20+" monitor with huge resolution.
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ill burrow this blog a bit and ask if this computer will be able to carry sc2 on low settings:
AMD athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 ghz
2 GB ram
Radeon X1950 Pro 512 MB (PCIe)
windows xp
to op: GeForce 6150 LE is definitely going to be a problem.
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On February 22 2010 06:46 Piste wrote:
I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D
If i got a SC2 beta key, i'd stay playing broodwar, but i'd just quit sudden attack. So I won't be leaving broodwar 
And to play on low-mid settings, it seems like all he'd need to upgrade from this point is his GFX card. Honestly almost anything will do.
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On February 22 2010 07:35 hifriend wrote:
ill burrow this blog a bit and ask if this computer will be able to carry sc2 on low settings:
AMD athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 ghz
2 GB ram
Radeon X1950 Pro 512 MB (PCIe)
windows xp
to op: GeForce 6150 LE is definitely going to be a problem.
That will run it easily. Low settings are like WC3.
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no it's because of the GDDR3 memory vs the DDR2 memory.
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So would the sapphire one then be better for cheaper? o.O
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On February 22 2010 06:49 KawaiiRice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2010 06:46 Piste wrote:
I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D ... I view you with contempt sir...
WTF man, pass that shit if you arent using it!!! I cant buy it form you because of the "rules" but ill owe you one! sounds good to me lol.
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On February 22 2010 06:49 sixghost wrote:
Ok I'm gonna need some more info first poke.
1) your friends home address
2) strength of home security at his house
3) times and dates you friend will be away from home(unrelated to #1 and #2)
4) height and weight of friend
I'll be happy to help once this info is provided
this
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On February 22 2010 06:46 Piste wrote:
I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D
I hope you're not serious. Give it to me and I'll promise to keep playing both bw and sc2!
I played in 2 cw's this weekend bwml and wgtcl so I'm doing my part for bw.
+ Show Spoiler + If not I will fly to Finland.... and find you.
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We are looking at the sapphire 4670 - just wanna check that this motherboard is okay.
I tried googling and couldn't find any info.
CPU-Z gave him this:
Manufacturer: ASUSTek ComputerINC.
Model: NODUSM3
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On February 22 2010 06:46 Piste wrote:
I have a key which I don't use. brood war is enough for me as I play so rarely these days..
Not going to give it away tho becouse I don't wan't people to leave brood war haha :D
this kind of bullshit deserves a ban
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4670 is where its at if u're looking for performance to prize ratio imo.
that motherboard got an x16 pcie slot so u're good to go.
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thanks a lot guys  he appreciates it.
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EPT
