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Xen on 31 July 2011
luvtospooge said:
dahuman said:
Khuutra said:
I have no particular plans to overclock at the moment; if the desire strikes, would it be sensible to purchase an aftermarket cooler at that time?


don't even worry about it, these CPUs can OC to 4.5 with stock cooler in a lot of cases, you can easily run 4 without even trying.


Won't the CPU run quite hot? I think it's better to buy an aftermarket cooler if one plans to overclock in the future.

Plus what's the point of buying a "k" processor if you don't want to overclock. Might as well get a 2500 then.

None, but he did say he may do so...



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luvtospooge on 31 July 2011
Xen said:
luvtospooge said:
dahuman said:
Khuutra said:
I have no particular plans to overclock at the moment; if the desire strikes, would it be sensible to purchase an aftermarket cooler at that time?


don't even worry about it, these CPUs can OC to 4.5 with stock cooler in a lot of cases, you can easily run 4 without even trying.


Won't the CPU run quite hot? I think it's better to buy an aftermarket cooler if one plans to overclock in the future.

Plus what's the point of buying a "k" processor if you don't want to overclock. Might as well get a 2500 then.

None, but he did say he may do so...

Then IMO it's better to rack up 40$ and get at least Cooler Master Hyper 212+ for overclocking. Will give lower temps and noise. Check if the case can fit it though.



SnesTea on 31 July 2011
Soleron said:
Snesboy said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
...

You had max settings above 30FPS in 4v4 with tons of armies running around fighting each other with that? Yeah, right.

4v4?

That's just chaos :P

That's what I thought :P

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?



Xen on 31 July 2011
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:
Snesboy said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
...

You had max settings above 30FPS in 4v4 with tons of armies running around fighting each other with that? Yeah, right.

4v4?

That's just chaos :P

That's what I thought :P

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

You can guess by its age... it's probably a Pentium M or a Core 2 Solo, at stretch... and integrated graphics aren't anything to write home about.



Khuutra on 31 July 2011
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

You can guess by its age... it's probably a Pentium M or a Core 2 Solo, at stretch... and integrated graphics aren't anything to write home about.


Back in 2006 I got my laptop with 2GB of RAM, a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, and 256MB of VRAM in the form of a Radeon X1300.

I have no idea if that can run Starcraft 2 but I have sincere doubts about maxing it



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Xen on 31 July 2011
Khuutra said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

You can guess by its age... it's probably a Pentium M or a Core 2 Solo, at stretch... and integrated graphics aren't anything to write home about.


Back in 2006 I got my laptop with 2GB of RAM, a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, and 256MB of VRAM in the form of a Radeon X1300.

I have no idea if that can run Starcraft 2 but I have sincere doubts about maxing it

I thought C2D's only reached laptops in 2007... must've been quite a nice purchase back then, haha. I missed that whole processor gen, jumping from an Athlon 64x2 to an i7.

And I share your doubts... but only because of that GPU, really. I hate the fact that in laptops, you really have to overpay for one with a really good GPU. At least in my exp.



SnesTea on 31 July 2011
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:
Snesboy said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
...

You had max settings above 30FPS in 4v4 with tons of armies running around fighting each other with that? Yeah, right.

4v4?

That's just chaos :P

That's what I thought :P

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

You can guess by its age... it's probably a Pentium M or a Core 2 Solo, at stretch... and integrated graphics aren't anything to write home about.

I have a similar laptop and it can barely play SC2.



Xen on 31 July 2011
Snesboy said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:
Snesboy said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
...

You had max settings above 30FPS in 4v4 with tons of armies running around fighting each other with that? Yeah, right.

4v4?

That's just chaos :P

That's what I thought :P

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

You can guess by its age... it's probably a Pentium M or a Core 2 Solo, at stretch... and integrated graphics aren't anything to write home about.

I have a similar laptop and it can barely play SC2.

Apparently C2D's already were already out there then, so I need to refresh my memory.



Soleron on 01 August 2011
Snesboy said:
Soleron said:
...

The thing is that SC2 looks almost as good on Low settings. And it doesn't need 30fps to look and play smoothly, more like 15-20.

And on that, 4v4 is smooth on my five-year-old Intel integrated graphics on my laptop. So essentially any computer made in the last 5 years can play SC2 to its full gameplay potential.

Specs of that laptop?

1.3GHz Core 2 Solo, GMA X3100

I didn't expect it to play SC2 either.