StarCraft II downloadable now, official requirements released

User Comments: 21

1. July 16, 2010 4:28 PM
   

   treetops said:

   If anything windows xp will put less of a strain on your computer and give a huge performance increase to low end systems. I don't think it even takes advantage of 64 bit, at least it does not in the beta, so there is no point that I can tell in using vista or 7. They will only slow you down.

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2. July 16, 2010 5:10 PM
   

   teklord said:

   Shouldn't run worse than Supreme Commander, I would estimate.

   P4 type PCs should only use XP, you don't need Vista/7 slowing you down even more than you are already at.

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3. July 16, 2010 5:23 PM
   

   TomSEA, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   Wow...those minimum specs like something out of a computer museum. 128MB RAM? And an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro?? I think I was using one of those about 8-9 years ago.

   I know minimum specs usually = completely unplayable. But what engine did they build this on?

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4. July 16, 2010 5:26 PM
   

   hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

   I know minimum specs usually = completely unplayable. But what engine did they build this on?

   Not true, i've played the beta on integrated, it was meh 30fps. Low settings are gross though.

   The made their own engine I believe, but they also used Havoc.

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5. July 16, 2010 5:36 PM
   

   treetops said:

   No doubt the expansions will will be beefed up.

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6. July 16, 2010 5:42 PM
   

   teklord said:

   I'm a 60 FPS vsync man myself. You probably need HD 5850 & a modern quad to do that with this game and have it locked @ that. This game will be huge as all Blizzard IP's are.

   BTW, the 128MB RAM was for the GPU not the RAM on the mobo. That's a slideshow with either.

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7. July 16, 2010 5:57 PM
   Guest said:

   Maybe when i get a bet computer i will get windows 7, at the moment my E6400 @ 2.8ghz and geforce 8800 gts 512 sits quite happy with windows xp, but if i load up windows vista my hardrive constantly on and cpu and gpu fan are louder.

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8. July 16, 2010 6:00 PM
   

   hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

   I'm a 60 FPS vsync man myself. You probably need HD 5850 & a modern quad to do that with this game and have it locked @ that. This game will be huge as all Blizzard IP's are.

   1920 x 1200, highest settings,E4600 and 9600gt @ average 40 FPS.

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9. July 16, 2010 7:20 PM
   

   treetops said:

   Im at 90+ with vsync off, 1680x1050 hd res. Specs are in my system specs. 58-59 with vsync

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10. July 16, 2010 7:26 PM
    

    teklord said:

    Wow, sounds like Warcraft III which had accessible system specs for it's time and still looked pretty good. Would love a nice 1920x1200 monitor, I'm at 1280x1024 and games run really well at that res on max settings w/some AA & AF.

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11. July 16, 2010 7:30 PM
    

    hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

    58-59 with vsync

    Obviously?

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12. July 16, 2010 7:33 PM
    

    teklord said:

    , post: 906941"]Obviously?

    No, not obviously, his system is almost fully modern tech. His GPU is a year old but still very powerful nonetheless. Lot of folks won't see his results.

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13. July 16, 2010 8:56 PM
    

    Tekkaraiden said:

    TomSEA said:

    Wow...those minimum specs like something out of a computer museum. 128MB RAM? And an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro?? I think I was using one of those about 8-9 years ago.

    I know minimum specs usually = completely unplayable. But what engine did they build this on?

    Just goes to show how long they were working on it.

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14. July 16, 2010 8:57 PM
    

    hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

    No, not obviously, his system is almost fully modern tech. His GPU is a year old but still very powerful nonetheless. Lot of folks won't see his results.

    Yes obviously if his FPS is 90+, then it would be 60 with vsync.

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15. July 16, 2010 8:57 PM
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    Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

    Tekkaraiden said:

    TomSEA said:

    Wow...those minimum specs like something out of a computer museum. 128MB RAM? And an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro?? I think I was using one of those about 8-9 years ago.

    I know minimum specs usually = completely unplayable. But what engine did they build this on?

    Just goes to show how long they were working on it.

    Zing!

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16. July 17, 2010 3:24 PM
    

    Gars said:

    the installer is only 7.05 Gb,

    so you downloaded the installer and

    after this u receive a message that says:

    Come back on 27/07/2010

    so? the game is ok but isnt launched?

    or what? onother 7Gb download?

    confused :-/

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17. July 20, 2010 1:37 AM
    

    teklord said:

    , post: 906975"]Yes obviously if his FPS is 90+, then it would be 60 with vsync.

    It read like you were saying everyone could get those results, hence my reply.

    Still need to go back and beat the first game. I saw a mod for this one time that used the Warcraft III engine for this game, wish I could find it again.

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18. July 20, 2010 2:03 AM
    

    mailpup said:

    ...after this u receive a message that says: Come back on 27/07/2010

    Probably needs to be activated. Since you are already downloaded, after a short activation you can start playing right away as opposed to others who will be spending launch day downloading.

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19. July 20, 2010 2:12 AM
    

    dividebyzero, trainee n00b, said:

    A review for Starcraft II's graphics IQ performance for your perusal.

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20. July 20, 2010 3:08 AM
    

    PanicX, TechSpot Ambassador, said:

    gars said:

    the installer is only 7.05 Gb,

    so you downloaded the installer and

    after this u receive a message that says:

    Come back on 27/07/2010

    so? the game is ok but isnt launched?

    or what? onother 7Gb download?

    confused :-/

    The game requires an active battle.net account to get pass the login screen.

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21. July 20, 2010 11:36 AM
    

    hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

    The game requires an active battle.net account to get pass the login screen.

    No, actually you can pre-download the game, but only on 7/27/2010 will the game work.

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