StarCraft II is not nearly as demanding as I imagined it might have been, and despite looking quite impressive, it was very playable on mid-range graphics cards using maximum in-game quality settings at extreme resolutions such as 2560x1600. Although we have only given you a preview of the performance that is to be expected from StarCraft II by using a beta copy, this should give gamers a good idea of how their gaming system will handle this new title.
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Matt |
Posted on: 02/20/2010 04:33 PM
Awesome stuff I cannot wait to play this game and thanks for the data so far. Also Dave on page 2,6 and even 7 it was explained why on the Core i7 was used. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 02/21/2010 12:26 AM
Posted by Dave on 02/20/2010 03:58 PM
Thank you for the feedback Dave. I know it is important to cover more CPUs and I will do so once the game exits the beta stage. |
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Dave |
Posted on: 02/20/2010 02:58 PM
I think it is important to include more cpu's Not just i7's. maybe throw in a few Core 2 Duo/Quads, and some AMD's |
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FULMTL |
Posted on: 02/21/2010 10:42 PM
maybe add the AthlonII X3/4 AMD CPU's because they are getting more popular in desktops. |
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udgnim |
Posted on: 02/22/2010 01:56 AM
I think there's an error somewhere. the min and average framerates for the 4870 1GB are higher at 1920*1200 than 1680*1050. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 02/22/2010 02:16 AM
Posted by udgnim on 02/22/2010 02:56 AM
There is no mistake here, I have double checked. This can be put down to a few things. First of all we are only talking about 2fps so that is within the error margin for testing. The drivers do not fully support this game yet and it is possible the card is currently better optimized for higher resolutions. |
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sysrpl |
Posted on: 02/23/2010 07:25 PM
In the article you mention you used FRAPS to determine the frame rates. This is unnecessary and may somewhat effect performance rating. The StarCraft II Beta includes a hidden frame rate counter. In game press Ctrl + Alt + F to make it visible. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 02/23/2010 10:35 PM
Posted by sysrpl on 02/23/2010 08:25 PM
In no way does FRAPS impact performance. Also does this hidden frame rate counter record performance over a given time period and output the average and minimum frame rates? |
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beast595 |
Posted on: 02/25/2010 02:23 AM
Hi, I know it isn't exactly relevant to the article, but do you know if an nvidia geforce 7160 integrated chip would be able to squeeze past the game's minimum requirements? I am not very astute when it comes to computer hardware. Thanks for your help! |
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sniper444 |
Posted on: 02/25/2010 03:38 AM
I dont think there is much point try to play any new games with integrated graphics. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 02/25/2010 03:40 AM
Posted by beast595 on 02/25/2010 03:23 AM
Sorry mate I wouldn't even bother with a GeForce 7160. It might be playable at a very low resolution with the lowest possible quality settings but it would look awful. |
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Darkknight512 |
Posted on: 02/26/2010 09:39 PM
As with many games, it is not really the true frame rate that matter's from playing it a bit what frame rate do you feel is required for a good smooth game play? |
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Guest |
Posted on: 03/01/2010 01:37 AM
Any chance we could get some XP vs Win7 numbers? |
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Artem |
Posted on: 03/01/2010 05:47 AM
forget about XP, win7 is faaaar better and far more stable XP vs win7 is like win3.1 vs win95 |
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woozel Posts: 1 Joined: 2010-03-02 |
Posted on: 03/03/2010 02:01 AM
Hey just wondering if anyone can tell me if my system will run the game smoothly on medium? I really want to experience the graphics, and I'm not sure where my system stands. Operating system:Windows 2.6.0.6002 (SP 2) CPU type:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz CPU Speed (GHz):2.02 System memory (GB):2.997 Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Graphics card driver:nvd3dum.dll Desktop resolution:1280x800 Hard disk size (GB):220.292 Hard disk free space (GB):102.022 |
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