I'm trying to find out what from my pc is making my games slow. I can play it almost fine but it's not smooth as it was in sc1, and seeing livestream from people playing, it can run just as smooth. Here are my pc specs. AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor 2.91 GHz, 1,87 Go Ram NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a 512vram Which I'd consider pretty equal to the minimum. Everything is set on low. I'm thinking the problem could be my video card. But I don't want to buy a new one without being sure it could make the change I want. So I'd like some input. Also, if the problem is my video card, should i get a GeForce 8800 GTX, the recommended one to play sc2. Thanks.
No one has any idea to make my game run smoother? Think it's really the video card. On the campaign mission on the lava planet, one second actually last ~2 seconds on the clock.
Yeah, definitely the video card. That onboard video is below minimum specs. Are you getting the 8800 GTX inexpensive used? If not, maybe just look for the GTS 250. It's a rebrand of the 9800 GTX+.
Yep, the integrated graphics core is way too slow for the game. You could buy either a card from Nvidia or AMD/ATI. My recommendation: Nvidia: Anything better or equal to a Geforce 8800 GT AMT: Anything better or equal to a Radeon HD 4670
