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LimeNade
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2125 Posts
February 25 2010 05:44 GMT
#1821
Does it really take that much away from the game to have the settings on low-medium? I've played SC and Wc3 pretty hard for the past 10 years so I'd like to be able to put up a fight in SC2 with it looking better then Wc3 graphics.
JD, need I say more? :D
shansra11
Profile Joined February 2010
United States16 Posts
February 25 2010 06:30 GMT
#1822
Hey guys I'm gonna be going to college in a few months, so I want a laptop that is mobile and has good battery life, but I also want to be able to play Starcraft 2 on high (preferably ultra) settings. I dont want to spend too much money (~$800 or less) How will this run it?

ASUS UL80Vt-A1
1.3GHz Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo Processor
NVidia G210M Graphics with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA)
4GB of DDR3 RAM
$823.53

The thing that really got me on this one was that they say 8-11 hours of battery if your running on the integrated graphics card (which is good cause this is mainly for college and some Starcraft 2) If you guys have anything better PLEASE give me suggestions lol.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
February 25 2010 06:35 GMT
#1823
Both the processor and the GPU seem to be a bit disappointing for a computer that is going to cost $800+. I suppose you want battery life, but why does college require extra battery life really? (most of the time the advertised battery life is a lie anyways)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220667 will definitely get you better performance.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
shansra11
Profile Joined February 2010
United States16 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-25 06:41:08
February 25 2010 06:38 GMT
#1824

^Thanks I will definitely check that one out. The specs looks awesome. And I dont know...If any of you guys are in/have gone through college, is it important to have good battery life?
StarMasterX
Profile Joined February 2010
United States113 Posts
February 25 2010 08:01 GMT
#1825
Pentium D 2.8Ghz
Radeon X1950 256MB
Memory: 2 GB
Resolution: 1280x1024

I'm pretty sure this will run it. Not sure about how fast and on what setting though.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-25 08:12:55
February 25 2010 08:12 GMT
#1826
Should be fine at low/midish at that resolution imo.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
shreepy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States121 Posts
February 25 2010 08:29 GMT
#1827
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Depending on how well SCII utilizes my 5870 I am anticipating ultra settings. I could get bottlenecked on my cpu though and might have to lower it a bit with any luck I'll be able to test it.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-25 08:33:21
February 25 2010 08:32 GMT
#1828
You probably will be bottlenecked by the Phenom 9950, but I would still expect Ultra settings at that resolution. If you don't get it, you can try fiddling around with the multiplier.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
GrandMaPwnZ.
Profile Joined July 2009
Norway84 Posts
February 25 2010 15:17 GMT
#1829
On February 23 2010 09:29 GrandMaPwnZ. wrote:
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I know it probably won't run, but is there hope? Could I overclock my CPU or wtf? Not very experienced with that kind of stuff.

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Bump?
Pape
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Serbia419 Posts
February 25 2010 18:08 GMT
#1830
On February 24 2010 08:43 milan63 wrote:
AMD Athlon AM2 3200 @ 2Ghz
Gigabyte M56-S3
DDR2 3GB
Asus GeForce 7300GS
on Windows 7 x64

Which graphic card to buy? (budget 100 euros)


ati radeon 4890 > 4870 > 4850 dont know the prices in europe but in that order, get bus width of 256, and 1gb ram and you will have it running on ultra
good luck have fun!
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 25 2010 23:21 GMT
#1831
On February 25 2010 15:38 shansra11 wrote:

^Thanks I will definitely check that one out. The specs looks awesome. And I dont know...If any of you guys are in/have gone through college, is it important to have good battery life?

+ Show Spoiler +
Battery life is not that important unless you're allergic to carrying your power adapter in your bag along with the laptop. Any kind of study area has outlets for laptops. Possibly you could have classes that require the use of laptops, or maybe for some reason you like taking notes on laptops; if so and you have multiple of these classes in a row (unlikely all of these things together), then you might want longer battery life.

Also, what computer you want depends on your area of study probably. To be honest, for a laptop I would put these specs in order of importance:

Build quality and durability > battery life > performance

Your mileage will vary of course.

Another option you might consider is getting a cheap mini laptop or netbook and then a budget gaming computer (total cost of both equal to your original target amount). A laptop at $800 is not going to play games better than a desktop at $500 or whatever with good deals on parts.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
February 25 2010 23:43 GMT
#1832
On February 26 2010 03:08 Pape wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2010 08:43 milan63 wrote:
AMD Athlon AM2 3200 @ 2Ghz
Gigabyte M56-S3
DDR2 3GB
Asus GeForce 7300GS
on Windows 7 x64

Which graphic card to buy? (budget 100 euros)


ati radeon 4890 > 4870 > 4850 dont know the prices in europe but in that order, get bus width of 256, and 1gb ram and you will have it running on ultra


Bus width has a minimal affect on performance if no overclocking is planned.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
February 26 2010 00:15 GMT
#1833
I did some research, and all my specs are up to date bar my 3450 HD ATI Radeon GPU. Could I run the game on lowest settings like this effectively? The rest of my specs are at the recommended for the most part.
LOLMARINE
Profile Joined December 2009
United States28 Posts
February 26 2010 00:29 GMT
#1834
i was looking for a thread like this, someone tell me if i can run Sc2

OS:win7 home premium 64 bit
RAM: 8gb
processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Graphics card (pretty sure this is where i fail, correct me if im wrong though): ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series, there was an exact name for the card somewhere, i might find it later
Chicks dig it
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
February 26 2010 00:32 GMT
#1835
Find the card. Both the 4300 and the 4500 series of GPUs are fairly disappointing, but both should be able to play SC2.

How much is that computer going to cost you?

@ Fruscainte: According to the Blizzard minimum requirements, you should be able to run the game. The 3450 is around the ATi 9800 in performance according to Tom's Hardware.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
LOLMARINE
Profile Joined December 2009
United States28 Posts
February 26 2010 00:40 GMT
#1836
On February 26 2010 09:32 FragKrag wrote:
Find the card. Both the 4300 and the 4500 series of GPUs are fairly disappointing, but both should be able to play SC2.

How much is that computer going to cost you?


the thing was about 1k usd, i thought about building one of my own, but didn't have the patience or enough know how for it and I really needed a new computer (i had like 2 old laptops from 2002 and 2006, couldn't do anything on them).

How well will I be able to run SC2, i don't need to be lagged to death on 2v2 with 200/200 armies. I'm kinda hoping the 8gb of RAM will at least take me somewhere...
Chicks dig it
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-26 00:47:12
February 26 2010 00:46 GMT
#1837
I'm going to say it once: RAM is useless for single programs. You get enough RAM to run that program and it doesn't matter what setting you run it on, it will run fine. 8GB of RAM won't give you better performance in a game than 3GB or 4GB. It does literally ZERO.

The GPU is the most important part to consider when running games. You could have 400GB of RAM, but if your GPU isn't up to par, you might as well have 2GB of RAM, because that extra RAM does NOTHING.

This whole RAM myth is one of the best engineered in the world ;_;

What resolution are you planning to run SC2 at?
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
LOLMARINE
Profile Joined December 2009
United States28 Posts
February 26 2010 00:51 GMT
#1838
hoping for at least smooth gameplay on medium
Chicks dig it
shansra11
Profile Joined February 2010
United States16 Posts
February 28 2010 04:09 GMT
#1839
Hey Guys, Im gonna start college in a few months. I want a good balance of battery life while not playing games and gaming power while on AC. Those new Switchable Graphics look nice to save power. I will probably only run Starcraft 2 and I would like it to run on mid-high (I dont expect Ultra). So far I have two laptops in mind, could you guys tell me how they would run it, and give me any other suggestions. $<1000

Asus x83vp-a1 (Im expecting smooth gameplay with everything on high; 2-4 hrs battery life)

* 2.53GHz Intel P8700 Core 2 Duo Processor
* 4GB of DDR2 RAM, 2 slots, 4GB Max
* 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM), DVD Super Multi Drive, Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn
* 14.1-Inch WXGA LCD Display, ATI HD4650 Graphics with 1GB DDR3 VRAM, 1.3M Webcam
* Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System

ASUS UL30Vt-X1 (Expecting smooth at low settings, but has like 10 hrs of battery life)
* Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo 1.3GHz Processor
* 4GB of DDR3 RAM
* 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM), No Optical Drive
* NVidia G210M Graphics with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA);
* 13.3-Inch Widescreen HD LED LCD Display; Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn; Bluetooth; 0.3M Webcam

If you guys have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
February 28 2010 04:17 GMT
#1840
I would expect 6 hours of battery life at max out of that

11 hours is probably it sitting there doing absolutely nothing with screen brightness set at 0.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
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