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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32157 Posts
July 29 2010 14:04 GMT
#61
I tested my comp on high and ultra.

It runs high pretty much just like medium, nice and smooth. I didn't get into any huge battles, but 2v2 and ffa play seemed fine.

I ran ultra as well. It runs, but if you're anal about performance like I am, there is a slight difference. I didn't check fps or anything, but it's enough of a drop that it's playable, but not as smooth
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upbeat
Profile Joined February 2010
Philippines36 Posts
July 29 2010 14:26 GMT
#62
Operating System: Windows 7 x64

CPU Type: AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-80

CPU Speed (GHz): 2.12

System Memory (GB): 3.75

Video Card Model: ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics

Video Card Driver: atiumdag.dll

Desktop Resolution: 1280x800

Hard Disk Size (GB): 288.41

Hard Disk Free Space (GB): 218.15

Wondering if this laptop could play Starcraft 2
The only easy day... was yesterday..
GrazerRinge
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
999 Posts
July 29 2010 14:50 GMT
#63
On July 23 2010 04:40 Telcontar wrote:
Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300 2.53GHz
8GB RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
2 GTX 280Ms in SLI
250GB OCZ Vertex SSD
2 500GB SATA HDDs
Creative X-fi laptop soundblaster card

cost a pretty penny but it can hold its own with most desktops out there.

Specs sound like Alienware or custom build...I envy you
"Successful people don't talk much. They listen and take action."
GrazerRinge
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
999 Posts
July 29 2010 14:53 GMT
#64
On July 28 2010 22:57 Hawk wrote:
I ended up buying this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba - Satellite Laptop / Intel&#174; Core&#153; i7 Processor / 16" Display / 4GB Memory / 640GB Hard Drive - Slate/9992966.p?id=1218206183902&skuId=9992966

$929
Toshiba - Satellite Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 16" Display
4GB ram
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce 310M (512MB GDDR5 (discrete); up to 1758MB (dynamically allocated shared graphics memory using NVIDIA TurboCache technology); 2270MB total)

Runs perfectly at medium. I didn't do much tweaking yet. I bumped up minor details last night (spec effects and stuff). I'm gonna try it on high later.

The only thing is this thing overheats like a motherfucker. Don't play on your lap. It will crash. All good when it's on a desk or table or something.


I have HP Pavilion with AMD turion 2,1Ghz and ATI 3450HD and 4 GB Ram, and I have some problem. Damm, i miss my old Dell XPS 1710...it was so quite and awesome!
"Successful people don't talk much. They listen and take action."
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
July 29 2010 15:05 GMT
#65
On June 28 2010 02:54 ckw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2010 02:51 OpRaider wrote:
so you said it yourself " i think this is a good idea for people who would rather have portability than power."

portability or power. Buying a laptop with the goal of "being able to play on ultra in sc2" is ridiculous



Not really. Thats kind of ignorant.


Not really, laptops are not as powerful as desktops. If you do get a laptop that can handle SC2 on ultra it will be a crazy price because you are paying for power as well as portability. Desktops are not too portable so that lowers the price as well.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Ian Ian Ian
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
915 Posts
July 29 2010 15:34 GMT
#66
If I'm looking to get a laptop for school mainly but can also play SC2 what should I go for?
Necrophantasia
Profile Joined May 2010
Japan299 Posts
July 29 2010 21:03 GMT
#67
I have an HP Envy 15 and I can play sc2 with all settings on ultra at 1920x1080.

Specs:
Intel Core i5-540m (2.53Ghz)
ATI Mobility Radeon 5830
4GB Ram
500gb Toshiba HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-29 21:12:47
July 29 2010 21:08 GMT
#68
Similar to guy above, Envy 15

But here you can't customise and it's i7-720 and 4830

Plays it pretty damn well, not wholly used to playing on a laptop yet but I'll deal with it

I usually play on high
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17070 Posts
July 29 2010 21:49 GMT
#69
So I have a question about whether or not my laptop can run SC2, and on what settings.

It's a two year old Lenovo T61. I use mainly for school. Specifications below:

Windows Vista Business (SP1)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50 GHz 2.50 Ghz
Memory: 3GB
(32 bit OS)

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Video Memory: 128MB

Only 120 GB disk, though. I keep all my stuff on some huge external HDs, so I didn't think getting a big HD was useful (again, I bought this laptop because I intended for it to last me through four years of college)

Please let me know! Thanks
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JChen
Profile Joined July 2009
United States48 Posts
July 29 2010 22:03 GMT
#70
I got the Samsung R780
17 inches
i5-440m (2.4ghz, 2.66 with turbo)
4gb ram
geforce 330M

I think i got it for 917$ or something after tax and everything.
goldrush
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada709 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-29 22:16:09
July 29 2010 22:14 GMT
#71
On July 30 2010 06:49 Empyrean wrote:
So I have a question about whether or not my laptop can run SC2, and on what settings.

It's a two year old Lenovo T61. I use mainly for school. Specifications below:

Windows Vista Business (SP1)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50 GHz 2.50 Ghz
Memory: 3GB
(32 bit OS)

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Video Memory: 128MB

Only 120 GB disk, though. I keep all my stuff on some huge external HDs, so I didn't think getting a big HD was useful (again, I bought this laptop because I intended for it to last me through four years of college)

Please let me know! Thanks


To use my Inspiron 1420 that I got three years ago as a data point:

Windows Vista Home Premium
C2D T5500 @ 1666 mHz
2.0 GB RAM
GeForce 8400M GS

It runs SC2 fine in 1v1 (haven't tried the other modes) on Medium, though I usually turn it down to Low. It's remarkable how well it runs actually.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17070 Posts
July 29 2010 23:26 GMT
#72
I'm worried about my GPU. Is it strong enough?
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goldrush
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada709 Posts
July 30 2010 02:29 GMT
#73
According to this:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

Yours is roughly comparable to mine. I wouldn't worry about it.
Quickening
Profile Joined August 2010
Malaysia1 Post
August 02 2010 09:53 GMT
#74
On July 23 2010 05:42 Windblade wrote:
same as Matharos i have the Vaio F12

i7-740 QM 1.73 Ghz w/ Turbo to 3.07
330M Nvidia 1 GB Vram
6GB RAM
500GB 7200rpm HDD

everything set to ultra, 1080p resolution silky smooth, the laptops cooling is SUPER amazing itll blow all that hot air out but wont let the laptop get hot at all (the bottom gets a little warm right by the fan otherwise its perfect)


I also have the same laptop. I hadn't purchased SC2 yet but this sounds very promising.

Also, found this link today, but I'm not sure how accurate it is. Gonna give it a try when I get home from work.
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/
Tasty with Ketchup
Huggusten
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden50 Posts
August 02 2010 10:29 GMT
#75
i have a HP DV8 1099eo

CPU: Intel Core i7 Q720 @ 1.66ghz
RAM: 4gb DDR3 1333mhz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT230m 1gb
HDD: 1tb sata drive 7200 rpm
Screen: 18.4 inch (1920x1080 - 16x9 )
OS: Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

This laptop is amazing for media/gaming, the graphics card isn't the absolute top but it handles SC2 good.
Because of the extremely high resolution for a laptop screen and the graphics card, i can't play SC2 at maxed settings, but it handles medium-high on full HD and ultra on lower resolutions.

( usually i max all the settings that requires high CPU because the CPU in this laptop is amazing, and i keep the GPU intensive settings a little lower to avoid lagg.)
Also it's very pleasent to play games on because of the 18.4inch screen size and the keyboard is full size with numpad, and it also has really good speakers ( altec lansing 2.1, with an actual subwoofer on the bottom of the computer)
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-02 12:24:59
August 02 2010 12:21 GMT
#76
asus g73jh-tz038v

intel core i7 720qm @1.6 ghz with 4 cores and 1/1/6/9 turbo boost rates. (ie with 3 or 4 cores active, each runs at 1.73 ghz, with 2 cores active they run at ~ 2.4 ghz, with one core active it runs at ~ 2.8 ghz)
8gb ddr3 ram 1333 mhz (dont know the timings)
ati radeon mobility hd 5870 with 1 gb ddr5 vram
2*500 gb hdds with 7200 upm
17.3" fullhd display with 1920x1080 pixels
blueray drive

as long as there arent too many units on the screen, it runs sc2 at over 60 fps with all settings maxed. with shaders set to low and texture to only high (looks more pleasant than ultra imho...), the fps dont even drop below 40 during very large battles in 1v1. only during huge battles in 2v2 or higher, the cpu becomes a limiting factor and the framerates drop down to some 20ish, but still acceptable imho.

what i like most about this laptop is how silent its fans are. very very nice. and as this thing is intended as a desktop replacement anyway it perfectly fits my needs.


another pro of laptops instead of desktop pcs is power consumption. yes, powerful desktop replacement laptops cost quite a lot, but compared to desktop pcs with the same power, they will save about 100€ of energy costs per year where i live and with my consumption (using my pc/laptop quite a lot).

"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
See.Blue
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2673 Posts
August 03 2010 15:22 GMT
#77
I'm playing on a macbook pro 2.2ghz 8600M GT and I have to have everything on minimum except shaders (med) AND lowest resolution and I still have lag during the campaign missions. Does anyone else experience this?
baik0r
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria9 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 15:31:09
August 03 2010 15:29 GMT
#78
My advice: Don't get Asus G51J (I can't run it even on medium)


Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache) up to 2.93Hz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1GB GDDR3 memory
4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM (2GB x 2)
Two 320GB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drives

Anyone else having this problem?
Wineandbread
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2065 Posts
August 03 2010 19:27 GMT
#79
Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
7200rpm HDD
4 (3) GB RAM but running 32bit W7

I can run on close to medium settings fairly well, using 1280x720 resolution.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19228 Posts
August 03 2010 20:45 GMT
#80
On July 30 2010 08:26 Empyrean wrote:
I'm worried about my GPU. Is it strong enough?

I doubt it. My laptop has a GeForce Go 7400 (NVS 120M) with 512mb and I highly doubt it would run SC2 anywhere near reasonably.
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