It says I need an upgrade? Granted what I have is a laptop graphics card which probably isn't as good but it seems I match the various sub-requirements it lists? So what does that mean in actual, how-it-plays terms?
System Requirements Help
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System Requirements Help
So I'm considering getting StarCraft II and the expansion because why not. Plus deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. So I decided to check the system requirements and I am confused. I have the minimums but for recommended I get this:
It says I need an upgrade? Granted what I have is a laptop graphics card which probably isn't as good but it seems I match the various sub-requirements it lists? So what does that mean in actual, how-it-plays terms?
It says I need an upgrade? Granted what I have is a laptop graphics card which probably isn't as good but it seems I match the various sub-requirements it lists? So what does that mean in actual, how-it-plays terms?
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Re: System Requirements Help
You will only be able to play it on min settings with that graphic card. The problem is that it doesn't have enough shaders and only 64bit. Or that is what my trusty testsite says, which tests graphic cards on games.
It might only run like this.
It might only run like this.
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Re: System Requirements Help
In nVidia's current model numbering system, the hundreds digit signifies the generation (so your 3xx card is several generations newer than old 8xxx cards), but tens digit signifies the range within that generation: x90 is blazing-hot "obliterate all contemporary games at max settings," whereas x10 is "bottom-barrel garbage barely capable of displaying Windows." Your card is the latter, and a laptop version to boot.
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Re: System Requirements Help
Bummer. 
Oh well, might as well wait for at least LotV anyway, and the inevitable Battle Chest which will probably be cheaper than buying them separately. Probably have a newer, better laptop by then. Thanks for the info, Thanas & B-CG.
Oh well, might as well wait for at least LotV anyway, and the inevitable Battle Chest which will probably be cheaper than buying them separately. Probably have a newer, better laptop by then. Thanks for the info, Thanas & B-CG.That was actually somewhat frightening to watch.Thanas wrote:It might only run like this.
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We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
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Re: System Requirements Help
Eh, you might pull medium pretty well in all but the largest matches. My HP Pavilion dv4 could run it at some point between low and medium depending on the exact match (map especially) and allowing for not looking at certain terrain features if trying to push the upper limits by setting the textures to high.
Mind you my HP has a paltry 2.2 GHz dual core i3 with integrated graphics*. Now I did upgrade it to 8 gigs of RAM six months to a year later but it ran the game fine in about the same range before that, and much didn't change other than allowing me to have more background programs up, as the biggest bottleneck was my CPU.
You're not going to get the best quality graphics out of the game, but you should easily be able to run it at a reasonable quality relative to modern expectations thereof.
*I will, however, given Intel credit with the sheer amount of performance they managed to squeeze out of the setup in question. Damn thing could run games where it failed every minimum on launch and I could play at settings that didn't call to mind the year 2003.
EDIT: Now I don't know what your expectations for good quality graphics are. Most of my PC gaming life has been spent on a Dell Dimension 8200 and an Acer netbook up until the last two years, so naturally mine surmount to: "I didn't get kicked from the match for loading the textures too slowly."
Mind you my HP has a paltry 2.2 GHz dual core i3 with integrated graphics*. Now I did upgrade it to 8 gigs of RAM six months to a year later but it ran the game fine in about the same range before that, and much didn't change other than allowing me to have more background programs up, as the biggest bottleneck was my CPU.
You're not going to get the best quality graphics out of the game, but you should easily be able to run it at a reasonable quality relative to modern expectations thereof.
*I will, however, given Intel credit with the sheer amount of performance they managed to squeeze out of the setup in question. Damn thing could run games where it failed every minimum on launch and I could play at settings that didn't call to mind the year 2003.
EDIT: Now I don't know what your expectations for good quality graphics are. Most of my PC gaming life has been spent on a Dell Dimension 8200 and an Acer netbook up until the last two years, so naturally mine surmount to: "I didn't get kicked from the match for loading the textures too slowly."