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.Wilsh.
Profile Joined January 2010
United States133 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 03:55:05
March 11 2010 03:54 GMT
#421
Polygamy-- I have the same Macbook Pro and I can run it on medium on my windows side. In big battles low works a lot better though. I just ordered all the parts for my new desktop though so I don't plan on playing it on my mac.

Edit: Grammar
Re-Play-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Dominican Republic825 Posts
March 11 2010 04:00 GMT
#422
On March 10 2010 18:32 fadeless wrote:
I have a hd5850 run on 1400x900 with highest setting and catalyst 10.2
However my fps is about 30...... Don't know whats go wrong
Seems very low for this card

OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU TYPE:INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 DUO
CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHZ
CPU SPEED (GHZ):3.186
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.249
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1440X900

Anyone can help me T_T?

Edit: I have run a 3d mark 06 test with setting
SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
CPU Tests: CPU1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

and I only scored 14419 .. is it too low for a hd5850 ?


maybe u have antialiasing activated or somethinng olding u back
u have a GooD VideoCard u should be playing at least 40-50FPS
P1: Best rank? P2:1st time iccup, P1:really? P1 looks at the account of P2 WOW B+ last season ^^
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1238 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 04:56:05
March 11 2010 04:42 GMT
#423
my power supply is a rocketfish medium size idk how to determine the wats but it looks kinda nice... , turning off comp to check for lose wires, maybe my power supply is messed up it sure was really dusty... would that matter gamewise?

ps the snakelike noise seems to apear for example when i scroll up and down with the mouse, doubt its a lose cable, not sure if this is normal anymore i think im being real paranoid cuz everything is going wrong computerwise

ps2: my computer has turned off without notice more than once, could this be a powersupply issue? could it be related to anything else?
Progamerwww.root-gaming.com
Pape
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Serbia419 Posts
March 11 2010 05:33 GMT
#424
On March 11 2010 13:42 iG.CatZ wrote:
my power supply is a rocketfish medium size idk how to determine the wats but it looks kinda nice... , turning off comp to check for lose wires, maybe my power supply is messed up it sure was really dusty... would that matter gamewise?

ps the snakelike noise seems to apear for example when i scroll up and down with the mouse, doubt its a lose cable, not sure if this is normal anymore i think im being real paranoid cuz everything is going wrong computerwise

ps2: my computer has turned off without notice more than once, could this be a powersupply issue? could it be related to anything else?


Yes 90% sure that is a power supply issue if it turns off without notice. Also check into replacing your wall outlet for a more quality one if it isn't already. You might need a larger power supply for that card, I wouln't recommend going below 500 Watts.
good luck have fun!
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1238 Posts
March 11 2010 05:41 GMT
#425
its 700 watts just opened and checked, i blew onto it to clean it up a bit its FULL of dust now game seems to be running a few FPS faster, its probably my power supply then! lets hope so
Progamerwww.root-gaming.com
Igottheil
Profile Joined March 2010
Argentina21 Posts
March 11 2010 05:48 GMT
#426
give that baby a nice good clean over and make it shine!
Fear the reaper man
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1238 Posts
March 11 2010 08:26 GMT
#427
is there any way to clean those things, can't really go in too deep cuz ther's the fan etc, i tried to put it appart but it was hard as faawk
Progamerwww.root-gaming.com
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1238 Posts
March 11 2010 08:27 GMT
#428
oh btw i just set a new record, 1FPS at a big 2v2 fight
Progamerwww.root-gaming.com
Igottheil
Profile Joined March 2010
Argentina21 Posts
March 11 2010 11:03 GMT
#429
trust me, take that computer apart one day and clean it and make it shine again. try plugging into a solid socket in the wall, maybe get a stable extension chord, but make sure the power supply is clean, that is what seems to cause your problems from what you've said. Take it all apart and then get it a good cleaning. With my previous desktops I would clean the computer every 6 months or so.
Fear the reaper man
Tropics
Profile Joined August 2007
United Kingdom1132 Posts
March 11 2010 11:13 GMT
#430
On March 10 2010 18:32 fadeless wrote:
I have a hd5850 run on 1400x900 with highest setting and catalyst 10.2
However my fps is about 30...... Don't know whats go wrong
Seems very low for this card

OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU TYPE:INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 DUO
CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHZ
CPU SPEED (GHZ):3.186
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.249
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1440X900

Anyone can help me T_T?

Edit: I have run a 3d mark 06 test with setting
SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
CPU Tests: CPU1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

and I only scored 14419 .. is it too low for a hd5850 ?


I also get exceedingly shitty performance on this with an HD5850. My framerate drops from about 150 to 40 as soon as I put shaders onto medium, which I know isn't right. My card handles every other game maxed out with no problem, so I figure its something to do with SC2, I'm just holding out til I get a key and can go whine on their forums because as far as I'm aware I've tried everything else.
bLah.
Profile Joined July 2009
Croatia497 Posts
March 11 2010 12:05 GMT
#431
Operating system: win7
CPU type: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
System memory (GB): 3GB
Graphics card model: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Desktop resolution: 1440x900

This is Toshiba A300-1GN model and I can play sc2 on medium details without any problems (40+fps even in big fights).

I also tried connectint 24" monitor with 1920*1080 resolution. I had low details and it was 40+ fps even with 150 units on screen.
So if you're buying laptop everything stronger that ati 3650 should be really ok, and not expensive.

Chalantor
Profile Joined March 2010
Turkey1 Post
March 11 2010 12:06 GMT
#432
Hi mates,

My wife's pc is better than mine.Just wanna know if i can run SC2 smoothly medium settings on her machine.
Specs are:
Intel Core 2 Quad Cpu Q6600 2.40GHZ
3Gb Ram
HD2600 Pro 512MB Pci
Windows 7 32 bit home Premium

Thanks for the great thread and helpful peeps.
Art_of_Kill
Profile Joined September 2003
Zaire1232 Posts
March 11 2010 12:15 GMT
#433
my system:
intel core 2 quad q6700 @ 3000MHz
4GB ram
ATI Radeon HD 4770
win7 64bit

setting: ultra, 1920-1080

results:
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
58, 1477, 39, 41, 39.269


second test:
overclocking my cpu to 3330MHz
and my videocard: GPU clock to 830, Memory clock 950MHz
improvment ~4fps

i guess this shows that you can play with older system at max setting without any problems and when u have trouble, there is still 10-20% extra power from overclocking
(i just read the op, no more!)
TLT07 ===> *winner* <===TLT08
Art_of_Kill
Profile Joined September 2003
Zaire1232 Posts
March 11 2010 12:23 GMT
#434
On March 11 2010 21:06 Chalantor wrote:
Hi mates,

My wife's pc is better than mine.Just wanna know if i can run SC2 smoothly medium settings on her machine.
Specs are:
Intel Core 2 Quad Cpu Q6600 2.40GHZ
3Gb Ram
HD2600 Pro 512MB Pci
Windows 7 32 bit home Premium

Thanks for the great thread and helpful peeps.

hard to tell, your videocard is pretty old
but with a resolution like 1024x780/1280x1024 and middel setting probably would work, since she have one of the best overclocking cpu's, you can easily go up to 3Ghz, so yeah with some overclocking you will be able to play "smoothly" at medium settings
TLT07 ===> *winner* <===TLT08
fadeless
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
38 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 12:30:10
March 11 2010 12:29 GMT
#435
On March 11 2010 20:13 Tropics wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2010 18:32 fadeless wrote:
I have a hd5850 run on 1400x900 with highest setting and catalyst 10.2
However my fps is about 30...... Don't know whats go wrong
Seems very low for this card

OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU TYPE:INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 DUO
CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHZ
CPU SPEED (GHZ):3.186
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.249
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1440X900

Anyone can help me T_T?

Edit: I have run a 3d mark 06 test with setting
SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
CPU Tests: CPU1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

and I only scored 14419 .. is it too low for a hd5850 ?


I also get exceedingly shitty performance on this with an HD5850. My framerate drops from about 150 to 40 as soon as I put shaders onto medium, which I know isn't right. My card handles every other game maxed out with no problem, so I figure its something to do with SC2, I'm just holding out til I get a key and can go whine on their forums because as far as I'm aware I've tried everything else.


I use ATI overdrive to overclock the core and memory clock to max. The fps seems higher now about 30 for mass army fighting and 60+ at base. But I expect higher frame rate for this card though...
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
March 11 2010 17:36 GMT
#436
Sorry I couldn't help out yesterday! I had a huge headache the entire day T_T

About the 5850, that is something I can't do anything about other saying download latest drivers, and it looks like you already have them! Only way is to ask Blizzard at their tech support forum.

For the guy with the 1.86ghz core 2 duo, if you get the same performance after upgrading your graphics card to the 9800gt, and adding extra RAM, that means you have a bottleneck somewhere! Try running other games and seeing if you get the same results after running the two graphics cards.

The guy with the Q6600 should be able to run the game on medium fairly smoothly without any overclock on the cpu.

*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
.Wilsh.
Profile Joined January 2010
United States133 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 01:45:40
March 12 2010 01:42 GMT
#437
So I'm building a gaming computer and I have all the parts picked out, but I can't decide on which GPU to get. I've talked with friends, looked at benchmarks and read reviews. Yet I still can't decide so I thought I'd post it here.

GPUs I've been looking at:
ATI 5830 - $250
GTX 260 C216 - $225
ATI 5850 - $320

I feel the 5850 is a little out of my price range, but maybe its worth it.

Computer Specs:
i7 920
23" 1920x1080
4GB

So I'm just asking what you guys think I should go with (doesn't have to be on the list). FYI I'm going to be playing a wide array of games on this machine so I don't want what can just barely play SC2 on ultra. Also I'll probably throw in another card a little bit down the road if I need too.

Thanks =)


Edit: Posted my screen as being 23' (feet) haha.. Spinal Tap anyone?
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 02:18:24
March 12 2010 02:16 GMT
#438
What do you want to do with that computer aside from gaming?

because your situation actually touches upon what I plan to update for tomorrow.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
.Wilsh.
Profile Joined January 2010
United States133 Posts
March 12 2010 02:27 GMT
#439
Probably turn it into my media center. Not sure what else yet.

Also I'll be recording game play.
Shieru
Profile Joined March 2009
Chile53 Posts
March 12 2010 02:34 GMT
#440
I made a thread in tl, but I think here I will have more opinions:

Intel Pentium T4400 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache 800MHz FSB
Ram: 2GB
Hard drive: 250 GB
GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (integrated, can take like 350mb of the memory)
OS: Windows 7 Home Basic

The laptop is actually for study, but, I will be really glad if I can play sc2 on it, even if is just minumun
If every day is a challenge, I may well start living in night
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