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guMmiwormz
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States312 Posts
May 15 2010 22:33 GMT
#1
So I bought a computer about a year a go in order to play CS but now with SC2 almost out ive found that the comp doesnt perform well. Once you get to the mid late game the fps will drop to around 40 and to like 20 in big battles. (using all low settings) I know the 9500 GT isnt a great card but does it really perform that bad? Am i missing something?

heres the comp that i bought http://www.visionman.com/visionman-wgmi1ng701-gaming-pc-intel-pentium-dual-core-e2180-2gb-ddr2-250gb-dvdrw-lightscribe-p-8475.html

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2 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
Asus P5N73-AM Motherboard

decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20019 Posts
May 15 2010 22:46 GMT
#2
I'm using a 9600GT M in a laptpo and i can run sc2 pretty well and it probably only runs half as well as it's desktop counterpart. As long as your usually above 30 fps i dont think there should much of a problem...
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
glamglen
Profile Joined April 2010
United States33 Posts
May 15 2010 23:49 GMT
#3
Well that performance isn't really bad. If you want some improvement you could update and reconfigure your drivers, make certain your page file is properly set up, lower your resolution, and if you are clever you could play with the sound drivers which are so often overlooked.

If that doesn't work, run benchmarks on your ram, hd, cpu, and graphics to see if there are faults (but that whole process is a pain).

If all else fails and you are strapped for cash. you can oc that whole computer for 10-15% more performance.

if you have money, buy a new ati 5000 series for 100$ or so and run sc2 at or near high (nvidia used to be the way to go but the last 2 years have been a long series of fail).

ps always get 1gb of video ram
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-16 00:17:24
May 16 2010 00:13 GMT
#4
you are probably CPU limited
I'm running a 9600 GSO and I can get playable frame rates on high throughout the whole game

*edit*

ok scratch that, apparently th e9500 GT is way worse than the 9600 GSO...and the dual core 2180 is equivalent to like a core 2 duo E6300, so...maybe gpu then
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
May 16 2010 01:07 GMT
#5
9500GT is really shitty by today's standards, and wasn't good when it came out.
Get something like this if you can, its definitely a gpu being crappy problem.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102854
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