What GPU is Needed for SC2?

What is the minimum specs for a GPU to be able to support SC2?

 

I believe the only specs mentioned even in passing will be a minimum requirement of a video card with atleast 128 Mb RAM and pixel shader 2.0. This was mentioned awhile ago so it may have changed but it is the only thing we have got that is anywhere close to official from Blizzard. Beyond that it is just best guess, however given Blizzard's rep for having low minimum requirements I would guess there probably isn't many (if any at all) cards you could buy new that don't meet the minimum reqs.

I will leave others to speculate on whats nessecary for ok gameplay, and what not.

 

The requirements will be ridiculously light. That's for sure. Just wait until StarCraft 2 comes out and buy the cheapest version of the newest generation of cards or the previous and you'll no doubt be maxing StarCraft 2 at medium resolutions.

 

pretty low. i'm guessing that a DX9 card will be the minimum (seriously, you can't buy a non-DX9 compatible card if you tried these days). and in keeping with their tradition of low requirements, i'm going to guess the minimum will be something around the mid-level Geforce 7xxx or Radeon X1xxx series. recommended, i'm going to guess mid-level Geforce 8xxx or Radeon HD 3xxx with DX10 compatibility.

in any case, just buy a computer that doesn't use Intel graphics and you should be fine.

 

I'm sure an 8800GT will get you to relatively medium/high settings without an issue.

 

An 8800GT can get you medium/high in Crysis. StarCraft 2 will be no where near as demanding as Crysis. The only worry are the in-game cutscenes which won't be that intensive either.

 

u sir are correct

 

Well by time beta comes out people will probably know what the specs are for sc2 so it will give people 6+ months to figure out what they want in a computer before acutely deciding.

 

Yes and no. Naturally, the beta will give a general idea on what it'll take to run the game but the final release will probably be far more optimized. Granted, if you can run the beta well then the final release will run great but the beta probably will not establish the minimums.

 

I think a 3 ghz processor and a 512mb videocard will be able to run starcraft 2 on maximum graphic settings

 

A 3 Ghz Single Core processor will definitely have problems with StarCraft 2 especially on max settings. I have one and it has a hard time doing medium in Dawn Of War 1. Also, a 512MB graphics cards could be anything from an 6200GT (Undescribably terrible) to a GTS 250/9800GTX++ or higher. That's far too vague.

 

yeah, memory isn't a good measure of video cards. but just about anyone who doesn't keep up with PC tech will have trouble figuring out the model numbers and how powerful each one actually is.

like with nVidia- if it says "GeForce 7800 or higher" what does that mean? 8800? 9200? GTS240? most people won't be able to figure it out.

 

Will this run SC2? I have to use my bro's old computer since my old one broke; and I lost all my precious stuff on it including my awesome video card and all that jazz.

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz
Memory: 2936MB RAM
Page File: 477MB used, 3859MB available
Card name: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x7146)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB

EDIT: On minimum settings on everything of course.

 

medium at best...
And it may get very choppy, especially with alot of units and structures.

 

Can I play SC2 on max settings with my specs? I got a Sager NP9850 with:

Core2 Duo P9700 2.8Ghz
Dual Nvidia Geforce GTX 280M in SLI
4GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
1920x1080 LCD 18.4"

 

should be high settings

 

I hope that it won't require Shader Model 3.0 cuz' i haven't got it...

I've got :

Intel P4 2.80 Ghz
Radeon 9550 (256/256 mb with SM 2.0)
1548 MB RAM DDR
Asus 21" 1024x768

Will it work on my PC ?

 

I would get at least 2gb of RAM. Other than that you'll definitely be able to play it.

 

My new rig is running on a Core i5-750 clocked at 4.0GHz with 4GB DDR3-1600 RAM and crossfired ATi Radeon HD 5770s. Should be quite enough for Starcraft II at 1920x1080 resolution maxed out.

 

Starcraft 2

With a dual core with min 2ghz/core, an geforece 8xxx card and 2 giga Ram (Crysis spec for medium to high specs) they told as that Starcraft 2 will work for HD (that means the highest grapfics)