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Anyone else getting low fps in SC2?

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DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-06 23:41:59
August 06 2010 23:39 GMT
#1
I have a:

Intel Q6600(quad core) @ 2.4 Ghz
4GB ram
Nvidia GeForce G8800 GT

Sure it's a bit old but it should still be able to run SC2 on the lowest settings without a problem right? I remember being able to play the beta on high setting without a problem.

Lately, since launch, I have been getting serious fps drops in the late game. When there are more than 100 units or so on the screen I sometimes get 5-10 fps. I get this when running all the graphics on the lowest settings and while using the lowest resolution possible. I have the latest drivers and no other programs running. Have been checking my performance in windows task manager and none of my cores are even near 100% usage. I have more than 30GB of free space on every hard drive partition. Does anyone else have the same problem? If not I guess ill just have to reformat and see if that works.

apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
August 06 2010 23:43 GMT
#2
Do you have vertical sync on ingame ? When it was on, it dropped my fps by 30.
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DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
August 06 2010 23:43 GMT
#3
On August 07 2010 08:43 apm66 wrote:
Do you have vertical sync on ingame ? When it was on, it dropped my fps by 30.

Nope I'm not using vertical sync
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
August 07 2010 01:17 GMT
#4
Maybe an overheating issue? ^^ your specs should definitely be perfectly fine on medium i'm pretty sure.
DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
August 07 2010 01:35 GMT
#5
Yep. I just emptied my computer of dust. Going to try playing now. There was so much dust in there Have no idea why I didn't think of that first.
Klapdout
Profile Joined August 2007
United States282 Posts
August 07 2010 01:39 GMT
#6
That very well could have been your problem, if you continue to have issues try monitoring the temps while playing and report back.

Some good programs are
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 02:25:19
August 07 2010 02:24 GMT
#7
Yeah. My GPU temperature was up near 100C/200F before I cleaned it. After cleaning it went up to 85C at most. Maybe still a bit high but I get about 10x the fps now There was also a thick coat of dust on my CPU heatsink that when removed reduced the CPU temperature by about 20C. Problem solved.
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