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Originally Posted by EvilGenius
I tried!
Unfortunately, my 3-years-ago inexperienced noob self did not realize that buying OEM meant that I can't OC my thing, thanks to the wonderful idiots at Lenovo. I can use SetFSB to soft OC my CPU to 2.6GHz with minor instability, and 2.5GHz stable, but the Soft OC feels so dirty and the boost is so minor, I don't bother with it anymore.
The only original parts in that rig are truly the motherboard and processor. Everything else is upgraded :p
Scratch that. It was something wrong with the disk-drive.
finnaly got it working after fighting a fucking loong match with my computer for 20 hours
ohhh yeah!
Say, does bnet track the machine you load it to? - For instance, if I loaded it to my work computer, (and then uninstalled) would it prevent me from loading to my home computer?
no it wont its account bond not computer bound
Need to upgrade my internet connection, so not able to load it to my desktop just yet.
However, In in my desperation, I tried loading it to my work laptop (which is well below the required specs - 2ghz dc processor, 1 gb of ram, and connects via aircard)
Long story short, it worked; including a connection to B.net. Thinking it would be too slow to do anything fancy, I played the 'Very easy' opponent - it ended up being incredibly smooth, (on the lowest settings) and only a couple of big stalls/hiccups whever the enemy moved out to attack.
Not the best, but I can now say I've played SC2 ;)
How do I get a guest pass?Quote:
Just FYI, and this may have been mentioned, the game can run comfortably on low setting even if some components don't meet minimum requirements. My friends computer was a real cheapy. It has a semperon processor in it, but we got him up to 3gigs of ram and a decent graphics card and he runs the game at 25-30 fps on a mixture of low/medium settings. Of course just because it works for him doesn't mean I'd recommend buying the game and just going for it. See if you can get a guest pass and mess around with that. My buddy was in the beta so we knew it would work out ok for him, but if he'd told me his specs I'd have told him to forget it.
So... I'm able to run it on the very lowest settings, but as soon as I get more than two tabs of units on the screen at a time, it starts to lag quite a bit. Other than that, it runs smoothly. IS there anything I can do to improve this without actually having to spend anything or is it all just reliant on my graphics card and RAM?
Hey guys. I'm not very tech savvy. But I'm in the market for a new laptop.
I want it to be able to run Starcraft 2 single player on high settings (preferrably ultra).
I would also like it to run the multiplayer on at LEAST medium settings without frame rate dropping during big fights.
Here's the laptop which I have chosen for myself...
I believe it meets all of blizzards recommended specs.
I just wanted to ask you guys whether you think it can do what I want it to do.
I would very much appreciate any feedback you can give.
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Originally Posted by Dale
You picked a BEAST- but do note, you aren't going to get amazing battery life out of this laptop. ASUS has a great track record, and I generally pick them over HP or Dell.
So, yeah - you should get that one.
I... guess I am late.
Wanted to say you will NEED to get a 12-cell battery for this since gaming results in sub one hour life with the system with the 6-pack. The very most you'll get is just above 2 hours even when using word with the standard one. So go and find one.
Ok, so... I have an iMac 21.5 inch desktop and here are the specs... Why can I only have StarCraft 2 on the lowest graphic settings possible? Maybe this is a stupid Question, but I don't know why...so...if anyone could help...that would be nice! It slows down and glitches out to the extreme if I don't have it on lowest... at first I could have it on medium but then only lowest and its fine on lowest but...its not my favorite and I thought this mac could run it much much better...its like I am missing something... but...idk...so help please!
Model Name: iMac
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Thanks!
It's the graphics card. Geforce 9400 is low end.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterSlayer
Unfortunately like notebooks, iMacs have integrated parts and therefor it's un upgradeable. They're not really for gaming unfortunately.
The explanation for why it's not running well all the time is because certain maps/levels are more demanding. Youll just have to stick with low settings for now.
thanks so much! if i were to get a mac... what mac would you suggest? i would like to have a laptop to play it... but... idk what to get... i just wanna play starcraft 2 on a mac laptop with high graphic settings...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazy_Jonny
I am curious, why the mac requirement? If you already have a mac that works fine for whatever else you need, why not a windows based computer to play SC2 on (and possibly other games that either dont work on mac or whatever).Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterSlayer
i personally like macs a lot better than pcs but you are right on the lack of games... i guess a pc wouldn't be that bad but.. i just prefer macs...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRabidDeer
It sounds like to me (by the fact of your low knowledge in compter specs) that you enjoy the mac because of the Operating System? If that then get a gateway or a HP or any number of other computers and install a program like VMware to switch OS.
i know a bit about the specs just not the graphics card side of things... thats why i was so confuzed on why it wasn't working... i knew i had good processing and ram and everything except i didn't know about the graphics... like i know nothing about the graphics card.. so thats why i came here was cus i was confuzed... thanks crazy_john for your help... and minerals... so if i were to buy a laptop what graphics card should i have in it?... not a mac laptop...Quote:
Originally Posted by minerals