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Hello!
Finaly i got a shared account with my friend to play SC2. But when i try to open show this.
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVcoAzi
I cant open SC2 Beta 
I think is because graphic card but im not sure i dont understand nothing about pc´s i only can play the games.
My System Specifications:
* Operating system:Windows 2.5.1.2600 (SP 2)
* CPU type: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
* CPU Speed (GHz):2.7
* System memory (GB):1.25
* Graphics card model:RADEON 9200 SERIES
* Graphics card driver:ati2dvag.dll
* Desktop resolution:1024x768
* Hard disk size (GB):74.52
* Hard disk free space (GB):24.919
So my 2 questions is this:
1. Why this error show up?
2. If this is because my graphic card what graphic card should i buy?
I only can spend to 70€/100€
If anyone have other suggest post here plz.
I only want to play 3 games ( SC: BW, SC2 and SC2) so i just need a graphic card that can support SC2.
Sry my english i hope some one can help me i apreciate that.
Thanks
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Bump
Sry but i really need help
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Can you post the rest of the text from the error message? In the box where it says Starcraft II Beta (B14259B) there is a lot of helpful info 
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A Nvidia 9800GT runs about 100 USD if it is indeed your graphics card *which is pretty old...*
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Try messing with your resolutions. I had a similar looking error and I couldn't open the game until I changed my resolution around.
Just a suggestion, nothing too concrete. 
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Quick note, if you were using some sort of hack to let you view replays or hit single player, I would wonder if that was part of the cause. If you have I would also strongly suggest you scan your system. Many of them are malware, and I'm willing to bet 90% of the stolen keys are from stupid crap like that.
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Same as Tump. Just have them on middle and dont try to elaborate iwth them
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Your graphic card does not support Pixel Shader 2.0.
Also SC2 does not support XP SP2.
You should upgrade to service pack 3 and upgrade your graphic card.
EDIT: For your system the best choice would be to go for the X1950XT/PRO if its still available.
The other choice would be 7600GT.
Note: your system supports AGP, not PCI-E, so look for an AGP card. Also you should read on your motherboard package or manual what AGP speeds does it support.
If its AGP 4x I would say its really, really, really, really time to upgrade to a whole new PC.
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It's that shader 2.0
turn it off If it doesnt work to even launch, just reinstall and dont put the shader on.
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Thanks you all for the answers i hope that in 3/5 days im playing SC2 beta
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Osaka27146 Posts
You can play SC2 with service pack 2.
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When I first loaded SC2, I could'nt even load the main screen. (login screen) It would crash instantly. (Display driver error then would recover then crash until I had to cntrl alt delete and shut it down) I tried every fix I could find on these posts. Drivers, Frame-rate cap, Lowering Graphics, turning phys X off, playing window mode, reinstalling, roll back drivers, changing screen resolution, uninstalling quick cam and logictech stuff. Nothing I did would work and I was determined to find a fix for this. I knew this has to be an Nvidia problem of some type. My computer is more than capable of running this game.
Windows 64 Home
I7 920 cpu
Nvidia 8800 GTX
8 Gig DDR3 Ram
750 watt psu
So this is how I fixed my problem.
I used my kids computer....stock best buy system...quad core..with a crappy ass Nividia 9100 graphics card. Right after I installed the game it loaded up and was stable...sort of. Immediately I set all graphics to there lowest settings and played a game. Had 60 fps at start and everything was smooth...then after about 5 mins the FPS dropped to about 3-5 which was completely unplayable. So the big question besides the strange FPS problem was, why did this game run on his crappy computer and would not even load on my custom built gaming machine? So I looked into his VARIABLES txt and found out that it was COMPLETELY different then the Variables txt that was on my machine. So I copied his and deleted all of the txt in my variables and replaced it with his, deleted my cache file and started up SC2 and what do ya know..IT WORKED and now I can play the game with no problems!!!
This is the Variables txt that I copied and pasted into my variables txt. I deleted all the txt that I had and only used the txt that I copied from his computer.
alphadepthWrite=0
aolight=0
bitdepth=16
creepnormalmap=0
creepQuality=0
creeptrans=0
deff=0
deffspec=0
depthDisp=0
displaymode=2
dof=0
fogvolume=0
foliagedensity=0.000000
foliagequality=0
gamehdr8bit=1
GraphicsOptionEffectsDetail=0
GraphicsOptionLightingQuality=0
GraphicsOptionModelQuality=0
GraphicsOptionMovies=0
GraphicsOptionOverallQualityVer7[2]=4
GraphicsOptionPhysicsQuality=0
GraphicsOptionPortraits=1
GraphicsOptionPostProcessing=0
GraphicsOptionReflections=0
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0
GraphicsOptionShadowQuality=0
GraphicsOptionTerrainQuality=0
GraphicsOptionTextureQuality[2]=0
halo=0
hdr=0
hdr8bit=1
height=768
lastDeviceId=2119
lightingLevel=0
lightmap=1
localao=0
localeidassets=enUS
localeiddata=enUS
localight=0
lowqualitymodels=1
lowQualityMovies=1
music=0
MusicHeard=1
normalmap=0
pagedPoolLimitEnforced=0
parallax=0
particlelod=0
particleobjects=0.000000
particleterrain=0.000000
physicsdensity=0
pixellight=0
portraits3d=0
preBlendedCreep=1
ribbonlod=0
shadowmapsize=512
shadows=0
simplifiedCloaking=1
simplifiedShaders=1
soft=0
softshadows=0
sound=1
SoundAutoDetectCPUCoreCount=4
soundchannels=16
soundoutput=Default
SoundQuality=0
SoundResampler=NOINTERP
SoundSampleRate=22050
speakermode=Stereo
spec=0
splatlod=0
targettexeldensity=0.150000
TerrainTextureSize=480
texQualityLevel=0
texSpace=1024
textureBasedFOW=0
treadlod=0
unitcolorstyle=2
useLowqualitymodels=1
waterflipbook=1
waterrendertargetformat=0
waterrendertargetsize=768
watershadow=0
width=1024
windowheight=720
windowx=32
windowy=0
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