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[Bobo]

Can anybody please tell me how to have constant frame rate with v-sync?
I used ATI catalyst options, even set in-game frame rates to 60, but it still jumps up and down (110-50)...so there's no result.

Help?

[PosImpos]

I don't have the beta, but I've got the client and I've been watching replays, so I can kind of weigh in here.

My specs:

Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0 Ghz)
GeForce Go 7600 (256 MB)
2 GB RAM
Windows XP (SP2)

I've found the best settings for running the game are at medium for me, with the resolution set to 1280 x 800. I don't blow the game away at those settings by any means, but it runs just fine. Fraps says I get between 10 and 20 frames per second at those settings, and while that's nowhere near "good" it certainly seems playable.


Anyway, I did turn on 3D portraits (which are set to 2D on the default 'medium' settings) and that doesn't seem to affect my performance at all.

I had to turn the terrain detail to low, however, mainly because I found that looking at a Zerg base would lower my FPS by about 10 because of the moving creep.

One problem I've noticed consistently is after about 5 minutes of watching a replay I get a message saying that my computer is running low on paged pool memory. After another 5-10 minutes, I get another message saying it's run out completely. After that, I find that I get random 3d objects and particles popping out of things occasionally - though otherwise I don't really notice any problems. I don't know if that's just my computer or if it's a memory leak kind of issue with the beta. Hopefully it's the latter.


edit:

I tried turning down most of the settings to low (particularly shaders and textures) and found I could run the game at around 40-50 fps (35ish in big battles) at 1680 x 1050 resolution, which is notably crisper looking. I maintained that framerate even with high detail models and 3D portraits (which don't really seem to affect performance much). It's really the textures and shaders that make the big difference.

I didn't get the paged pool memory loss issue with the lower settings. I guess my video card just doesn't like having to handle the higher textures and shaders.

I prefered playing the game on lower settings with the higher resolution and higher framerate...though it does make me feel like I'm playing a game that's 4 or 5 years old.

If I turned everything down completely I could run the game at 75ish FPS on a low resolution, but that doesn't seem necessary.

[spychi]

Can anybody please tell me how to have constant frame rate with v-sync?
I used ATI catalyst options, even set in-game frame rates to 60, but it still jumps up and down (110-50)...so there's no result.

Help?

i guess that you restarted the game after changing those settings?
if you did and it still doesn't work, then it's not working

[AdmiralMengsk]

So I just ordered all my new parts and I'm currently waiting on the case to get here to start the build.


Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor Model
Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
XFX HD-567X-ZNF3 Radeon HD 5670 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
MSI 790X-G45 AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

[TheEconomist]

Thanks for posting that Nicol Bolas. I have the exact computer and I was wondering how well it would do

[mikill]

All of your computing power puts me to shame....

AMD Athlon 62 X2 Duo Core 5400+
Ram 4GB
Windows Vista 64 Bit
Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nforce 430


Though I got into the beta. My machine runs smoothly on low graphics and textures.

[iaN]

GTX 295 1792MB
3x2 GB Corsair Dominators 1600MHz
I7 920 oc'd to 4.4GHz
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

SC2 whaaaat? Crysis here I come. =)

[SinsWage]

Intel I7 860 2.8 Ghz (Stock speed)
8 gig ddr3 1600 Mhz ram
Ati 5870
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Runs replays at 80-90 fps on Ultra everything with heavy action, up to around 110 with light action at 1920X1080.

[protoswarrior]

AMD Athlon 64x2 4400+ 2.3GHz
6GB DDR2 667Mhz
EVGA nVidia GTX 260 core216 896MB DDR3 (OC - 720MHz core, 1552MHz shader, 1193MHz Mem)
Windows 7 Ult 64bit
5.1 surround Creative Speakers!

Playing at 1360x768 at HIGH currently, but I can play on 1920x1080 at ULTRA with minimal lag.


EDIT: Btw how do you check the FPS with sc2?

[Hammy]

Dont have a key either, but would be interested to hear from people with similar specs (card in particular) if they've run into any issues.

i7-920 processor(8MB L3 2.66GHz)
6GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz
512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850

lol : ) I think you'll be ok

Here is my laptop that I bought almost 4 years ago:
Intel centrino T2050@1.60Ghz
3Gb DDR2
Nvidia Go7300 256Mb

I've been running the game on low with no problems. My FPS is low but very stable at 25fps, but that's not really gamebreaking.
Though my fps drops when I'm playing and have a stream running on my dual screen (I like to watch TV/Shows while playing). I just put a random page when I ladder.