EPT[Guideline] SC2 Computers - Page 40
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Sentient
United States437 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
The quietest cards are probably the HD 5770 and the HD 5850 (reference), and the Toxic versions. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
Otherwise, I would choose the first AM3 platform for upgradeability because the Phenom II X6 Thubans are good for threaded applications which should be more prevalent in the future (100% speculation). The AM3 may also support the AMD Bulldozer cores in the future, so that should be considered as well. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
http://anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom...-1090t-review/ http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...cessor-Review/ http://www.legionhardware.com/articl...e_1055t,1.html http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/31407-amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-1090t-six-core-processors-review.html http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...enom_x6_1090t/ http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=910 http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...lack-edition/1 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...90fx,2613.html http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...or-a-spin.aspx http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews.php?reviewid=964 http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2363071,00.asp http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...-x6-1090t.html http://www.techspot.com/news/38729-a...5t-review.html http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/p...black_edition/ http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...nom2_x6_1090t/ http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/982 http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,7...udget/Reviews/ need another day to process this information. Most benchmarks are proceeding as I would expect them to though. However it's safe to conclude that this is not a gamer CPU! (At least not until games become multithreaded). | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14892 Posts
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1995908 so cheap already | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
It's good to see that AMD is finally at least competitive with the i7/i5 line since the new 6 cores win in the heavily threaded programs like movie encoding and stuff. Gaming is a bit lackluster though | ||
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Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
I'm interested in what's causing these freezes as they're anoying as fuck. Is my ram holding me back? CPU? Should I get a new graphics card? Or is it an overall issue with everything and I should just buy a new pc? | ||
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FlaMeD(aka.CtrLZerG)
United States3 Posts
Will it even run SC2? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
Ftrunkz your machine should be perfectly capable at Low. Not sure what could cause it. Does the game stall in any other games? | ||
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Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
Sc2 also takes like 2 minutes to close and sometimes just completely crashes while closing an I have to restart, alt tabbing also takes an eternity, but the game has never crashed on me midgame, only froze for up to 10 seconds, my pc is recently formatted too.  . | ||
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FlaMeD(aka.CtrLZerG)
United States3 Posts
On April 28 2010 10:46 FragKrag wrote: FlaMeD: No Ftrunkz your machine should be perfectly capable at Low. Not sure what could cause it. Does the game stall in any other games? Despite the fact it does support pixel shader 2.0? Is that not the only requirement in a graphics card for starcraft 2? I can run it on a crappy Dell inspiron 6000, but i can't use that graphics card for this desktop? | ||
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
running on: CPU: Pentium D 3.40 GHz RAM: 1 Gig GFX: Geforce 9500 GT seems to be so much worse after the recent patches.. the game is barely playable. i'm not sure if it's because the game is much more resource intensive lately or if my computer has finally bit the dust T_T either way i guess it's time for some upgrades. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
I'm not quite sure what could be causing the problem at all | ||
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Ursad0n
United States523 Posts
On April 28 2010 11:12 FragKrag wrote: FlaMeD: Your GPU is below the minimum requirements of a 6600GT GPU! That's why it won't run. I'm not quite sure what could be causing the problem at all The graphics seem to have gotten better since after patch 9, maybe that stressed some of the lesser graphics cards too much? | ||
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DrivE
United States2554 Posts
On April 28 2010 11:09 DevAzTaYtA wrote: same exact problems as Ftrunkz here, also recently formatted. running on: CPU: Pentium D 3.40 GHz RAM: 1 Gig GFX: Geforce 9500 GT seems to be so much worse after the recent patches.. the game is barely playable. i'm not sure if it's because the game is much more resource intensive lately or if my computer has finally bit the dust T_T either way i guess it's time for some upgrades. you definitely need more ram. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
Ursad0n: I have no way of knowing | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14892 Posts
Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus on sale for $25, an awesome price for a great cooler, keeps my oc'd i5 running at less than 60 under full load | ||
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Terrakin
United States1440 Posts
On April 28 2010 11:19 FragKrag wrote: He is running the game at low (presumably). He shouldn't need much more RAM than that unless he is running a lot of programs in the background. Ursad0n: I have no way of knowing So ram wont help FPS, just the ability to multitask? | ||
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
and a Core2 Quad Q8400 2.66 for $169.99 Hopefully these were decent semi-budget puchases... i guess i'll find out in a couple of days. Might buy more RAM if it still runs like crap (I hate not being able to alt-tab between games ).OP and thread have been super helpful btw, thanks FragKrag! | ||
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