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XazXio
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States356 Posts
September 05 2011 04:00 GMT
#1
Hi! I have a serious question here and what else better to go to than the starcraft community. That question that i have is simple, should i quit? I've played broodwar for a few years before sc2 game out 3-4 years or so and then i went into sc2. i was pretty decent at bw not the best but i was able to get C- on iccup one season in under 50 games and so i thought i'd transition well into sc2. What i didn't expect was the computer power required to run the monster of a game and with a shitty ass computer its pretty horrid. I've played the 1st season fully and got about 3.5k diamond, 2nd season i gave up half way and this season i just stopped even though i've managed diamond all 3 times. the reason isn't because of addiction or simply because i'm bad its just that my computer cant handle the game at all and cannot manage a frame rate past 5 when nothing. my frames per second is 10 if no units or buildings are on screen, 5 or under if there is stuff on the screen, and 2 if there are more than about 20 units. I can't afford a new computer or any upgrades so therefor i am stuck with what i have and i just want to know what people think if i should just quit because the game lags too much and make it too frustrating to enjoy it.

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mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
September 05 2011 04:01 GMT
#2
...
If you don't like it, take a break. You don't have to sign your life away, lock SC2 in a safe where someone else has the key, and forget it forever while disowning all its friends.

Wait till you get a new computer or you crave it enough to stand the bad FPS.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Zyferous
Profile Joined September 2010
United States270 Posts
September 05 2011 04:04 GMT
#3
If your computer is that slow, you could just go back to bw.
..jussayin
Jaedong forever.
Steelavocado
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2123 Posts
September 05 2011 04:05 GMT
#4
I would quit and get a decent job then focus on playing/enjoying sc2. It's easy for me to say but its the best advice I can give. Once you have a good job, then maybe you can afford one of those cpu upgrades
MIRACLE IS YOUR TI7 CHAMP
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
September 05 2011 04:07 GMT
#5
If your computer can't run it in a playable manner even on lowest settings I would quit until I had a setup where I could play properly. If you already have all the peripherals I'm sure someone in the tech support section could give you a build for $300-$350 that would run it no problem. Maybe even a bit cheaper if you just want it to be playable on lowest.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
September 05 2011 04:10 GMT
#6
quit if it's not fun.
come back when it's fun again.
Sc2Requiem
Profile Joined June 2011
United States121 Posts
September 05 2011 04:13 GMT
#7
Keep rocking on with BW until you can afford a new PC. Playing like that is only going to stress you out, and that ruins the entire point of playing a game.

My two cents though: I think you could upgrade your machine for extremely cheap though if you don't buy top of the line hardware. I used to play Sc2 decently well on a 7 year old machine with only an upgrade to RAM in all those years. If you can find dated RAM/Graphics cards you can probably get away with spending less than 100 bucks and have a machine that can run Sc2
"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step towards something better."
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
September 05 2011 04:13 GMT
#8
You don't seem to want to go pro. If you're not having fun, don't play.
IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
September 05 2011 04:14 GMT
#9
This is a question only you can answer isn't it? Who cares what we think? Play if you like it. Quit if you don't.
Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
September 05 2011 04:18 GMT
#10
Why would you play an unenjoyable game (read: constant 5fps)?

Keep playing BW until you get bored of it or when you get better hardware
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
September 05 2011 04:38 GMT
#11
Play BW obviously...
Jaedong :3
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