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Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-28 05:28:29
December 28 2012 05:26 GMT
#5041
LoL doesnt use much of anything. GPU wise its about as basic as it gets. CPU wise there arent many units to path around and the pathing is a lot more basic than starcraft 2. The pathing also has bugs and wonky stuff in it so I'd imagine its a very very CPU light pathing algorithm.

Its basically the ideal game to stream. Hyperthreading is entirely unnecessary.

I think my i3-2100 does 30 FPS streaming fine.
twitch.tv/medrea
Advocado
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Denmark994 Posts
December 28 2012 08:41 GMT
#5042
I have custom cooler which is one of the better on the market. The name I can't remember. Its OC'ed to 4 ghz.

I will try another screen capture method dxtory. How well do they transmit to twitch? The antec is a large tower with plenty of room.
http://www.twitch.tv/advocadosc2
ThePlayer33
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia2378 Posts
December 28 2012 09:47 GMT
#5043
Any help will be MUCH MUCH appreciated!!!
Looking for a new laptop:

- CPU/Graphics card/RAM: be able to run sc2 at low-medium settings without graphical or system lag late game( 20fps+), while running skype and web browser
- 11-13 inch monitor
- solid state drive, low capacity is ok 100GB is fine
- standard office/study usage, NO need for photoshop/ video editing etc.
- NO need for streaming
- NO need for portable gaming, i can plug into a monitor
- relatively ok shipping to Sydney, Australia( i can look this up)
- decent brand: asus, toshiba, fujitsu etc.
- preferable with battery life 3.5hours + long( non- gaming)
- 1 year+ warranty

im terrible with computers so please forgive me for lack of clarity (no specs) and thus my need for advice here
if someone can PM me for a price range suggestion or any models it would be absolutely fantastic!!!
thank you very much in advance (:
| Idra | YuGiOh | Leenock | Coca |
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
December 28 2012 16:57 GMT
#5044
If you dont need portable gaming its often more fiscally responsible to buy a desktop for gaming and a separate laptop for productivity.

We need to know a budget though...
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Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
December 28 2012 17:42 GMT
#5045
At the kind of budget for a laptop to run SC2 at low-medium, I don't think you're going to be able to squeeze in both a desktop and a laptop, unless lowest-end netbooks are considered usably fast.

Might have to add the SSD yourself, unless you're looking at a more premium budget range where getting two devices would be easily possible.
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
December 28 2012 18:36 GMT
#5046
Gaming laptops with 100gb SSD's. Do they even make budget laptops like that?
twitch.tv/medrea
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
December 28 2012 19:46 GMT
#5047
On December 28 2012 17:41 Advocado wrote:
I have custom cooler which is one of the better on the market. The name I can't remember. Its OC'ed to 4 ghz.

I will try another screen capture method dxtory. How well do they transmit to twitch? The antec is a large tower with plenty of room.


Screen capture methods should all be the same output, only difference being performance of the game
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
December 28 2012 19:55 GMT
#5048
On December 29 2012 03:36 Medrea wrote:
Gaming laptops with 100gb SSD's. Do they even make budget laptops like that?

No, AFAIK. Cheapest stuff with SSD drives of 100+ GB (i.e. not a cache via Intel SRT) are probably, say... certain Ultrabooks on a sale? That can't run SC2 on medium shaders, mostly.

On second thought, finding something 11-13" with a respected dedicated video card is hard enough aside from a couple models (e.g. based on Clevo W110ER). And you may have to add the SSD yourself.

Even just for low settings, it's getting harder to find things without Intel ULV. Consumers seem to want laptops around 15", and the few that aren't seem to have other ideas in mind like minimal cost or minimal size/weight.
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
December 28 2012 20:00 GMT
#5049
Well. Speculation is good. But lets see what we have with a budget. I've already declared my bias though.
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LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
December 28 2012 21:36 GMT
#5050
If I buy a SSD, will it make my windows start up faster? And will it boot Sc2 faster as well?

This is a stupid question I'm sure, but I'm hoping someone has a simple answer for me. Thanks guys.
LovE.311 (NA) || @LovE_Sc2
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-28 22:02:24
December 28 2012 22:02 GMT
#5051
Yes. With proper use.
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17281 Posts
December 29 2012 01:44 GMT
#5052
On December 29 2012 06:36 LovE- wrote:
If I buy a SSD, will it make my windows start up faster? And will it boot Sc2 faster as well?

This is a stupid question I'm sure, but I'm hoping someone has a simple answer for me. Thanks guys.

Windows loads significantly faster. Assuming SC2 is also installed on the SSD, it should load faster as well.

I haven't timed my boot time in awhile, but cold boot to desktop is <1 minute easily.
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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-29 01:45:37
December 29 2012 01:45 GMT
#5053
On December 29 2012 10:44 Craton wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2012 06:36 LovE- wrote:
If I buy a SSD, will it make my windows start up faster? And will it boot Sc2 faster as well?

This is a stupid question I'm sure, but I'm hoping someone has a simple answer for me. Thanks guys.

Windows loads significantly faster. Assuming SC2 is also installed on the SSD, it should load faster as well.

I haven't timed my boot time in awhile, but cold boot to desktop is <1 minute easily.


Just bear in mind, games like SC2, you loading faster won't stop you from waiting on your opponent, except at initial load into the client. It may also help some with stuttering during your first game of the session when resources get loaded to memory, but that's going to depend on other factors as well.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
December 29 2012 04:38 GMT
#5054
Hello sirs. I've been using proper music headphones while gaming as well as a clip-on mic, a Zalman ZMic1 or something. Unfortunately the thing picks up a lot of background noise, and so when I game with friends on Skype they hear the background, notably my mechanical keyboard a lot louder than we hear other mechanical keyboards from people who have proper gaming headsets with background filtering microphones.

I was wondering if there are background filtering standalone microphones (or maybe just software that could do a decent job of it). I prefer clip-on mics, but I would also be willing to use a "desktop" unit, provided it doesn't look like a hunk of trash that I have to look at all day.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
December 29 2012 04:45 GMT
#5055
On December 29 2012 10:45 JingleHell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2012 10:44 Craton wrote:
On December 29 2012 06:36 LovE- wrote:
If I buy a SSD, will it make my windows start up faster? And will it boot Sc2 faster as well?

This is a stupid question I'm sure, but I'm hoping someone has a simple answer for me. Thanks guys.

Windows loads significantly faster. Assuming SC2 is also installed on the SSD, it should load faster as well.

I haven't timed my boot time in awhile, but cold boot to desktop is <1 minute easily.


Just bear in mind, games like SC2, you loading faster won't stop you from waiting on your opponent, except at initial load into the client. It may also help some with stuttering during your first game of the session when resources get loaded to memory, but that's going to depend on other factors as well.


Yeah I totally get that.. it's just right now as it is I have to wait about 1-2 mins just to enter my password.. and then another 1-2 mins before I am able to even queue a match. Same thing with Windows

I don't know if I should buy a SSD or up my RAM (Only at 4gb currently) But I've been told a SSD will treat me better.
LovE.311 (NA) || @LovE_Sc2
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24770 Posts
December 29 2012 04:47 GMT
#5056
My mouse is randomly behaving as though the left mouse button is depressed even when it isn't. If I shake/press the buttons a bunch it improves for a while. Is this problem likely with the mouse or digital? I'm looking into swapping the mouse with another computer.
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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
December 29 2012 04:52 GMT
#5057
Try cleaning the mouse first. High content rubbing alcohol in the grooves around the button, or you can look for a guide to disassemble it if you're feeling adventurous.
ThePlayer33
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia2378 Posts
December 29 2012 07:52 GMT
#5058
On December 29 2012 04:55 Myrmidon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2012 03:36 Medrea wrote:
Gaming laptops with 100gb SSD's. Do they even make budget laptops like that?

No, AFAIK. Cheapest stuff with SSD drives of 100+ GB (i.e. not a cache via Intel SRT) are probably, say... certain Ultrabooks on a sale? That can't run SC2 on medium shaders, mostly.

On second thought, finding something 11-13" with a respected dedicated video card is hard enough aside from a couple models (e.g. based on Clevo W110ER). And you may have to add the SSD yourself.

Even just for low settings, it's getting harder to find things without Intel ULV. Consumers seem to want laptops around 15", and the few that aren't seem to have other ideas in mind like minimal cost or minimal size/weight.


ah thanks so much.
| Idra | YuGiOh | Leenock | Coca |
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17281 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-29 08:17:39
December 29 2012 08:17 GMT
#5059
On December 29 2012 13:47 micronesia wrote:
My mouse is randomly behaving as though the left mouse button is depressed even when it isn't. If I shake/press the buttons a bunch it improves for a while. Is this problem likely with the mouse or digital? I'm looking into swapping the mouse with another computer.

Can't hurt to try it on another computer, but it sounds like a problem with the mouse. I had a similar ghosting problem with my Razer Deathadder after about 6 months.

Incidentally, I recommend strongly against anything Razer. I've never had anything from them that wasn't low quality compared to its price and/or died/went bad well before it should. The only exception is their glorified paperweight mouse bungee-like thing, but considering it really is just a spring-loaded paperweight I should hope there are no issues.
twitch.tv/cratonz
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
December 29 2012 08:30 GMT
#5060
On December 29 2012 17:17 Craton wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2012 13:47 micronesia wrote:
My mouse is randomly behaving as though the left mouse button is depressed even when it isn't. If I shake/press the buttons a bunch it improves for a while. Is this problem likely with the mouse or digital? I'm looking into swapping the mouse with another computer.

Can't hurt to try it on another computer, but it sounds like a problem with the mouse. I had a similar ghosting problem with my Razer Deathadder after about 6 months.

Incidentally, I recommend strongly against anything Razer. I've never had anything from them that wasn't low quality compared to its price and/or died/went bad well before it should. The only exception is their glorified paperweight mouse bungee-like thing, but considering it really is just a spring-loaded paperweight I should hope there are no issues.


Sadly Razer are pretty much the only guys who actually make properly functional mice. The tracking speed and lack of acceleration or other flaws on the deathadder are unparallelled
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
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