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On August 22 2009 16:23 Saddened Izzy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2009 17:18 ghermination wrote:On August 20 2009 16:46 GTR wrote:
I helped my friend with upgrading his computer and it is now
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
3GB DDR 2 @ 666MHz
ATI Radeon 4770 512MB
This should be fine right?
EDIT: It was upgrade from
Intel Pentium D 280
1GB DDR 2
ATI Radeon X300
The DDR2 666 is kind of a waste of money, i would've gone with DDR2-800, or even 1066, its pretty cheap. Not really, If you are looking at the old Intel set up where the memory controller is not integrated with the cpu, like AMD has been doing for years and now i7 and i5 line up, Getting Ram with extra bandwidth over your CPU does little to jack dittly zip to improving performance. 3 gigs is odd i dislike 2gig then 1 gig set up it's very laptop ish or 3x1gig sticks which is just lol, also means non dual channel, overrated yes but it's like to use. E7500 FSB native is 1066 and not going into detail about how bandwidth is determined just divide the FSB by 2 1066/2=533Mhz is all that is needed for ram speed to run that cpu at full. Really 666Mhz ram is more then enough for that E7500 non OCed Although 666Mhz flat instead of 667 is what err 333strap and bahh i can't think but i think it's been strapped weird something like 400 on FSB to Dram blu balh beh Laptop makers have known this for years it's why laptops usually scrape the bottom on bandwidth for their ram as it is cheaper and anything in excess does not make it really go faster with he exception listed above.
OK I GOT IT. ram that is labeled as ddr2-1066 actually runs at 533mhz bus speed but sends 2 transfers per clock. hence 533 x 2 = 1066. the ram itself isnt really running at a 1066mhz frequency just a 1066mhz data rate(?). so his friends ram is actually running at 333mhz bus.
i hope that makes sense, i'm not so sure about this myself.
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On August 23 2009 12:30 FortuneSyn wrote:
Hey guys what do you think about my laptop for SC2? I am hopeless when comparing specs etc because I never keep myself updated and as soon as I learn something about it i forget it the next day. Do I need to buy a desktop/upgrade my laptop?
OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.0.6001 (SP 1)
CPU TYPE:INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 DUO CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHZ
CPU SPEED (GHZ):2.02
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):2.996
GRAPHICS CARD MODEL:NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600M GT
GRAPHICS CARD DRIVER:NVD3DUM.DLL
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1280X800
No way man, you should play fine. Don't expect AA though.
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How will this do?:
Manufacturer: Alienware
Model: Area-51 m15x
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.80GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2 RAM
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800M GTX
Native Resolution: 1920x1200
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now thats just showing off
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Ahh you caught me :D
Seriously will this do? I dont want to be forced into buying alienwares newer, hideously expensive models...
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My System Specifications:
* Operating system:Windows Vista 2.6.0.6001 (SP 1)
* CPU type:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
* CPU Speed (GHz):2.021
* System memory (GB):1.998
* Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
* Graphics card driver:nvd3dum.dll
* Desktop resolution:1440x900
* Hard disk size (GB):223.976
* Hard disk free space (GB):147.234
This is from the battle.net beta opt-in settings.
I really hope I can run SC II / D3 at lowest, because I'm not planning on changing this laptop any time soon :<.
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you should be able to run SC2 at lowest.
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How would an ATI Mobility Radeon 3450 HD 512MB do with SC2? Low/Medium?
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On August 31 2009 09:22 DragoonPK wrote:
How would an ATI Mobility Radeon 3450 HD 512MB do with SC2? Low/Medium?
I can see low/medium, if it has a fan and you have a laptop cooler you might be able to get away with some moderate overclocking to squeeze a few more fps out of the game.
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At what settings can a HD 4670 run SC2?
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On August 31 2009 21:24 Garnet wrote:
At what settings can a HD 4670 run SC2?
I would assume Medium/High.
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OS: Windows 7
Cpu: Core Dual E2180 @ 2.00 GHz
Mobo: Dell
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon 4670 1GB
PSU: 300 watt
So what do you guys think? Will this run Starcraft at 60 fps at max detail (no AA) at a decent resolution?
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On September 01 2009 08:43 [X]Ken_D wrote:
OS: Windows 7
Cpu: Core Dual E2180 @ 2.00 GHz
Mobo: Dell
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon 4670 1GB
PSU: 300 watt
So what do you guys think? Will this run Starcraft at 60 fps at max detail (no AA) at a decent resolution?
I'm kind of iffy on that. Should be perfectly fine at max low and medium settings, but don't expect to max out a game that by all accounts is pretty good looking on such a low-end system (celeron dual core? ick)
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To anyone getting ready to build a SC2 computer, I suggest you wait a bit longer:
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=3379
If this really does work as advertised, you should be able to buy a motherboard with 2-3 gpu slots in it and be able to upgrade your computer at a later date by adding, not replacing your old gpu, to the motherboard. It also means you can use your current gpu, if you have one, in combination with a newer one for more power than either by themselves.
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this is a low-end hp laptop that i just bought for school; i'm 95% sure sc2 won't run on it due to the graphics card being integrated, but because i'm relatively stupid about these things, i needed to make sure and to confirm my disappointment here =(
OS: Windows Vista 64bit
CPU: Core 2 Duo T6400 @2.00Ghz
RAM: 4GB DDR2
Graphics: Intel GMA 4500MHD
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OS: Windows Vista 64bit
CPU: Pentium Duo Core E5200 @ 2.5GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2
Graphics: GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3
Would this setup be able to run SC2, ideally on at least medium settings?
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On September 02 2009 11:30 anderoo wrote:
OS: Windows Vista 64bit
CPU: Pentium Duo Core E5200 @ 2.5GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2
Graphics: GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3
Would this setup be able to run SC2, ideally on at least medium settings?
While your video memory is too low to max out on higher resolutions (although i'm iffy about that, the gts 250 is just a rebranded 9800gt, so its video performance will obviously be good, but 1024mb would be optimal), if you play on 1440x900 or something like that you should easily be able to max it out.
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this is like the third time i've said this but gts250 is a 9800gtx+
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On September 02 2009 14:36 ghermination wrote:Show nested quote +On September 02 2009 11:30 anderoo wrote:
OS: Windows Vista 64bit
CPU: Pentium Duo Core E5200 @ 2.5GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2
Graphics: GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3
Would this setup be able to run SC2, ideally on at least medium settings? While your video memory is too low to max out on higher resolutions (although i'm iffy about that, the gts 250 is just a rebranded 9800gt, so its video performance will obviously be good, but 1024mb would be optimal), if you play on 1440x900 or something like that you should easily be able to max it out.
perfect, that's exactly my max resolution
On September 02 2009 15:29 mahnini wrote:
this is like the third time i've said this but gts250 is a 9800gtx+
yeah that is true, but what difference does it make? from what i've seen on tiger direct a gts250 is way cheaper than a 9800gtx+
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