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Quick Question about FPS

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Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
June 07 2010 16:19 GMT
#1
On Starcraft 2, Im wondering if FPS has more to do with computer specs or the internet speed. Here are my specs
Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU type:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500 @ 2.10GHz
CPU Speed (GHz):2.12 System memory (GB):2.871
Graphics card model:Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Graphics card driver:igdumdx32.dll
Desktop resolution:1366x768 Hard disk size (GB):223.415 Hard disk free space (GB):141.786

Now, when I play at home, the game only gets about 20-30 fps on low settings. My internet is pretty shitty and I sometimes have to wait for videos to finish buffering on youtube. Now, when I play at the university library, the game gets about 150-175 fps on low settings, but only about 10-20 on high. The internet at the university is super fast and buffers videos in no time. I am going back to Korea this summer and the Internet there is way faster than the internet i have here. So my question, is it my laptop that is screwing my fps,or is it my internet connection? I don't care about playing on high settings(although it would be nice) I just want to play so I can have good control in my games. Right now, its hard to pick 3 drones to go to an extractor and the mouse is way slower than I want it to be.

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DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-07 16:25:49
June 07 2010 16:24 GMT
#2
I'd speculate Comp Specs, as long as you're not on like 56k or something.

Btw, how do you get 2.871 GB of RAM lol?

EDIT: Just did a double take, I think it might be something to do with your lack of a decent video card.
Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
June 07 2010 16:31 GMT
#3
Yeah, thats what I was wondering. My video card is pretty bad. And its supposed to be 3gb of ram, but it says 2.871 like on HDD, the actual thing is lower than advertised just a bit because of the stuff they added. I was just asking if my fps could go higher if I went to Korea since they have faster internet. Or am I doomed with just 20-30 fps forever?
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7030 Posts
June 07 2010 16:53 GMT
#4
Internet connection has no effect on FPS.
Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2400 Posts
June 07 2010 16:59 GMT
#5
On June 08 2010 01:53 Puosu wrote:
Internet connection has no effect on FPS.

Disabled gamer - Diamond 3 (LoL) D+ Rank scrublord on BW. Bisu doesnt need DTs, He uses probes. just ask Flash.
Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
June 07 2010 17:08 GMT
#6
But see, the thing is, I checked on the graphics option for sc2 in the university and the recommended settings were all to low, just like my laptop, but somehow, the university computer gets way more fps than i do.
OpRaider
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States307 Posts
June 07 2010 17:26 GMT
#7
Fps has nothing to do with internet.

Ping does, but not FPS.
it is what it is -day9 airplane story
tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada723 Posts
June 07 2010 22:58 GMT
#8
Your biggest problem is the video chip in your laptop. I'm quite surprised that you can run SC2 at all - last I heard those integrated Intel chipsets weren't supposed to be supported at all. The university computer probably has a low-end dedicated video card, but even that would be miles ahead of what you have.

Resolution affects FPS quite a bit. You'd probably get a slight FPS boost by turning your resolution down to 1280x720 or even 1024x768.
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