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    1647 and SC2

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jcannon1018, Jul 26, 2010.

  1. jcannon1018

    jcannon1018 Notebook Consultant

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    I ran the test at can you run it and it looks like my 4670 is a bit under powered. Anyone else sweating the 4670 running Starcraft 2?
     
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    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    I ran the sc2 beta Phase 1 at 1920 x 1080 all medium so it should run fine on the 3670 + p8600
     
    Brendanmurphy, Jul 26, 2010
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    gpig Notebook Deity

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    Basically, the game will run great unless you set the shaders to high (or Ultra, or Extreme SSAO, obviously). You can crank up the CPU settings but the shaders are going to have to be left at medium unless you like playing at low resolution.

    Unless of course, the actual game has significantly better performance than the beta.

    Edit: I should add that you can put the texture quality on ultra with (seemingly) no reduction whatsoever in fps, even when compared to low. The beta version still looks "great" even though you can't max out all the settings.
     
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    jcannon1018 Notebook Consultant

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    Awesome, thanks. Makes me feel a little better. I really don't have any problems with games now, but I was just worrying a little.
     
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    Hayde Notebook Guru

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    Ran the beta at medium settings @ 1920x1080. Had no noticeable lag...although I'm on a 1645.
     
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    jnkw Notebook Guru

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    Just wanted to point out that in the last days of the beta, a patch was released that significantly improved my FPS. Of course, that's on my desktop, so its impact on FPS for you may differ, but you should be just fine running the game as long as you don't insist on Ultra settings on everything :) Good luck, and see you in SC2!
     
    jnkw, Jul 27, 2010
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