starcraft system specs

ssharp59 · 5 Aug 2010 at 10:23

Just wondering how others are finding it, on my i5 4.0 ghz, 4 gb of ram , and hd5850 ,all gfx etc set as high as possible , im occasionaly finding that sc2 somtimes has a few seconds of slow down right at the start of the level, also loading times dont seem to be great.

my hd is getting quite full so maybe it needs a clean up but just wondering how others are finding it.

Indie · 5 Aug 2010 at 11:30

Q6600 2.4ghz / 4gb ram / GTX460 - everything set to Ultra and mine doesnt really stutter at all unless somebody is lagging, but theres nothing that can be done about that other than killing them quickly ^^

reflux · 5 Aug 2010 at 11:35

Getting a little stutter at the start of levels too, and loading times aren't brilliant.

i7 @ 4ghz, 6GB RAM, 5870, all settings maxed in game

Indie · 5 Aug 2010 at 11:39

not sure why you guys are getting long laod times and stuttering, strange considering how old my system is now.. other than the gfx card ofc.

ssharp59 · 5 Aug 2010 at 12:05

I Litrally find the game loads about 80% then holds quiet a bit, the i find for the first maybe 3 secs the game stutters. Very strange. Once running the games fine, no stutter no matter how many units etc.

Ive also noticed taht the game sometimes uses about 80% of my ram which is quite a bit compared to most phil.

_Gizka_ · 5 Aug 2010 at 12:24

Im running with an i7 @ 3.6, 6GB RAM, HD4890 with everything on ultra, and it all runs silky smooth, I don't notice any noticeable slow down at the beginning of maps. Load times aren't great, but they aren't terrible.

The only real issue is that the menu system always hangs for 2-3 secs when it loads up and does that drop down animation, which annoys me

Speed · 5 Aug 2010 at 13:41

If you are using the hot fix drivers, make sure forced AA is no higher than 2x, I found issues with that.

Also the menu FPS fix can cause issues? Add it if you haven't done it, remove it if you have, see if anything changes.

Pop open this file: “Documents\StarCraft II\variables.txt.” Then drop the following two lines onto the bottom of the file:

frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60

marc512 · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:18

core i5, 4gb ddr3 ram, ati 5770. 1920x1080 res all ultra. Runs smooth as silk.

People complain about load times but between starcraft 2 and warcraft 3. I see no difference. Well on full FFA on 8 player maps it slows down a bit towards the end of the loading bar, and at the end of the match or peak of battle with a lot of units it lags.