Written by LordofAscension |
Monday, 26 April 2010 16:52
News -
StarCraft II
Today,
Tom's Hardware published its review and benchmarking analysis of
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Beta. This is an excellent read for anyone looking to upgrade an existing machine or purchase a new one in order to optimize the
StarCraft II experience. Be sure to remember that this is a review of the Beta build and Blizzard will likely add performance enhancers before the retail release. However, in true Blizzard style the game is designed to run on a large spectrum of machines. There are a few surprises, on of which is how the CPU is often the bottleneck, not the GPU. From the article:
If there are any surprises, it's the CPU dependence this game demonstrates. While even the lowest-end graphics card we tested (a Radeon HD 5570) could handle attractive medium graphics settings at 2560x1600, there is a definite reliance on processor speed. The good news is that any modern dual-core CPU over 2.0 GHz should be able to run the game acceptably, and more megahertz will only help. Folks with legacy single-core CPUs below 3.0 GHz are going to have to sacrifice a lot of visual fidelity for playable performance, though, regardless of the graphics card they use.
Be sure to check it out
here!
Source:
Tom's Hardware: StarCraft II Beta: Game Performance Analyzed
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