StarCraft II Beta System Requirements Announced

[DeathsAngel]

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[Pandonetho]

http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2307

False alarm. Everyone jumped the gun.

[DeathsAngel]

Blue post :

Hey folks,

I just wanted to drop in to clarify the situation a bit. As has been mentioned above, some websites have posted system requirements for the StarCraft II beta that were not accurate. The page where this information was found was a placeholder that should not have gone up. We will have more information about the system requirements once the beta starts.

Sorry about any confusion this may have caused. We did not intend to troll you. =)

Blueposter : https://forums.battle.net/thread.htm...=3000&pageNo=4

[ArcherofAiur]

Future Starcraft Twitters:



Blizzard: Starcraft 2 Beta has started!!!!!




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[Norfindel]

Hahah! geForce 2??? It was too good to be true, lol!!!

[Alar]

I know these specs are off, but I'm hoping I can at least (for the moment) run this at medium-high graphics. I can currently run WoW at Ultra (with shadows turned to one tick above lowest) and 4x multisampling. I hope to improve upon this by upgrading to a 64-bit Operating System in the near future so general computer functions improve in speed and power.

[Nicol Bolas]

I hope to improve upon this by upgrading to a 64-bit Operating System in the near future so general computer functions improve in speed and power.

That is not why one upgrades to a 64-bit OS. It is either to run 64-bit applications or to run 32-bit apps that can use more than 2GB of memory.

Running a 64-bit OS does not cause "general computer functions" to "improve in speed and power."

[Xyvik]

That is not why one upgrades to a 64-bit OS. It is either to run 64-bit applications or to run 32-bit apps that can use more than 2GB of memory.

Running a 64-bit OS does not cause "general computer functions" to "improve in speed and power."

It allows more than 2 gigs to be addressed by programs, including the operating system itself. In theory, upgrading to a 64bit OS if you have more than 2 gigs of RAM will indeed speed up "general computer functions."

But the phrases "more than 2 gigs of ram" and "in theory" here are the key ones. After all, with 64bit Win7 and 8 gigs of ram (heck, sometimes even with just 4 gigs of ram) you can turn off your paging file and increase system performance. My friend has 6 gigs of ram and turned off his paging file and that sped just about everything up.

But then again, if you have 4+ gigs of ram you rarely worry about game system requirements...I know I sure don't worry.

[Nicol Bolas]

It allows more than 2 gigs to be addressed by programs, including the operating system itself. In theory, upgrading to a 64bit OS if you have more than 2 gigs of RAM will indeed speed up "general computer functions."

Not quite.

The OS always has access to the full 4GB of addressable 32-bit memory. It gives each process 2GB to play with, but due to virtual memory, this does not mean that the OS limits itself to 2GB. You will only gain something from 64-bit Windows if you have more than 4GB of memory (or a process tries to access more than 2GB).

[Xyvik]

Not quite.

The OS always has access to the full 4GB of addressable 32-bit memory. It gives each process 2GB to play with, but due to virtual memory, this does not mean that the OS limits itself to 2GB. You will only gain something from 64-bit Windows if you have more than 4GB of memory (or a process tries to access more than 2GB).

Yeah, I forgot about that. I knew my numbers were a bit off, but It Was Late And I Was Tired™.

Amendment to earlier statements: If you have more than 4 gigs of ram, 64bit OS is the way to go for sure!

((but it still stands that if you have more than 4 gigs of ram you aren't really the type to really be worrying about system requirements, unless you sunk all your money in RAM...))