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Starcraft 2
- Thread starter matty
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^Clarify what you mean by guest passes. You mean for the beta?
Try this: http://systemrequirementslab.com/cyri
Find SC2 on the dropdown and click it. It only works in Firefox, though (I think).
7 Hour Trial of Single Player Campaign/Something Something Multiplayer
Nah it worked fine in Internet Explorer..
So I ran that test thing, on this laptop, and it put me at around halfway to fail, halfway to pass, which does qualify for a pass, but being a laptop, apparently my graphics card isn't the coolest thing, which I do pass but don't have the recommended for. It's recommending ATI Radeon® HD 3870 while it says I have ATI display adapter (0x9488).
I'd like to get the game, but only if I can play it on this laptop, I'll just connect a keyboard/mouse to it via USB anyway.. 16" screen..
Do you guys think I'd be able to get it and be able to play the game well?
Just to let you Zerg players know, Speedlings + Ultras destroys mech.
I guess a better comparison game would be Heroes of Newerth. Also came out in 2010, very similar games from a processing/graphics standpoint, my computer runs HoN fine on normal settings but has tons of trouble with SC2 at absolute minimum.
apparently graphics card is the main limiting factor in SCII rather than processing power. If you know your laptop's model number you should be able to search for its webpage and find specs on it, including graphics card, or if you still have the box/manual it should say on there. There are also websites like this that can give you an idea of how well a graphics card can run a game:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5650.23697.0.html
Don't expect to find much data there on SCII since it's so new (and each test comes from a different computer so your fps may vary due to other specs), but it's still a useful resource for graphics cards overall.
edit: it also has a page which gives estimates as to whether a card will run a game or not by comparing them all together, right here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
those of you who say you can run SC2 despite not having that good system specs, can you run it using Medium graphics settings? (because Low graphics are really burning my eyes and I couldn't run the beta on Medium, but I want to make sure my next comp can run it without investing too much money into a video card)
and I wonder how much they would increase the system recs for the upcoming expansions, don't want to upgrade my comp (and then possibly even have compatibility issues between the new and old hardware) or buy a new comp every 1.5 years ;/
also holy shit they just announced a tournament with $85,700 USD prize money for 1st place
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141496
guess this might make the Korean proscene to switch from BW to SC2
and I wonder how much they would increase the system recs for the upcoming expansions, don't want to upgrade my comp (and then possibly even have compatibility issues between the new and old hardware) or buy a new comp every 1.5 years ;/
also holy shit they just announced a tournament with $85,700 USD prize money for 1st place
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141496
guess this might make the Korean proscene to switch from BW to SC2
Hey all, if anyone wants to play sometime add me, I mostly 1v1 but I'd love to do team games if I can find partners, my BNet name is TrueLau.
For some reason it's not working for me even when I install the component. :/
Sooo...
It's really fun when Starcraft 2 doesn't recognize that I have internet. I turned off my firewall and that didn't work, nor was it necessary because it turns out all the ports blizzard uses were already exceptions. Some people have problems with the blizzard downloader. I have yet to even see it. I run SC2, it goes black then goes back to desktop and says "You need a patch, want to download it?". I hit ok, then the game just runs again and this loops forever until I hit cancel. In their infinite wisdom, I can't just download the patch online, but even if I could I guess there'd inevitably be a problem with multiplayer.
I use a router, but honestly, it's as if it's not even trying to access the internet. It's skipping a step.
It's really fun when Starcraft 2 doesn't recognize that I have internet. I turned off my firewall and that didn't work, nor was it necessary because it turns out all the ports blizzard uses were already exceptions. Some people have problems with the blizzard downloader. I have yet to even see it. I run SC2, it goes black then goes back to desktop and says "You need a patch, want to download it?". I hit ok, then the game just runs again and this loops forever until I hit cancel. In their infinite wisdom, I can't just download the patch online, but even if I could I guess there'd inevitably be a problem with multiplayer.
I use a router, but honestly, it's as if it's not even trying to access the internet. It's skipping a step.
Fixed it, after days of searching found someone with the exact same problem. I had to change my lan settings to "automatically detect".
I'm running SC2 on my low settings just fine on my macbook pro. I honestly don't mind the low graphics settings, since I'm used to warcraft 3 anyways >.>
I'm about ten hours into the campaign (haven't touched multi yet) and my god, the
yeah the game is fun.
I'm about ten hours into the campaign (haven't touched multi yet) and my god, the
Last prophecy mission was fun as helllll
yeah the game is fun.
Sweet game. I main Protoss in multiplayer, and played quite a bit of campaign so far as well.
Just finished the campaign myself, and it basically left me wanting for more :P
cant wait fr the zerg and protoss expansions to see how it all adds up
been playing 2 practice matches online though as protoss (who I mained during the beta phase as well) and yeah, nothing much changed there, just got paired with 2 relatively new players and those were easy victories
cant wait fr the zerg and protoss expansions to see how it all adds up
been playing 2 practice matches online though as protoss (who I mained during the beta phase as well) and yeah, nothing much changed there, just got paired with 2 relatively new players and those were easy victories
I bought a new laptop (my old one needed replacing anyway) in order to play this game. Half way through the campaign, stuff keep coming up taking away good starcraft quality time.
This game is just way too much fun!!! :-D
This game is just way too much fun!!! :-D
TrueLau/830
Just got bumped down from Gold :/ at least I'm at the top of my division now, hopefully going back up soon
EDIT-back into Gold League!
Just got bumped down from Gold :/ at least I'm at the top of my division now, hopefully going back up soon
EDIT-back into Gold League!