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Hello, I am a starcraft 2 player. In 2010 when the game was in beta, i had a really bad computer. I played a pirated version of sc2 offline vs ai, just to train so i wont be bad with everything when the game gets out.
It lagged because of my proccessor. Later (5-7 days) I got a new processor. It is a dual-core AMD Athlon 2.79 GHz 2 GB ram. My graphics card couldn't even support medium (It could but at 10 fps~ish average, at the start). Then, at the christmas, I got an Nvidia Geforce GTX 430 with 1024. I'm happy with my graphic card.
In 2011 july-june, I got a new HDD (hard disk drive) which has 1TB total, and I keep my old 100gb HDD which has ~144gb total. They're both in my computer.
In late 2011/jan 2012, I found out how to trigger dual-core on my processor. The performance improved ALOT. I was always tinkering around with sc2 in task manager (priority). I then realised that I have 2x2 gigs of ram, but it only allocates ~300-350mb. Is there any way to allocate 500-600mb of ram, or even more?
I'm on windows xp, latest drivers (except for audio, can't seem to find them).
P.S.: does anyone know how to fix the typo in the title?
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are you on a 64 bit operating system? you would benefit A LOT with windows 7 x64 in case you are not right now...
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No. I am not on a x64 bit system. Do you think it'd be better? Also, my dad makes most merchandise for my computer. Im going to need a solid argument, else he wouldn't buy it for me.
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You do not allocate memory manually. The Operating System handles this, that is one of its main purposes. Assuming you are not using tons of other RAM-hungry programs, SC2 will automatically get any RAM it needs from the OS.
I'm relatively certain (90% confidence) that SC2 is just-another-32-bit-program-that-can't-use-more-than-2gb-of-RAM. You're almost certainly fine on the RAM front.
Also I can imagine why your 7+ year old CPU would have difficulty with SC2. My 6 year old Athlon X2 struggles often. Not much you can do besides buy a new motherboard/CPU.
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Yes but is there any program, any way to modify the way I can allocate more ?
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On March 31 2012 15:38 WarBobz wrote:
Yes but is there any program, any way to modify the way I can allocate more ?
No.
Your problem is not your RAM. With more details of the problem I might be able to help but you also need to try not to speculate on the cause yourself in your descriptions. This doesn't help.
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On March 31 2012 15:38 WarBobz wrote:
Yes but is there any program, any way to modify the way I can allocate more ?
32 bit OS wont be able to allocate more than 4gb system memory plus video memory in total. You may be underusing your ram, how many ram does the OS say it has installed??
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If you max your in-game resolution and set "textures" to "ultra", starcraft should allocate more ram if that's what you want 
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On March 31 2012 15:38 WarBobz wrote:
Yes but is there any program, any way to modify the way I can allocate more ?
I do not think you are understanding what I am saying.
Let's use the kitchen table for cooking analogy:
RAM is like the amount of table space you have for cooking food.
If you are chopping meat, you need a certain amount of space. Say, a bit of space for your knives, a cutting board, some place to discard meat bits, and a place for your cut meat.
If you have a professional kitchen with 500 square feet of table space, you do not ever ask yourself "Gee, how could I use more table space to cut meat?" No, you just cut meat with the 10 square feet of space it takes, and ignore the rest of it.
Likewise, if SC2 isn't using more than 500MB of RAM (table space for cutting meat in this example). If you have 192GB of RAM (500 square foot professional kitchen), you still have no need for more RAM.
If you're lazy like me and never cook food, let me know and I can come up with a different analogy.
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Now i understand. But my computer should support full battles on medium, but it doesnt.
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No, it should not. A 7+ year old Athlon is going to get raped by SC2. My 6 year old Athlon 64 X2 gets raped by late-mid to late game.
Your problem is CPU.
(Actually a 2.7xGB 2 core Athlon could be between 5 and 7 years old)
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On March 31 2012 15:45 ABagOfFritos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 15:38 WarBobz wrote:
Yes but is there any program, any way to modify the way I can allocate more ? No. Your problem is not your RAM. With more details of the problem I might be able to help but you also need to try not to speculate on the cause yourself in your descriptions. This doesn't help.
So I need more ________ (as far as I am aware, this is unknown) to make sc2 run faster. Nvidia Gforce gtx 430 and AMD Athlon 2x 2GB 2.79GHZ are my G.card and Processor. I'm trying to get sc to atleast support battles on medium (huge ones). It even lags in 3v3 in a 100/100/100 vs 100/100/100. It shouldn't lag. This is my problem.
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CPU. You need more CPU. Do you have an exact model for your CPU? Because my Athlon 64 X2 6000+ from 2006-ish gets completely raped by late game battles.
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On March 31 2012 16:03 phar wrote:
No, it should not. A 7+ year old Athlon is going to get raped by SC2. My 6 year old Athlon 64 X2 gets raped by late-mid to late game.
Your problem is CPU.
(Actually a 2.7xGB 2 core Athlon could be between 5 and 7 years old)
What CPU or a GPU should I get so i can run high atleast with no lag? And is my graphic card good enough for it? These are my 2 major problems.
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