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Thursday, 29 July 2010 22:39
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StarCraft II
Techspot.com has posted their full-fledged tech review of StarCraft II, explaining how well different hardware configurations will handle the game. This article is very interesting for those who want to know how well their CPU's and GPU's stack up to see if their rig can run Blizzard's latest RTS title with a respective frame-rate.
In total we tested 21 different graphics card configurations using both ATI and Nvidia GPUs in all price ranges. We ran benchmarks using the “ultra”, "high" and "medium" quality presets with the anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering quality settings disabled.
StarCraft II does not include the option to enable anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering in-game. Furthermore, it was not possible to force these settings when using any of the ATI graphics cards. The Nvidia-based cards were able to use AA/AF quality settings when forced at the driver level, but we opted not to use these filtering settings so we could make a fair comparison among all the cards.
In summary, the article states that having a high-end graphics card isn't as crucial as having a great processor when it comes to playing on the highest settings in big high-demand battles.
At 1920x1200 using the ultra quality settings, anything faster than the old GeForce GTX 260 is a little pointless and that's saying a lot in our opinion. For those better used to extreme resolutions, the newly released GeForce GTX 460 graphics card appears to be the ultimate weapon in StarCraft II. This card was able to match the GeForce GTX 480 and Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards even at 2560x1600. Therefore we can safely and happily conclude that you won't need to spend over $200 to enjoy StarCraft II in all of its glory at any resolution.
When it comes to picking the right CPU for this game things become a little trickier. Generally when testing first person shooters we find that a budget quad-core processor will deliver similar performance than a more expensive high-end model, such as the Core i7 920. However real-time strategy games are often more demanding on the CPU side and StarCraft II is no exception.
Click here to read the entire hardware review. Source: Techspot.com - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty CPU & GPU Performance
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