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Kolvacs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1203 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 15:10:48
June 29 2010 06:18 GMT
#2021
OS: Windows 7 64 Bit
CPU: i5 650 @ 3.2GHZ - Overclocked to 4.0GHZ
Memory: 4G DDR3 Corsair 1600MHZ
Graphics: EVGA GTX 260 896MB
Hard Drive: 500GB WD 3Gb/s
Mobo: ASUS P7P55D-E
Keyboard: Old Keyboard from Windows 98 painted Red and Black
Mouse: Razer Deathadder

Easily runs everything Ultra very smooth.

Corlath
Profile Joined June 2010
United States14 Posts
June 29 2010 21:15 GMT
#2022
OS: Windows 2.5.1.2600 (Service Pack 3)
CPU Type: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3200
CPU Speed (GHz): 1.828
System Memory (GB): 1.998
Video Card Model: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Video Card Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Desktop Resolution: 1280x1024
Hard Disk Size (GB): 931.51
Hard Disk Free Space (GB): 641.105

Could I run SC2 on the lowest settings?
plasemeious
Profile Joined November 2009
United States244 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 00:52:33
June 30 2010 00:52 GMT
#2023
Can anyone let me know how bad my gfx card(e-Geforce 6200) is and if my specs can play Starcrarft 2 I mainly played on a different computer while beta was up.(I know this is an old machine)
Gateway E6100
Pentium(R0 4 CPU 2.80 GHZ
2.50 of Ram(Also is it worth up[grading to 4 gigs?)
CPU speed 2.79
Geforce 6200
Windows Xp pro might change to windows 7 soon
Thanks for the help
Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
June 30 2010 01:08 GMT
#2024
Corlath: On lowest setting I wouldn't worry too much! You should be fine

Plasemeious: Your gfx is really bad as you say, but you can upgrade it to something decent for a few bucks... Perhaps you can run it at the lowest settings though
Hmmm, I wonder what terran is doiAAAAARGH BANSHEEEEES
plasemeious
Profile Joined November 2009
United States244 Posts
June 30 2010 01:12 GMT
#2025
On June 30 2010 10:08 Jenslyn87 wrote:
Corlath: On lowest setting I wouldn't worry too much! You should be fine

Plasemeious: Your gfx is really bad as you say, but you can upgrade it to something decent for a few bucks... Perhaps you can run it at the lowest settings though

Thanks!
Corlath
Profile Joined June 2010
United States14 Posts
June 30 2010 01:17 GMT
#2026
[QUOTE]On June 30 2010 10:08 Jenslyn87 wrote:
Corlath: On lowest setting I wouldn't worry too much! You should be fine

TYVM okay
ClanmasterZOG
Profile Joined June 2010
United States4 Posts
June 30 2010 01:34 GMT
#2027
I have three rigs

File Server
OS SUSE Linux
CPU Intel P4 3.6 ghz
Ram 4 Gig
Video 512 Mg Sapphire
HD 5 T

Main
OS Windows 7 64
CPU I7 920 2.66 ghz
Ram 6 Gig
Video 1 Gig ATI
HD 2 T

Alt
OS Windows Vista 32
CPU I5 750 2.67 ghz
Ram 4 Gig
Video 1 Gig ATI
HD 1.5 T
Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
June 30 2010 01:42 GMT
#2028
Clanmaster:

Do you want to know if you can run it or are you just positing? Your main and alt will ofc run it no problem, and your file server will too, but it's hard to say how well without knowing the graphics card. 512 megs can be a mid range card by today's standards or a dated one...
Hmmm, I wonder what terran is doiAAAAARGH BANSHEEEEES
ClanmasterZOG
Profile Joined June 2010
United States4 Posts
June 30 2010 01:44 GMT
#2029
Just Flexing ; )
Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 02:06:25
June 30 2010 02:04 GMT
#2030
Nice :D This is Day9 when he saw your rigs:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs079.ash2/37297_411368379511_745279511_4321742_7884691_n.jpg

My own:

i7 860 clocked to 3.6 Ghz during load
4 gigs of ram (1333 mhz)
ASUS TOP 5850 clocked 900/1200
500 gigs hard drive
Win7 Ultimate

:D
Hmmm, I wonder what terran is doiAAAAARGH BANSHEEEEES
red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 03:31:19
June 30 2010 03:29 GMT
#2031
Windows Vista
2 GB of DDR2 RAM
Dual core 2.2GHZ Intel processor (E2180)
Some built in cheapo mobo
ON board Nvidia (690FX or something pretty bad)
2 x 160 GB SATA (really bad read/write speed)
^^^^^^only $150 two years ago what a buy!
This is about my worst machine that I could get SC2 to run on. You probably don't want to drop anything below this as this lags super bad in any large battle and micro is nearly impossible in any situation above 40 supply. Currently I am running this as both of my other machines are the shop DK.

Once my machines will get back from the shop I will have:
Asus Crosshair formula IV mobo
AMD Phenom x6 2.8GHZ processor
Radeon ICEq video card (775MHZ core and 4GHZ mem w/1GB of DDR5)
6 GB of DDR3 1600 MHZ RAM
1TB SATA 6GB/s HDD
Also - Windows 7
This one (got new processor(from AMD phenom quad 2.6 GHZ moved to other rig and ram+4GB) - Also the Bios was corrupted D:
ran SC2 beatifully everything at full. :D
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
Dugrok
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada377 Posts
June 30 2010 03:56 GMT
#2032
Hey everyone,
I'm getting ready to purchase a new rig in time for SC2's release. I know my way around a computer... physically anyway. I'm capable of assembling a computer without a problem. But when it comes to the latest components, I'm not so great. I've been shopping around for a bit, and so far this is the best thing I've found. I may be totally wrong though.

I guess what I'd like to know is just how well a rig like this one will be able to run SC2.

http://expc.ca/i-1307-EXPC_GWS_7661.html

Here are the parts:
Mobo: ASUS P7H55-M Pro
CPU: Intel i5-661 (2x 3.33GHz)
GPU : nVidia GT240 1GB
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 330
PSU : CM 420W (built-in)
4 gigs of DDR3 ram

The only thing I don't like is that they don't list the brand of the HD... which usually means it's garbage.

Alternatively, does anyone know of a rig within the 500-750$ range that will run SC2 on high to ultra settings?

Thanks in advance!
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
June 30 2010 04:01 GMT
#2033
I don't know about Canada, but in the USA, the i5 750 is similarly priced to the i5 661, and is a much better deal.

The GT 240 1GB GDDR3 is generally considered a terrible buy. The 1GB GDDR3 memory is inferior to the 512MB GDDR5 which can also be on a GT 240. Get the 512MB GDDR5 GT 240 if you are planning on buying it.
http://expc.ca/i-12261-ASUS_ENGT240_DI_512MD5_A.html
Is the GT 240 I am talking about it.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Dugrok
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada377 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 04:21:06
June 30 2010 04:05 GMT
#2034
Good to know Frag. I'll go have a look on newegg and see if I can get a better system thrown together.

Thanks for the input.

EDIT:
I changed a few things up. Decided to put in the i-750 like you said and I upgraded to a 1GB GeForce 240 card. Is it overkill though? I'm trying to figure out what will bottleneck first here... the processor or the GPU.

Because I mean, if the processor does first, I'd be tempted to just save myself the few dollars difference between this and the 512MB 240.

Here's a link to the 1GB 240.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130542
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
June 30 2010 04:41 GMT
#2035
I would get the 512MB GDDR5. 1GB is overkill for that card.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
EnvoYofAiuR
Profile Joined October 2002
Netherlands71 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 10:47:48
June 30 2010 10:47 GMT
#2036
windows 7 32-bit

i7 i7-860 / 2.8 GHz -LGA1156 Socket - L3 8 MB -

MSI Big Bang Trinergy - Moederbord - ATX - iP55 -
LGA1156 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300 (RAID),

HD 1x 750GB + 1x 250 GB

GeIL Black Dragon Quad Channel Kit 8 GB - DDR3 - 1600 MHz / PC3-12800

Nvidia 8800 Ultra 768MB

ATX power supply 730W

samsung syncmaster 2232bw 22"

Logitech laser mouse MX518




Conquer, but dont triumph
habermas
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom304 Posts
June 30 2010 14:04 GMT
#2037
On June 30 2010 12:56 Dugrok wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm getting ready to purchase a new rig in time for SC2's release. I know my way around a computer... physically anyway. I'm capable of assembling a computer without a problem. But when it comes to the latest components, I'm not so great. I've been shopping around for a bit, and so far this is the best thing I've found. I may be totally wrong though.

I guess what I'd like to know is just how well a rig like this one will be able to run SC2.

http://expc.ca/i-1307-EXPC_GWS_7661.html

Here are the parts:
Mobo: ASUS P7H55-M Pro
CPU: Intel i5-661 (2x 3.33GHz)
GPU : nVidia GT240 1GB
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 330
PSU : CM 420W (built-in)
4 gigs of DDR3 ram

The only thing I don't like is that they don't list the brand of the HD... which usually means it's garbage.

Alternatively, does anyone know of a rig within the 500-750$ range that will run SC2 on high to ultra settings?

Thanks in advance!

I'd rather get ATI HD5670. It's a newer generation GPU, is roughly 20% faster, supports DX11 and costs pretty much the same. Also with $750 budget you could probably get an X58 board and i7 CPU which would be a much better investment. The i7 920 is pretty much the best bang for the buck at the market right now and it overclocks like crazy. However, just for SC2 your setup will be enough to play the game maxed probably even at 1080p resolution.

My rig:

OS: Windows 7 x64, Slackware Linux
CPU: Q6600 at 3.6 Ghz w/ Xigmatek HDT-S1283
HDD: 2x Seagate 7200.12 1Tb RAID 0 + 7200.11 500Gb backup
Mobo: DFI Lanparty DK P45-T2RS PLUS
PSU: Corsair TX650W
Memory: 4Gb OCZ Platinum
Case: Fractal Design R5 w/ 6 fans
GPU: XFX Radeon HD5770
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2253bw

Not exactly the latest stuff, but still cuts it. Perhaps I'll get another 5770 for Crossfire when Crysis 2 is released, as I'm a big fan.
cory1234
Profile Joined April 2010
United States25 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 14:09:28
June 30 2010 14:08 GMT
#2038
i7 875k @ 4ghz
4gb ddr3 1600
8800gt sli
40gb sdd/ 500gb hd
850w OCZ psu
windows 7 64

I haven't tested sc2 with my new i7 875k, but I was using a i5 750. I was getting decent fps with everything on ultra, but I turned one or 2 things down because I liked 90+ fps even when zooming in with a lot of units on the screen . I plan on upgrading my gpu's around the retail release.
i5 2500k @4.8ghz, eVGA 460 gtx 1gb SC EE, 40gb Intel SSD/500gb HDD, 650w Corsair psu, 4gb ddr3, Win 7 64bit
.Soul
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada81 Posts
June 30 2010 15:16 GMT
#2039
On June 30 2010 23:04 habermas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2010 12:56 Dugrok wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm getting ready to purchase a new rig in time for SC2's release. I know my way around a computer... physically anyway. I'm capable of assembling a computer without a problem. But when it comes to the latest components, I'm not so great. I've been shopping around for a bit, and so far this is the best thing I've found. I may be totally wrong though.

I guess what I'd like to know is just how well a rig like this one will be able to run SC2.

http://expc.ca/i-1307-EXPC_GWS_7661.html

Here are the parts:
Mobo: ASUS P7H55-M Pro
CPU: Intel i5-661 (2x 3.33GHz)
GPU : nVidia GT240 1GB
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 330
PSU : CM 420W (built-in)
4 gigs of DDR3 ram

The only thing I don't like is that they don't list the brand of the HD... which usually means it's garbage.

Alternatively, does anyone know of a rig within the 500-750$ range that will run SC2 on high to ultra settings?

Thanks in advance!

I'd rather get ATI HD5670. It's a newer generation GPU, is roughly 20% faster, supports DX11 and costs pretty much the same. Also with $750 budget you could probably get an X58 board and i7 CPU which would be a much better investment. The i7 920 is pretty much the best bang for the buck at the market right now and it overclocks like crazy. However, just for SC2 your setup will be enough to play the game maxed probably even at 1080p resolution.

My rig:

OS: Windows 7 x64, Slackware Linux
CPU: Q6600 at 3.6 Ghz w/ Xigmatek HDT-S1283
HDD: 2x Seagate 7200.12 1Tb RAID 0 + 7200.11 500Gb backup
Mobo: DFI Lanparty DK P45-T2RS PLUS
PSU: Corsair TX650W
Memory: 4Gb OCZ Platinum
Case: Fractal Design R5 w/ 6 fans
GPU: XFX Radeon HD5770
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2253bw

Not exactly the latest stuff, but still cuts it. Perhaps I'll get another 5770 for Crossfire when Crysis 2 is released, as I'm a big fan.



Ah, always good to see another 5770 user!

Currently running:

CPU: Phenom X555 @3.9Ghz
GPU: Shappire ATI 5770 HD
RAM: 4GB DDR3 Corsiar XMS3
Mobo: Asus M479XTD - EVO
PSU: 500W OCZ StealthXStream
HDD: 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black, 1x 2TB WD Caviar Green
Right now it runs everything really smooth! Really happy with the performance of this rig!
.Soul
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada81 Posts
June 30 2010 15:18 GMT
#2040
On June 24 2010 15:41 sc2lime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2010 13:09 Sayer wrote:
Can any of you near xperts tell me which one you would prefer?

Here is a general rundown..

#1.
Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHZ
4GB DDR3
500 GB HDD
1GB ATI Radeon 5770
$817

#2.
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHZ
4GB DDR3
500 GB HDD
Geforce 9800GT 1GB
$825



I'm no expert but I just find it interesting that it would have been the best choice had the AMD Phenom II X4 955 been matched up with the 1GB ATI Radeon 5770.

Correct me if I'm wrong.


Yeah, the best choice would be the X4 955 w/ the 5770. Plus the 955 would be the Black Edition, so it would be super easy to overclock. Plus, the 5770 has GDDR5 memory and is DX11 ready
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