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On February 03 2010 07:19 whiteLotus wrote:
os : win 7 64x
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40Ghz.
Ram : 4 gb
video card: 8600 GT 512MB
how do you think guys, will i be able to run atleast on lowest setings?
I'm guessing the 8600gt was from a slightly older build? It's wierd to see such a powerful quad and weak video card. Do you plan on overclocking at any point?
Also that should run SC2 just fine at most settings. Probably max unless you've a massive monitor or something. You can get cards (a lot) faster than an 8600gt for <$100, so are you planning on upgrading at any point soon?
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The 8600GT is the weak point in the build, but it will run SC like a champ anyways.
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Although then again, your *quad core is also not overclocked. I bet your video isn't either. If you were to do that the performance increase would probably be fairly signifigant (9600gt = rebranded 8600gt, so it OC's like 50%)
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i dont realy know anything about those overclocking things  is it hard to do ?
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no it's really not
google is your friend
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On February 03 2010 22:27 whiteLotus wrote:i dont realy know anything about those overclocking things is it hard to do ?
Well it depends. If you buy an OEM computer (like Dell, Gateway, eMachines, or whatever) then you will NOT be able to overclock the processor. It's been bios locked and you can't overclock it.
If you built your own computer, there is a 99% chance you will be able to overclock. most BIOS are different, but you should see options for changing your FSB and maybe Multiplier in there (don't just go off of that thought, use a guide offline)
The video card can be overclocked using a program like Rivatuner.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/RivaTuner-v2.09-download-163.html
Overclocking video cards is simple, just increase the core 5 mhz at a time while running a game. When the game freezes, crashes, or you start to get artefacts, reduce the overclock by 15mhz and leave it at that, then repeat the same thing for the RAM. Once again, don't take my word for it, find a guide online.
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I figured the beta was close enough I couldn't wait any longer. New system being shipped from NewEgg right now:
Antec 902
AS Rock P55 Extreme
Sapphire 1GB 5870
CPU Intel Core i7 860
Intel 40 Gig SSD (For Win7 and Starcraft 2
WD 1TB Hard Drive
8 Gigs Gskill RipJaw
M-Audio External Sound card (ok, that's for the guitar...)
beta Beta BETA!!!!
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Wow very nice setup Grendor. How much did that set you back?
surely that's not for *just* SC2 though haha. You can run pretty much any game with max settings on that and the lowest you'll ever get is like 50+ fps \o/
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Just bought a laptop that will hopefully run SC2. I have a primary desktop system, so I was mostly looking for something small with great battery life and a powerful graphics card. As Dell had it $250 off until tomorrow, was hard to pass it up even with a final cost of $850. Basically - it is the size and weight of a netbook, but able to run anything today at 30+ FPS, and can output to up to 3 external monitors at once (text review , video review).
Specs:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz (3MB Cache) (Note: Proven over-clockable to 1.6 GHZ with only a 1 degree change in temperature).
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
HARD DRIVE 320GB SATAII 7,200RPM
VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M
LCD PANEL 11.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) WLED
BATTERY LIFE 6 hours with integrated graphics on, about 3 hours using the Nvidia card.
SAMPLE GAME TEST Runs Call of Duty MW2 on high settings and HD resolution at more than 30 frames per second..
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Bought this laptop for uni. Needed it to be slightly more powerful than your standard student laptop because I'm doing a video design degree.
Acer Aspire 6935G
Intel Core2Duo P7350 @ 2ghz
4GB DDR3 RAM
17" 1366x768 Screen
280GB HDD w/ 2x500GB externals
9600M GT DDR3 (This is actually quite important since the DDR2 variation has a much lower performance).
Windows 7 Home Premium though I might install Ultimate at some point.
It should run SC2 at maxed since the native resolution is a (hilariously bad and good at the same time) 1366x768. This means it runs all the newest games at max due to having such a small res.
It also only set me back £690 which is a very fair price in the UK for a laptop with a 9600mgt.
My home rig:
Antec 1200
Q6600 @2.8~ Ghz w/ Arctic Freezer Pro cooling
6GB DDR3 RAM Corsair
OCX 260GTX xxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxxxxXXXXxxxxxXxxxxxxxxxx edition (stupid number of x's)
Asus P5Q pro
2.5 TB of internal storage
2 x 22" displays @ standard 1080p
That took a lot of bartending to pay off. Now just to wait till SC2.
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On February 04 2010 02:21 TopGear wrote:
Wow very nice setup Grendor. How much did that set you back?
surely that's not for *just* SC2 though haha. You can run pretty much any game with max settings on that and the lowest you'll ever get is like 50+ fps \o/
Well, I also had to buy Windows, a power supply, and a dvd drive... I believe the total was $1850 after shipping. I doubt I will play much else other than starcraft 2 What most people don't remember was that even though a top of the line system wasn't needed to play the first Starcraft, if you wanted to play with max players the game would start to slow down. I think that will be the case for the huge UMS or even (4v4/5v5?) games that will be possible.
That being said, I like to do some stuff with 3ds Max and music software, so the RAM/processor will help a lot for that.
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Heh that Asrock board looks out of place on those end of the line components. Do you plan on crossfiring a card with the 5870? If you don't you probably should have gotten an Asus/Gigabyte/MSI board imo.
BlueWolf, that laptop looks very odd. I'm not sure why a laptop with suck a weak processor has a dedicated video card, but if anything, the processor will bottleneck you. I don't think it's going to matter that you can overclock that CPU because the Dell laptop BIOS will get you anyways.
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On February 04 2010 08:30 FragKrag wrote:BlueWolf, that laptop looks very odd. I'm not sure why a laptop with suck a weak processor has a dedicated video card, but if anything, the processor will bottleneck you. I don't think it's going to matter that you can overclock that CPU because the Dell laptop BIOS will get you anyways.
Dell has confirmed it can be overclocked, and one of the preview model reviews did so, hence, it can be and how I could list the temperature change of the system caused by it.
Every review of the system online has stated they could not find any game the system would not run on highest settings. The CPU seems to be just powerful enough for the graphics card to fully operate (ie. GHZ isn't everything when dealing with CPU speed).
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On February 04 2010 08:30 FragKrag wrote:
Heh that Asrock board looks out of place on those end of the line components. Do you plan on crossfiring a card with the 5870? If you don't you probably should have gotten an Asus/Gigabyte/MSI board imo.
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Edited, misread your comment. You're right I don't plan on doing crossfire. My decision for this motherboard simply came down to the high ratings on NewEgg.
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I recall Asrock had actually gone beyond their usual cheapness and decked out one of their P55 mobos some, though, was that the one perhaps?
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I'm not very familiar with Laptop CPUs and I thought SU was for powersaving models?
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God that is a beefy fucking motherboard
though only an insane/dumb man would try to Xfire/SLi more than 2x on a P55 anyways.
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On February 04 2010 10:29 FragKrag wrote:
I'm not very familiar with Laptop CPUs and I thought SU was for powersaving models?
It is technically - they draw only 10W. Still - they have the benefit of being newer generation chips, and PC graphics haven't pushed the envelope on CPU requirements as of late.
It does suck for processor intensive tasks like video encoding and future 3D games. But it seems to match up well with the resolution and video card the system possesses. From the review, Left For Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2, Dirt 2 (racing game). Hoping SC2 won't have more steep requirements than these (and usually Blizzard does a good job keeping the system requirements low).
There are easily more powerful laptops, yeah, but they all are bulky. This was just the first system I could see myself carrying around and my first laptop purchase since my 4.3 pound Averatec Athlon XP-M 1600+ laptop that I bought about 6 years ago (as the video cards in lightweight laptops remained stagnant since then and that worked for whenever I traveled otherwise).
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On February 04 2010 11:00 FragKrag wrote:
God that is a beefy fucking motherboard
though only an insane/dumb man would try to Xfire/SLi more than 2x on a P55 anyways.
That's why we have the neforce 200 chip though? That said, xfire/sli more than 2 in itself on anything is already insane, or just an indicator of how much money you have to sink 
Anyway, Intel with a cheaper hexacore supposedly! Yay
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