What Video Card should I buy for SC2?

Discussion in 'StarCraft 2 Tech Support' started by stefanopeter, Aug 17, 2010.

What Video Card should I buy for SC2?

Discussion in 'StarCraft 2 Tech Support' started by stefanopeter, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. stefanopeter

    stefanopeter New Member

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    Below are the specs for my PC, currently I can play SC2 on Medium graphic settings, but during stages with a lot of mobs like the last stage were you battle the zerg the game slows down quite a bit, so I have to lower my settings. I'm thinking that a new video card should fix this, althought the NZONE website CAN I RUN IT? from NVIDIA also says I should upgrade my OS. Anyone out there with a Windows XP OS and a decent graphics card able to run the game on High graphic settings? Can anyone recommend a decent video card that will be a major upgrade to the one I currently have?

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    System Information
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    Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
    Memory: 4GB RAM
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3

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    Display Devices
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    NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
    1024.0 MB

    Monitor: SyncMaster 2253BW/2253LW,SyncMaster Magic CX2253BW/CX2253LW(Digital)
    Monitor Max Res: 1680,1050

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    Sound Devices
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    SB Audigy 4
     
    stefanopeter, Aug 17, 2010
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    You haven't posted enough information, please read my FAQ and post the FULL dxdiag dump. You can zip/rar the text file and attach it to a post.

    But yeah, a new card would allow you to play with a lot more units, etc. We can provide recommendations, but we need to know more about your system.
     
    TheXev, Aug 17, 2010
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  3. rui-no-onna

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    The Pentium D 3.2 GHz is bound to be a bottleneck on faster cards.
     
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  4. stefanopeter

    stefanopeter New Member

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    Do you need anything else?

    Mad Dog SurePower MD-430WPS - power supply - 430 Watt

    System Slot Properties

    Field Value
    Slot Designation PCIEX16
    Type PCI-E x1
    Usage In Use
    Data Bus Width x16
    Length Short

    Also this is my current video card:
    Galaxy 95TGE8HUFEXX GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-Galaxy-_-14162022
     
    stefanopeter, Aug 17, 2010
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  5. Archangelclk

    Archangelclk New Member

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    goto star menu - run, dxdiag, then from that window that populates, save txt file and post

    Also the slow choppy or low fps happens in larger unit games, or with tons of units engaging in battle, I had that issue and same cpu as you. I would get liek 1 fp/10 seconds. I upraded my cpu and this fixed the issue.
     
    Archangelclk, Aug 18, 2010
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    G92 series Nvidia
    you should be able to play on utlra with that
    9800GTX+ or a 250GTS
     
    BlueStar, Aug 18, 2010
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