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TheSchwA
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States248 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-11 19:39:21
July 11 2011 19:29 GMT
#1
So, I wanna start this off by saying, when it comes to computers.... I'm pretty stupid, which is why I'm coming with questions to all you bright and computer savvy TLers. Since playing SC2, my computer has lagged much more significantly than it ever did with BroodWar, for obvious reasons. I believe the main reason for my lag is most likely due to my graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE). So, I was wondering if any of you awesome people out there would know of any fairly cheap, although decent graphics cards that I could purchase so I can have an enjoyable, lag-free, SC2 experience?

This is the rest of my computer set-up ( at least what it says from the stickers on the front of the computer ) in case anyone is interested or can see anywhere else I could improve my set-up.

Windows Vista
4600+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
2048 MB Memory
320GB Hard drive

ArtLu
salito
Profile Joined May 2010
1647 Posts
July 11 2011 19:31 GMT
#2
try tech support

when i browse there for no reason i don't understand a damn word they say
Nature moves in the shortest way possible.
Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
July 11 2011 19:31 GMT
#3
Get rid of vista for either xp or 7 is a good first step.
MasterOfChaos
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Germany2896 Posts
July 11 2011 19:33 GMT
#4
4600+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Professor

I'd like to have a Professor in my comp too. Where can I buy one?
LiquipediaOne eye to kill. Two eyes to live.
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
July 11 2011 19:34 GMT
#5
Taken from the Blizzard support page:
1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 users)


You're right at recommended. I'd say you should just stick to playing on Low settings unless you want to upgrade or buy a new computer. I'm not sure if you got a store bought computer or built one (Sticker on the front makes me think store bought ) But as far as video cards go my GeForce 470 GTX
rarely fails me and the only time any lag can occur is when two maxed out armies meet on extreme settings. I also have four times as much RAM and a faster processor however.


I'd ask this question in Tech Support. They seem very friendly.
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
July 11 2011 19:37 GMT
#6
first thing you need to find out is if your computer has PCI-Express slot or AGP slot for graphics cards
blabberrrrr
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
July 11 2011 19:38 GMT
#7
On July 12 2011 04:33 MasterOfChaos wrote:
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4600+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Professor

I'd like to have a Professor in my comp too. Where can I buy one?


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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 11 2011 19:38 GMT
#8
You need to specify the resolution you play at. Your computer is five years old so getting a new graphics card won't exactly solve all your problems. You'll still suffer performance drops in late game scenarios due to your ancient processor.
TheSchwA
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States248 Posts
July 11 2011 19:39 GMT
#9
On July 12 2011 04:33 MasterOfChaos wrote:
Show nested quote +
4600+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Professor

I'd like to have a Professor in my comp too. Where can I buy one?


I wish I could remember, but they come in handy when I'm enduring homework struggles.
ArtLu
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-11 19:41:49
July 11 2011 19:41 GMT
#10
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=137554

Computer Build Resource Thread. Frankly, your whole PC is a bit light in the pants for SC2, and since it's CPU dependent on low settings, even though your GPU blows balls, getting more GPU won't help much, since your processor is bound to limit you in larger engagements.

You can upgrade to an i3 2100/GT450 rig for a few hundred dollars and get massively better performance all around.

Dammit, even in blogs, skyR ninjas me!
schaf
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1326 Posts
July 11 2011 19:49 GMT
#11
On July 12 2011 04:38 skyR wrote:
You need to specify the resolution you play at. Your computer is five years old so getting a new graphics card won't exactly solve all your problems. You'll still suffer performance drops in late game scenarios due to your ancient processor.


Im not a processor professor, but usually the processor load is really small while playing. I'd suggest a HD6850 (if your mainboard supports PCIE), pretty standard and pretty cheap.
Axiom wins more than it loses. Most viewers don't. - <3 TB
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-11 19:51:53
July 11 2011 19:50 GMT
#12
On July 12 2011 04:49 schaf wrote:
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On July 12 2011 04:38 skyR wrote:
You need to specify the resolution you play at. Your computer is five years old so getting a new graphics card won't exactly solve all your problems. You'll still suffer performance drops in late game scenarios due to your ancient processor.


Im not a processor professor, but usually the processor load is really small while playing. I'd suggest a HD6850 (if your mainboard supports PCIE), pretty standard and pretty cheap.


You clearly aren't, SC2 is extremely CPU limited.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128080

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-starcraft2-performance/page13.html

Look at the GPU performance pages, and you'll clearly see a massive CPU bottleneck, even with a heavily OCed i7.

TheSchwA
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States248 Posts
July 11 2011 20:03 GMT
#13
I really appreciate everyone's advice/comments so far, even if some of them are going over my head due to my lack of computer knowledge, ha. But, from what I'm reading it kind of seems like getting a new computer might be the way to go, in which case I may just go to newegg and see what I can find?
ArtLu
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-11 20:07:09
July 11 2011 20:06 GMT
#14
On July 12 2011 05:03 TheSchwA wrote:
I really appreciate everyone's advice/comments so far, even if some of them are going over my head due to my lack of computer knowledge, ha. But, from what I'm reading it kind of seems like getting a new computer might be the way to go, in which case I may just go to newegg and see what I can find?


Uhm, prebuilts suck and kits are worse. Would you be comfortable building one to get better performance for your money? It's easy, and there's video guides.

Check out the Computer build resource thread I linked, there's tons of info and you can get help once you've read through the basics.
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
July 11 2011 20:36 GMT
#15
I don't think upgrading parts is the way to go here, rather go for a whole new machine. Any modern graphics card would be bottlenecked by your CPU, and vice-versa. As was said, check out the computer build resource thread. Don't be afraid of building your own machine. It's not that difficult, a fun experience and saves a lot of money.
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
July 11 2011 22:47 GMT
#16
I've got AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.21 Ghz
2 G ram
GeForce 9800GT 512mb
Windows XP 32
Playing on 1900x1200 and 1280x1024(monitor broke :<)

and I run SC2 without any problems on low. The fps only drops in team games and in maxed out zergling vs zergling battles.

And yea, buying a new gfx wont solve anything, to actually upgrade you'd have to buy a new mobo, processor and gfx.
oh, hai
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