GregLombardi
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Wow this game is really causing a graphics war huh? Guess it's time to upgrade, I hope my 8800 GTS can handle this game on its highest settings, though I only have a dual core. Any thoughts?
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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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deathberry
Neo Member
GregLombardi said:
Yea, the 8800GTS is going to struggle on Ultra settings, an 800GT might have pulled through. And depends on what Dual Core you have. Anything @ 3ish GHz should be fine.
GregLombardi
Member
That makes me sad..I only have a 2.4 ghz dual core. Maybe I need to upgrade my Mobo + GPU + processors? Le sigh. I just got this comp 1.5 years ago!deathberry said:
Vigilant Walrus
Member
But don't you think that Blizzard will optimize the system requirements as the Beta progresses? In some Beta's that I have been in, the optimization became much, much better near launch!
The beta runs fine on my computer. With texture and graphics quality at 'high' I get anywhere from 70-50 fps, and I don't really notice when it drops below 60. My computer is Q6600 2.4 GHz, 4GB of RAM and 9800GT which is the same card as 8800GT. Everything is running at standard frequencies. Starcraft 2 only uses a maximum of 2 CPU cores and only 1 of the cores is maxed out.
deathberry
Neo Member
GregLombardi said:
As jonremedy pointed out, 2 cores should be enough, unless you're running multiple apps (apart from antivirus and firewall) in the background. You'll probaly get High settings with 40+ fps. And honestly, I don't see the need for RTS games going over 30 fps making any significant difference, these aren't racing of fps games.
Next beta codes will roll out in the coing week, so hang on there folks!
Xal-Shoota
Member
Heres one...I have a 2.4 ghz Macbook Pro from years ago with the old ass GeForce8600M...(and 4 gigs of ram)..
How well do you think it will run SC. I know Im not expecting ultra, maybe not even high, but I just want to run it at maybe 1280 x 960 or whatever at now mega-low shit settings to get a smooth framerate
(and before you say "no mac beta yet", I switched to my windows 7 partition and updated my beta settings...so hopefully I have a chance for now!)
Much Thanks.
How well do you think it will run SC. I know Im not expecting ultra, maybe not even high, but I just want to run it at maybe 1280 x 960 or whatever at now mega-low shit settings to get a smooth framerate
(and before you say "no mac beta yet", I switched to my windows 7 partition and updated my beta settings...so hopefully I have a chance for now!)
Much Thanks.
Xal-Shoota said:Heres one...I have a 2.4 ghz Macbook Pro from years ago with the old ass GeForce8600M...(and 4 gigs of ram)..
How well do you think it will run SC. I know Im not expecting ultra, maybe not even high, but I just want to run it at maybe 1280 x 960 or whatever at now mega-low shit settings to get a smooth framerate
(and before you say "no mac beta yet", I switched to my windows 7 partition and updated my beta settings...so hopefully I have a chance for now!)
Much Thanks.
I'm positive you'll get 40-60 fps with everything on medium at that resolution.
For some reason, Battle.net is unable to identify my CPU, it only says "AMD Processor model unknown". I hope it doesn't hurt my chances for future waves.
I have a AMD Athlon II X4 2.6 ghz, am i missing some driver so that Battle.net is unable to see that?
I have a AMD Athlon II X4 2.6 ghz, am i missing some driver so that Battle.net is unable to see that?
Littleberu
Banned
Any live streams right now?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Bisnic said:
No, it just probably isn't programmed into their system scan.
Ice Monkey said:
You should always build 1 detector tower at your base entrance and at your mineral line. Also, build a Raven, it's a mobile detector that can follow your Medivacs around. That late into the game, you would've had plenty of opportunity to do it. DTs are pretty worthless once you can detect them.
The beta isn't allowing 4v4 or high difficulty AI yet but the full game will have those things. Also, as more people get into the beta, there will be more people playing at lower levels.
Yeah Icemonkey detection is key especially when playing vs a Protoss player as terran. Best advice I can give is watch your replays. You will see where you went wrong and the vulnerabilities of your opponent. If you get truly stomped out, you can just watch that higher skilled person play and learn from that.
Been watching this stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=FrozenArbiter
Psi storm looks just as devastating if not more so than before.
Psi storm looks just as devastating if not more so than before.
I watched a mothership on a stream. Brutal unit. So much energy also, spells cost so little.DieH@rd said:Nice, hopefully we will at last see some endgame units [Mothership
edit - damn, thats T not P
But you can only have a single one so I guess it is ok? Has 400/400 Shield/HP though.
I heard it only does 80 now? And the Bnet delay/lag/inputlag/delay makes it a hard cast.Milabrega said:
zguL said:
You can also watch in-browser here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/live/
and discuss in this thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388177
InsertCredit
Member
zguL said:
Zzoram said:
Thanks guys! Will this be his last major feat in sc1 before switching over?
InsertCredit said:
Nony is one of the very few Americans who was good enough to represent the USA at WCG (he won the US qualifiers) and Nony was invited to train in Korea on a professional team. He didn't stay past 2 months though because he had a girlfriend back home he wanted to marry.
InsertCredit
Member
aww <3Zzoram said:
Can't wait to face him in the platinum league
RubberJohnny
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RubberJohnny
Banned
Well I think it must be different people because there's hardly any commentary :lolsnack said:I love commentary.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'm really excited about this, but I'll probably never play online.
I'm one of those RTS guys that enjoys taking their time. Watching his little minions do as their told. slowly deciding what I want to do next and where to go.
I am the type that becomes cannon fodder online. I'm scared to learn to play extremely fast, as I feel like I will miss the little things that I appreciated.
*shrugs*
idunno.
I'm one of those RTS guys that enjoys taking their time. Watching his little minions do as their told. slowly deciding what I want to do next and where to go.
I am the type that becomes cannon fodder online. I'm scared to learn to play extremely fast, as I feel like I will miss the little things that I appreciated.
*shrugs*
idunno.
Man, the beta is making me real antsy. I wanna work on the Official Thread. :lol
Any Photoshop experts interested in helping out? I can do layout and text really well but my Photoshop skills are a bit amateurish.
Any Photoshop experts interested in helping out? I can do layout and text really well but my Photoshop skills are a bit amateurish.
For those of you in the Beta who suck at Starcraft in general like me, but still play online, what's the copper league like? Is it full of pros who just want an easy win or are there actually players in that league I have a chance at actually winning against?
Seriously I don't want another SFIV on my hands where I get so mad at the online community whooping my ass where I quit multi forever. :lol
Seriously I don't want another SFIV on my hands where I get so mad at the online community whooping my ass where I quit multi forever. :lol
MrMister said:
If you are in the beta, your hands are kind of tied on the game modes you have right now and the people who play. Come release however you'll have all kinds of noob friendly communities and game modes to play.
ZealousD may not want to jump the gun on an official thread, I mean, we don't have a release date and well, this Official Beta thread was made in June last year, but beta only started this week.
Watched the last two matches and the current match on this stream some good proxy pylon and forcefield play from a Protoss player. Though he doesn't change from his stalker/immortla build type, then again he's faced three zerg's and they've all gone roach/banelings -> Hydra. SO w/e works.
I haven't played much in the copper league yet so I can't comment on that yet. However, you're only allowed one profile per battle.net account. You also can't delete your profile and start over with a new one. I'm pretty sure this was done to prevent higher ranked players from creating new profiles in order to wail on the less skilled players. The only way for a highly skilled player to beatdown on lower ranked players would be for them to intentionally lose games so that they'd drop into a lower ranked league. Of course, you'll occasionally run into an unranked yet high-skill player but that's expected since battle.net requires these sort of matches as a metric in order to rank new players.MrMister said:
TurtleSnatcher
Member
My PC couldnt run it with the below stats
Athlon X2 6000+
2GB of Ram
GeForce 7900GT
I upgraded the card to a 5670 1GB
Now it runs it just fine on High settings .. I have effects on Ultra.
Athlon X2 6000+
2GB of Ram
GeForce 7900GT
I upgraded the card to a 5670 1GB
Now it runs it just fine on High settings .. I have effects on Ultra.
vultureparade
Member
This is my favorite stream so far. It doesn't have the high visual quality of the Starcraft Method stream, but it looks better than most of the beta streams. The thing that helps it stand apart from the others is Gifted's commentary and involvement in the chat. He also isn't taking things very seriously, which adds a nice casual feeling to the stream.