Starcraft 2 Factual Game Requirements

Hello Muzie, welcome to the forums. You put up some very nice posts with very interesting points.

This is a lovely thread for lowly folks like me watching knowledgeable tech folks carry out meaty discussions, awesome.

And I agree with you guys on the point that, as conservative(relatively) on pushing the graphics as Blizzard is and how they always try to set as low a min req as possible, running SC2 at MAX EVERYTHING on a machine you already have doesn't seem likely. I don't know much about graphics rendering specifically, so I'm just running on good old logic and common sense here, but it just seem a bit absurd.

A big welcome to you to Jewels. I've always meant to post here to welcome you but I never got around to do it. Welcome Jewels, you makes good posts too.

 

You mean the requirements are a bit absurd?

I'm just aiming for people serious about running the game at top quality. Most serious gamers aim for that.

While I don't necessarily categorize myself as such a "serious" gamer, I'm pulling out all the stops for this game.

 

I wasn't talking about you Jon. I mean the folks who believe that you can run SC2 at max with old machines. I mean OLD machines, not ones that you buy today.

 

where can i see the RAM of my computer?

 

The simplest way is just to right click on My Computer and click Properties. Under the "General" tab, it shows info on "System:," "Registered to:," and "Computer:." Under "Computer:" is where the amount of RAM is listed.

 

If I get a good computer right now (2.0 GHZ Processor, 2GB RAM, 320GB HD) it'll cost me 799 from Dell. All I'd have to do is go out and get a 512MB video card and I'd be set... I need a new computer sometime soon anyways.

But I'd save a ton more money if I upgrade my existing.. just get 2 sticks of 1GB ram and a video card and I'm basically set...

 

Exactly.

We've already seen the preliminaries coming out of Blizzard (Q&A 13) stating that they expect a 128 MB card requirement.

So you should at least get that. Just make sure if you're buying a laptop that those video cards will fit. But from the price I'm assuming you're buying a desktop.