Professional StarCraft 2 WoL after beta GPU review

[Crazy_Jonny]

Nice, as I actually have a QC 6600. Does upping my RAM and changing to Windows 7 help to speed things up? I currently have a 2gb ram. They say XP can't handle more than 2gb. Is this true? Video card is ati's 3870 512.

You're limit is 4 gb, so upgrading wouldn't hurt if you plan to do things like HD video rendering. To go beyond that, I think you'd need Win7 64 bit.

I <3 my i5 750

As for the graphics card, a HD 5770 is more than you need for this game, honestly. I haven't checked benchmarks but I doubt the HD 5670 would disappoint you unless you want high resolution in the in-engine cut scenes.

Yeah same CPU. i5 ftw.

I've checked YT and a 5670 does max SC2 (on some res I think it was 1200ish width). But considering I have a beast CPU I know a 5750 could unlock more of it's potential, so I'll wait and see.

[TheEconomist]

The limit for Windows XP is 3GB.

[Crazy_Jonny]

The limit for Windows XP is 3GB.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...78(VS.85).aspx

4gb

[TheEconomist]

Hmmmm, ironically that's what I thought but I did a Google search and found:

http://www.google.com/search?q=3gb+w...ient=firefox-a

It never made since for RAM to be limited in an off number like this since RAM comes in doubles (128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048)

-- EDIT: Oh, I see. Apparently, it depends on the service pack/

[GnaReffotsirk]

Okay, nice. I have so many questions still lingering though.

[Maul]

Dayum, time to buy some cooling and OC my 920 to 3.5ghz!

[TheEconomist]

Why? You don't need it

[Maul]

We do what we can because we must :P

[TheEconomist]

Then why not 9000Ghz?

[Maul]

If you add up the clock speeds on each core @ 3.5ghz it will be...