I'm currently using Nvidia Geforce 9400 GT and I know it's a pretty entry level card. SC2 runs fine on medium settings but it looks horrible on a 1360x768 resolution (27" LCD TV). I tried putting some of the settings to high (most importantly the "Texture" setting) and the game looks so much better but the framerate drops considerably. I'm actually considering getting a Radeon 5750/5770 hoping that it would improve the game framerates. Would that help a lot? Here is the spec for my PC. I heard that the CPU is also important for SC2 so I'm wondering if it's worth it upgrading to a new GPU card. I'm quite worried the GPU card would be bottlenecked by my CPU's limitations. Pentium E5200 dual core (overclocked to 2.8ghz) 4 gig RAM Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
If its a desktop, yeah, I'd think about upgrading. Your monitor is far to large for that card. lol You need a beast that can push the higher resolutions. I'll leave specific advice on cards up to others.
the 5770 is definitely far more powerful than your 9400GT... it should handle those resolutions no problem on max settings.
Thanks for the advice. My only concern now is that my CPU speed will bottleneck 5770's performance in SC2. Would that be an issue?
Possibly. But if it comes down to it, you can always get the card, see how it works, and replace the CPU at a later time.