If you meant the CPU, Tom's Hardware had a little article done recently about the importance of L3, and the results seems to be pretty much marginal at stock speeds.

SoLaR[i.C]

United States2969 Posts

October 10 2009 06:35 GMT

#683

Looking for some feedback about my system and whether or not I'll be able to run SC2 smoothly at relatively decent settings.

OS: Windows 7 64bit
Cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 @ 2.10GHz
Memory: 4GB DDR-2
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (pretty sure this card sucks balls)

Saddened Izzy

United States198 Posts

October 10 2009 06:58 GMT

#684

I'd say you'd get it to run at your resolution as far as turning any effects on or up on a laptop i would guess not.

Still it's a laptop unless its newish and cost like 2k you can't expect much more then running at resolutions and medium settings.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

October 10 2009 08:29 GMT

#685

On October 10 2009 14:21 gloryofgreece wrote:
Hi guys this is my first gaming rig. I am scared to death that I build the wrong thing...
Can you guys critique my build?
btw can the mobo support the monitor that I pick?

ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236050

NZXT Alpha Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Open Window - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236050

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392

EVGA 512-P3-N975-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130518

Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182030

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model ADX620WFGIBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275

Seagate Barracuda LP ST3500412AS 500GB 5900 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148410

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151175

the 620 is not a good cpu for gaming if gaming is your main purpose, you'd probably be better off with a 250 and even more so with a 550.

also drop the 9800gt and get an hd4850

and dont get that harddrive. get the 7200.12 500gb the one you picked is for storage

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

October 10 2009 08:31 GMT

#686

On October 10 2009 14:27 FragKrag wrote:
I'm not sure if I would trust a card without L3 cache for gaming :|

e8400???????

GTR

51589 Posts

October 10 2009 13:52 GMT

#687

i think its worth getting a new i5 now, apparently with an aftermarket fan you can get them to speeds of 4ghz+, which totally blitzes the more expensive i7's.

Saddened Izzy

United States198 Posts

October 10 2009 18:08 GMT

#688

On October 10 2009 17:31 mahnini wrote:

Show nested quote +

e8400???????

Yeah but it has a massive L2 cache. Intel older cpu design benefits in games from larger caches.

The 620 has a 2mb l2 cache(512kb each core) which is unheard of from a cpu that has an onboard memory controller making it more dependent on the speed of your ram.

Cyrhax

Netherlands1 Post

October 10 2009 18:43 GMT

#689

So guys, This is my pc: (kinda crap)

OS: Windows XP home
intel pentium 4 2.8GHz
2.5GB ram (yep I upgraded it, was worth the money)
80 gb harddisk (OS, games, downloads etc.) 500gb (Games, downloads etc.)
Videocard: nVIDIA Geforce FX 5200

Will it run sc2 is the big question....

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 10 2009 20:44 GMT

#690

On October 10 2009 22:52 GTR wrote:
i think its worth getting a new i5 now, apparently with an aftermarket fan you can get them to speeds of 4ghz+, which totally blitzes the more expensive i7's.

Hmm, depends on what you are trying to do I guess? At a similar voltage, my i7 is running circles about my i5, and that's with me keeping HT up. However, in both of these cases I only looked to overclock up to a certain speed, then push down the voltage as far as I could afterwards. Considering that at a certain point clock speed doesn't show all that much outside of synthetic benchmarks anyway...yeah. I do think the i5 is an excellent mainstream solution though.

CapO

United States1615 Posts

October 10 2009 22:08 GMT

#691

my pc with amd 3700+ 1gb ram geforce6800gs 256mb can run HoN at its highest settings pretty well. graphic-wise, the game HoN looks very similar to sc2, and if blizzard's past games have taught us anything, i think my pc can handle sc2 just as well with no problems running at its minimum requirements. thoughts, anyone?

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

October 10 2009 22:20 GMT

#692

On October 10 2009 17:31 mahnini wrote:

Show nested quote +

e8400???????

6mb of L2 is quite a bit bigger than 2mb of L2

Boblion

France8043 Posts

October 11 2009 00:17 GMT

#693

Got this now:

Athlon x4 620
4GB DDR3
4870
Should be enough.

Better than my K-7 500 + Geforce 1 lol :D

Saddened Izzy

United States198 Posts

October 11 2009 01:00 GMT

#694

K7! quick keep that cpu and sell it 20 years from now as a collectors item.

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

October 11 2009 01:24 GMT

#695

why are you getting the athlon x4 ><

Boblion

France8043 Posts

October 11 2009 01:50 GMT

#696

On October 11 2009 10:24 FragKrag wrote:
why are you getting the athlon x4 ><

I think it has the best price/performance ratio atm.

Phenom II x4, i5 etc ...
they are at least x2 in prices. And the Phenom and the i5 are "only 30-45%" better on average ( tests made on several softwares including games ).

Also with the motherboard i might be able to uppgrade to a x6 or whatever is coming next for AMD. If it is not possible i can still get a cheap Phenom II x4 in one year =D

edit: basicly the athlon x4 = Q8200 but cheaper and the motherboard will be compatible with the next AMD procs. That's perfect for my budget.

On October 11 2009 10:00 Saddened Izzy wrote:
K7! quick keep that cpu and sell it 20 years from now as a collectors item.

Best proc ever
And the first Geforce is the best GPU <3
I got those for almost ten years.

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

October 11 2009 01:55 GMT

#697

On October 11 2009 03:43 Cyrhax wrote:
So guys, This is my pc: (kinda crap)

OS: Windows XP home
intel pentium 4 2.8GHz
2.5GB ram (yep I upgraded it, was worth the money)
80 gb harddisk (OS, games, downloads etc.) 500gb (Games, downloads etc.)
Videocard: nVIDIA Geforce FX 5200

Will it run sc2 is the big question....

Wat.
You don't actually expect to play it on that card? You definitely need to upgrade.

A 4670 is pretty much the best AGP card you can get, but i recommend just getting an entirely new system.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161284

wodesanchoon

25 Posts

October 11 2009 05:50 GMT

#698

Some of you have amazing setups.

decemberscalm

United States1353 Posts

October 11 2009 23:42 GMT

#699

Guys, help me out here.

Specs:
Intel 2 Core Duo @ 2.6 Ghz
4 gigs of ram
Going to be Running 2x Crossfire enabled x1600 512's on PCIE
420 Power Supply

How well do you think I'll be able to run it?

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

October 12 2009 00:33 GMT

#700

ram and proc should be ok

I'm not sure about the x1600s though. Dont know much about them. Checking some benchmarks, I see it being compared to the 6800 >_<

It's benchmarks on Cod were pitiful and I'm not even sure it will scale well with CrossFire.