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TheSchwA
United States248 Posts
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  | ||
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salito
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when i browse there for no reason i don't understand a damn word they say | ||
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Inkarnate
Canada840 Posts
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MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
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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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
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 GTXrarely 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. | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On July 12 2011 04:33 MasterOfChaos wrote: I'd like to have a Professor in my comp too. Where can I buy one? You must find and ask this man a riddle: + Show Spoiler [picture] + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QJFuO.jpg) | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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TheSchwA
United States248 Posts
On July 12 2011 04:33 MasterOfChaos wrote: 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. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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! | ||
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schaf
Germany1326 Posts
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. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On July 12 2011 04:49 schaf wrote: 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. | ||
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TheSchwA
United States248 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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. | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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HornyHerring
Papua New Guinea1058 Posts
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. | ||
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