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Beta Sys Requirements are up, for real this time

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Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 17 2010 19:01 GMT
#1
and holy jeezes they are Low Requirements indeed:

The minimum system requirements for the Starcraft II Beta are as follows:

PC Minimum Requirements:
• Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
• 2.2 Ghz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
• 1 GB system RAM/1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7
• 128 MB NVidia GeForce 6600 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card
• 1024x768 minimum display resolution
• 4 GB free hard space (Beta)
• Broadband connection

*Note* the final requirements for Starcraft II have not yet been determined. Due to ongoing development the minimum requirements listed above are subject to change at any time. During this phase a Mac version will NOT be available, please check back.

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http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=26242&parentCategoryId&pageNumber=1&categoryId=3633

note: a couple weeks ago, there was a similar but incorrect System Requirements page that went up seemingly for SC2 beta but it did not specify. It was a mistake as confirmed by Blizz rep. These requirements seem real, they specify SC2 beta and it's right around the corner
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Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2397 Posts
February 17 2010 19:03 GMT
#2
hey, my lame laptop can run it if the requirements are similar to this.
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Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15742 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 19:06:01
February 17 2010 19:04 GMT
#3
Yay, we are one half an inch closer to beta!

And I am assuming that this is the minimum requirements and not the recommended. Keep in mind that the minimum tends to be unplayable yet functional.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 19:04:25
February 17 2010 19:04 GMT
#4
Pentium 4!! Amd athlon, who would have expected such low requirements?

those video cards are really old and low end as well, low ram.. just wow :o
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Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7003 Posts
February 17 2010 19:04 GMT
#5
The requirements are still impressively low in my opinion, seems like I have two computers able to run the game here.

Does "1024x768 minimum display resolution" mean that we can't go down to 800x600 res? That was my plan as I play WC3 and many other games with that resolution so the mouse works as similar as possible.

Well I guess its time to move on.
Tsagacity
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States2124 Posts
February 17 2010 19:05 GMT
#6
Last time fake specs were posted, Blizzard CM said they would post specs when beta started
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Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7003 Posts
February 17 2010 19:06 GMT
#7
On February 18 2010 04:05 Tsagacity wrote:
Last time fake specs were posted, Blizzard CM said they would post specs when beta started

Link please.

If this is true ewqfuihrvqw98u J9P8AW0UCAWPOAW FINALLYAFTEROVER1000GODDAMNDAYS
Pufftrees
Profile Joined March 2009
2449 Posts
February 17 2010 19:06 GMT
#8
Those are quite low but seems in line with Blizzard's original idea to make it available to a large portion of the public. Playing it on max settings will probably require quite the boss of a computer.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 17 2010 19:07 GMT
#9
yeah but last time it didnt specify SC2 beta, it was just copy pasted from WoW sys reqs page.

this leads me to believe the beta is actually, finally, just about ready to come out. they're probably finishing up everything right now as we speak
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Undisputed-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
February 17 2010 19:08 GMT
#10
I'm gonna max this shit out lol
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
February 17 2010 19:10 GMT
#11
I'm pretty sure SC2 is still gonna suck on a PC like that tho
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notrangerjoe
Profile Joined May 2009
110 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 19:11:59
February 17 2010 19:10 GMT
#12
On February 18 2010 04:06 Puosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2010 04:05 Tsagacity wrote:
Last time fake specs were posted, Blizzard CM said they would post specs when beta started

Link please.

If this is true ewqfuihrvqw98u J9P8AW0UCAWPOAW FINALLYAFTEROVER1000GODDAMNDAYS

http://twitter.com/StarCraft/statuses/8382026222
Also:
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=22749569947&postId=227466945491&sid=3000#68
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
February 17 2010 19:10 GMT
#13
this is great
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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
February 17 2010 19:12 GMT
#14
I currently have Windows 7 Release Candidate 7100. Currently, Microsoft is trying to phase out these RC versions floating around by imposing an expiration date starting March 1, 2010.

As of right now, the system specs uploaded to my battle.net beta profile contain this OS version. I'm planning on upgrading to the released version, but do you guys think it would be beneficial to update quickly and then reload my new system specs? Will they skip over me entirely for Beta if they see I have a release candidate version?
Army of BadAsh82
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada12 Posts
February 17 2010 19:12 GMT
#15
gtx 280 for the win
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Undisputed-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
February 17 2010 19:12 GMT
#16
I played WC3 at the min reqs and it was pretty much unplayable so keep that in mind
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7003 Posts
February 17 2010 19:13 GMT
#17
On February 18 2010 04:12 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
I currently have Windows 7 Release Candidate 7100. Currently, Microsoft is trying to phase out these RC versions floating around by imposing an expiration date starting March 1, 2010.

As of right now, the system specs uploaded to my battle.net beta profile contain this OS version. I'm planning on upgrading to the released version, but do you guys think it would be beneficial to update quickly and then reload my new system specs? Will they skip over me entirely for Beta if they see I have a release candidate version?

I doubt they will go more in depth than just check if its XP, vista or 7 as its kinda pointless as you can just very easily update it at any point.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 17 2010 19:14 GMT
#18
On February 18 2010 04:12 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
I currently have Windows 7 Release Candidate 7100. Currently, Microsoft is trying to phase out these RC versions floating around by imposing an expiration date starting March 1, 2010.

As of right now, the system specs uploaded to my battle.net beta profile contain this OS version. I'm planning on upgrading to the released version, but do you guys think it would be beneficial to update quickly and then reload my new system specs? Will they skip over me entirely for Beta if they see I have a release candidate version?

how are they going to impose an expiration date? if i avoid any windows updates can I circumvent this?
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Darpinion
Profile Joined January 2010
United States210 Posts
February 17 2010 19:14 GMT
#19
On February 18 2010 04:12 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
I currently have Windows 7 Release Candidate 7100. Currently, Microsoft is trying to phase out these RC versions floating around by imposing an expiration date starting March 1, 2010.

As of right now, the system specs uploaded to my battle.net beta profile contain this OS version. I'm planning on upgrading to the released version, but do you guys think it would be beneficial to update quickly and then reload my new system specs? Will they skip over me entirely for Beta if they see I have a release candidate version?

Yeah, I would get that taken care of.
"A well formulated question is more important than the answer." -Albert Einstein
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 19:16:45
February 17 2010 19:15 GMT
#20
On February 18 2010 04:12 Undisputed- wrote:
I played WC3 at the min reqs and it was pretty much unplayable so keep that in mind

Weird as I had the pleasure of playing WoW at a computer that just barely went over the min reqs and with constant 20 fps I was able to enjoy the game quite a bit, although peak times at big cities was a no-no.

I guess rts games as they're that much faster will require more fps than constant 20 fps though.
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