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Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-20 10:02:32
August 20 2012 10:02 GMT
#41
On August 20 2012 18:10 Gandalf wrote:
Can I ask why Rich specifically mentions Aero being disabled for these tests? Does Aero have any impact on SC2 performance?


Short answer, yes. It reduces performance on almost all things, albeit slightly

Although i think only with windowed mode (?)
Useless wet fish.
SaWse
Profile Joined January 2012
Belgium102 Posts
August 20 2012 14:20 GMT
#42
I honestly see no reason what so ever to overclock your cpu to play 1v1 starcraft. higher numbers are nice but heat at this time of year is not. 40 min fps is plenty.
ZeroTalent
Profile Joined December 2010
United States297 Posts
August 20 2012 16:10 GMT
#43
On August 20 2012 18:10 Gandalf wrote:
Can I ask why Rich specifically mentions Aero being disabled for these tests? Does Aero have any impact on SC2 performance?


Yes, it does (at least when playing windowed or windowed fullscreen. Not sure about fullscreen).
Can we get an official definition of "all-in"? Please?
Mandalor
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Germany2362 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-21 10:56:18
August 21 2012 10:53 GMT
#44
On August 21 2012 01:10 ZeroTalent wrote:
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On August 20 2012 18:10 Gandalf wrote:
Can I ask why Rich specifically mentions Aero being disabled for these tests? Does Aero have any impact on SC2 performance?


Yes, it does (at least when playing windowed or windowed fullscreen. Not sure about fullscreen).


R1CH tested a streaming scenario (xsplit was running). Since you have to use sc2 in windowed mode when streaming, it makes sense to disable aero. Having aero on should have no effect on sc2 performance in fullscreen (when only one screen is in use that is).

On August 20 2012 23:20 SaWse wrote:
I honestly see no reason what so ever to overclock your cpu to play 1v1 starcraft. higher numbers are nice but heat at this time of year is not. 40 min fps is plenty.


It might not make sense with R1CH's setup, but it surely does when you have trouble running the game with decent fps. Also, and I might be a little sensitive about things like that, I can easily tell the difference between 40 and 50 fps (let alone huge fps drops for a second).
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
August 22 2012 14:44 GMT
#45
On August 17 2012 13:00 Bibbit wrote:

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he's pretty lifelike in real life as well. I think.
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fritfrat
Profile Joined August 2010
United States50 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-22 17:40:23
August 22 2012 17:39 GMT
#46
You ask why overclock if you have high min fps already, but I ask, why not? I have a i5-2500k and I just use a 24/7 overclock to 4.4ghz- especially since I have a pretty decent chip and it's stable at 1.22v, there is really no reason not to have it overclocked, since it's not like I'm "shortening the lifespan" of the chip at that voltage, and I get low temperatures with a simple $20 (after rebate) air cooler. Maybe it draws more power, but that's probably very negligible.
WhuazGoodJaggah
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Lesotho777 Posts
August 22 2012 17:52 GMT
#47
On August 23 2012 02:39 fritfrat wrote:
You ask why overclock if you have high min fps already, but I ask, why not? I have a i5-2500k and I just use a 24/7 overclock to 4.4ghz- especially since I have a pretty decent chip and it's stable at 1.22v, there is really no reason not to have it overclocked, since it's not like I'm "shortening the lifespan" of the chip at that voltage, and I get low temperatures with a simple $20 (after rebate) air cooler. Maybe it draws more power, but that's probably very negligible.


there is a very big reason to not do thi and its the energy waste.
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bearhug
Profile Joined September 2010
United States999 Posts
August 23 2012 13:44 GMT
#48
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