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Mathewep2010
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States63 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-08 06:02:38
August 08 2010 02:06 GMT
#2201
What is the main requirement to run the game in all high settings with just a few in ultra? is it mainly just having a good graphics card/processor?
EliteAzn
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States661 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-11 02:56:11
August 11 2010 02:55 GMT
#2202
This is all i have right now:
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 2.6.1.7600
CPU TYPE:
Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU SPEED (GHZ):
2.42
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):
2
VIDEO CARD MODEL:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
VIDEO CARD DRIVER:
nvd3dum.dll
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:
1680x1050
HARD DISK SIZE (GB):
232.77
HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):
163.3

I have having AWFUL single player lag (near the beginning of either level or restart or save spot) Having some lag issues in Multiplayer too (usually just beginning pause for like 3 seconds)

Any suggestions? Thanks

Edit: Medium Settings
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Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
August 11 2010 03:14 GMT
#2203
Elite: Imo something must be wrong... you should be able to run the game just fine on medium! You could try to run 3D mark vantage and see how your computer stacks up to similar configurations. Maybe that could help determine if your hardware or installation is faulty in some way
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nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-11 03:16:17
August 11 2010 03:15 GMT
#2204
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EliteAzn
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States661 Posts
August 11 2010 03:16 GMT
#2205
On August 11 2010 12:14 Jenslyn87 wrote:
Elite: Imo something must be wrong... you should be able to run the game just fine on medium! You could try to run 3D mark vantage and see how your computer stacks up to similar configurations. Maybe that could help determine if your hardware or installation is faulty in some way


How do i run a 3D mark vantage? I'm not sure what to do here -_-'...I'm not THAT tech savvy

Thanks!
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Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
August 11 2010 16:16 GMT
#2206
On August 11 2010 12:16 EliteAzn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2010 12:14 Jenslyn87 wrote:
Elite: Imo something must be wrong... you should be able to run the game just fine on medium! You could try to run 3D mark vantage and see how your computer stacks up to similar configurations. Maybe that could help determine if your hardware or installation is faulty in some way


How do i run a 3D mark vantage? I'm not sure what to do here -_-'...I'm not THAT tech savvy

Thanks!

It's a synethetic benchmark that tests to see how well your system runs in games

Just download and run it. You can try posting your scores here, and we'll see if they're up to par
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silencesc
Profile Joined July 2010
United States464 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-11 16:26:18
August 11 2010 16:23 GMT
#2207
AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition
Asus Crosshair Formula IV
6GB Corsair Dominator
2x1.5 TB WD Caviar Black
XFX 5870 1GB GDDR5
ASUS Sonar Sound card

Edit:

I run Win 7, Vista and Ubuntu in different partitions (also CentOS and Fedora, but those are just for server OS's), OS X on VM Ware Enterprise. Also, resolution is 1950x1280 (27" samsung) with a 23" samsung as an auxiliary.

It runs seamlessly on Ultra.
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silencesc
Profile Joined July 2010
United States464 Posts
August 11 2010 16:27 GMT
#2208
On August 11 2010 11:55 EliteAzn wrote:
This is all i have right now:
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 2.6.1.7600
CPU TYPE:
Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU SPEED (GHZ):
2.42
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):
2
VIDEO CARD MODEL:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
VIDEO CARD DRIVER:
nvd3dum.dll
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:
1680x1050
HARD DISK SIZE (GB):
232.77
HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):
163.3

I have having AWFUL single player lag (near the beginning of either level or restart or save spot) Having some lag issues in Multiplayer too (usually just beginning pause for like 3 seconds)

Any suggestions? Thanks



Edit: Medium Settings



Your rig is fine, just upgrade the RAM and it should run a lot faster. Also, try a defragment (that always makes my drive go faster) good luck!
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woopsies
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2010-08-16 11:28:08
August 16 2010 11:26 GMT
#2209
This is what I have so far:
MOBO - Asus P5KC
OS - Windows 7
CPU - intel dual core E2200 at 2.20ghz
CPU spd - 2.20ghz
Memory - 6g DDR2
Graphic card - Nvidia 9500GT 512mb
Desktop resolution - 1680x1050 (recommended)
HD - 500gb
PSU - think its a 500w (don't know what the volt is)

At the moment, I do not know what to upgrade first. Everything else is good though right? What should I do with my settings or what should I upgrade first? Every time I play sc2, 1v1 or more and custom games, it gives me an humongous lag spike and also choppy... reallly bad...
Tell me what should I do?
bulge
Profile Joined July 2010
161 Posts
August 16 2010 11:44 GMT
#2210
for anyone out there with a pentium D, i had

pentium D 2.66 ghz
2gb 533 mhz DDR2
nvidia geforce 6600 agp

which runs 1v1 fine, but anything over that and it gets really bad. 3v3 is unplayable

interestingly, upgrading the motherboard and graphics to an ati 5750 (about 5 generations newer) did not boost performance. however, switching over to a bottom line dual core e5300 (also 2.6ghz) made a world of a difference.

bottom line, if you have a pentium D, buy a new cpu.
Seraph.yongweihua
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada224 Posts
August 16 2010 12:17 GMT
#2211
On August 16 2010 20:44 bulge wrote:
for anyone out there with a pentium D, i had

pentium D 2.66 ghz
2gb 533 mhz DDR2
nvidia geforce 6600 agp

which runs 1v1 fine, but anything over that and it gets really bad. 3v3 is unplayable

interestingly, upgrading the motherboard and graphics to an ati 5750 (about 5 generations newer) did not boost performance. however, switching over to a bottom line dual core e5300 (also 2.6ghz) made a world of a difference.

bottom line, if you have a pentium D, buy a new cpu.


Dude how do you deal with zerg and the creep? I can't imagine how much lag that must give you.
RushGG
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom212 Posts
August 16 2010 15:22 GMT
#2212
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 B50 @ 3.4Ghz (unlocked from 2->4 cores)
Mobo: ASUS M4A77T
Memory: 4gb Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 1333Mhz
Graphics: EVGA 1Gb GTX 460 SuperClocked
Hard Drives: 500Gb Seagate 7200RPM
PSU: OCZ Stealth Xtream 500W

Built this for around £460, planning on upgrading to an SLI mobo, a 2nd GTX 460 and a Corsair 750/850W PSU at a later date.

Runs SC2 on ultra @ 1920x1080 extremely well :-)
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Lokian
Profile Joined March 2010
United States699 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-16 15:55:04
August 16 2010 15:52 GMT
#2213
OS: Windows 7 32 bit
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4, 3.00Ghz 2.99Ghz
Memory: 1.50GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
Hard Drive: WDC ATA 80GB(OS), Maxtor ATA 189GB(Storage)

I invested $120 on this machine via craigslist/ebay.

It is no doubt in my mind that it cannot run Starcraft 2 very well. I also try my best to do video editing on this computer but the limit to what I can do is very minimal.

I've been meaning to get a new machine. I can't upgrade this old one at all. My motherboard doesn't even have a PCI-E slot...

My budget for a new computer is around $600-$1100. I prefer if I can get something cheap but also very efficient. I want to be able to do video-editing and 3d modeling(not professionally but standard at least!)

I'm looking at an i5 Processor, which is about $200. I don't know how costly a motherboard/cards are comparably... I can only ask for some help...

Supposedly, the processor/video card costs around the same...

i5 CPU: $200
motherboard(IDK which ones are good?): $150-$200
Graphics Card: $150-$200?

That's already 600 under the drain... As far as what kind of RAM/PSU I need.. idk... And I'm a complete newbie at buying hardware thats more than $100. I'm afraid of heating issues and stuff that I hear a lot of stories about...

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RushGG
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom212 Posts
August 16 2010 16:40 GMT
#2214
I'd go for an AMD Phenom II X6 over i5 tbh, same sort of price but much better performance.
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Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-16 16:47:02
August 16 2010 16:46 GMT
#2215
On August 16 2010 20:26 woopsies wrote:
This is what I have so far:
MOBO - Asus P5KC
OS - Windows 7
CPU - intel dual core E2200 at 2.20ghz
CPU spd - 2.20ghz
Memory - 6g DDR2
Graphic card - Nvidia 9500GT 512mb
Desktop resolution - 1680x1050 (recommended)
HD - 500gb
PSU - think its a 500w (don't know what the volt is)

At the moment, I do not know what to upgrade first. Everything else is good though right? What should I do with my settings or what should I upgrade first? Every time I play sc2, 1v1 or more and custom games, it gives me an humongous lag spike and also choppy... reallly bad...
Tell me what should I do?


Definitely upgrade your CPU first IMO

It's not shit, considering I run an Intel E5200 @ 2.5GHz (no OC) and I run this game on near-maxed settings with 3D. But you should upgrade it nonetheless IMO.

And I dont really know Nvidia cards, but I run an ATI Radeon 4850 HD which goes about 80-90 USD on Newegg and can run all the GPU intensive settings on this game at Ultra. So you should probably get the Nvidia equivalent of that too.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19202 Posts
August 16 2010 16:53 GMT
#2216
On August 17 2010 00:52 Lokian wrote:
OS: Windows 7 32 bit
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4, 3.00Ghz 2.99Ghz
Memory: 1.50GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
Hard Drive: WDC ATA 80GB(OS), Maxtor ATA 189GB(Storage)

I invested $120 on this machine via craigslist/ebay.

It is no doubt in my mind that it cannot run Starcraft 2 very well. I also try my best to do video editing on this computer but the limit to what I can do is very minimal.

I've been meaning to get a new machine. I can't upgrade this old one at all. My motherboard doesn't even have a PCI-E slot...

My budget for a new computer is around $600-$1100. I prefer if I can get something cheap but also very efficient. I want to be able to do video-editing and 3d modeling(not professionally but standard at least!)

I'm looking at an i5 Processor, which is about $200. I don't know how costly a motherboard/cards are comparably... I can only ask for some help...

Supposedly, the processor/video card costs around the same...

i5 CPU: $200
motherboard(IDK which ones are good?): $150-$200
Graphics Card: $150-$200?

That's already 600 under the drain... As far as what kind of RAM/PSU I need.. idk... And I'm a complete newbie at buying hardware thats more than $100. I'm afraid of heating issues and stuff that I hear a lot of stories about...


lolwut? How'd you get my old computer's specs? Anyway, FX cards are ancient, and weren't even very good when they were released.

Anyway, for $1000 you can get this (there's a $25 MIR on the SSD):
LITE-ON DVD-R
WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
Kingston 64GB SSD
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO
Gigabyte Radeon 5830 1GB
G.SKILL 4GB Ripjaw RAM
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Cost as of this post: $915.37 + Tax + S&H
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Ero-Sennin
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States756 Posts
October 05 2010 02:08 GMT
#2217
Because you tech people are so much smarter than me at any of this stuff, I have come to ask you all a question.

I would love to buy SCII, but for that I'll need a new computer (which mine is 6 years old, it's about time to get a new one anyways).

I'm looking at http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP - Slimline Desktop / AMD Athlon&#153; II Dual-Core Processor / 3GB Memory / 640GB Hard Drive/9974673.p?id=1218205379770&skuId=9974673

and http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP - Pavilion Desktop / AMD Athlon&#153; II Processor / 4GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive/1243488.p?id=1218240379197&skuId=1243488

Which would will be able to run SCII better? Note that I'm not looking to play it on the highest setting possible. Anywhere from mid-to-low is fine with me.

Thanks in advance

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Hizzo
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States193 Posts
October 05 2010 02:17 GMT
#2218
On August 17 2010 01:40 CurZed wrote:
I'd go for an AMD Phenom II X6 over i5 tbh, same sort of price but much better performance.


Depends which i5 and how much you're overlocking.
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keynest
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States57 Posts
October 05 2010 03:07 GMT
#2219
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Cpu: e2108 Overclocked @3ghz
Memory: ddr2 2GB
Graphics: HD 4850
Hard Drives: WD 640GB 8400rpm

Can run SC2 on high no problem! 2v2 3v3 late games I have some problesm fps wise it drops to 18 to 28. But I don't play them that often, so nothing to complain here.
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ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
October 05 2010 03:10 GMT
#2220
On October 05 2010 11:08 Ero-Sennin wrote:
Because you tech people are so much smarter than me at any of this stuff, I have come to ask you all a question.

I would love to buy SCII, but for that I'll need a new computer (which mine is 6 years old, it's about time to get a new one anyways).

I'm looking at http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP - Slimline Desktop / AMD Athlon&#153; II Dual-Core Processor / 3GB Memory / 640GB Hard Drive/9974673.p?id=1218205379770&skuId=9974673

and http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP - Pavilion Desktop / AMD Athlon&#153; II Processor / 4GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive/1243488.p?id=1218240379197&skuId=1243488

Which would will be able to run SCII better? Note that I'm not looking to play it on the highest setting possible. Anywhere from mid-to-low is fine with me.

Thanks in advance

There's about a thousand threads about this in the dedicated tech support forum.
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