Card for STARCRAFT 2?

The only game I really played is Starcraft. And the sequel is due by the end of the year I believe. So I was just curious if anyone has any idea what kinda of GPU it would require?

I'm close to purchasing an HP dv7 with a 9600M-GT GPU. That should be well beyond what SC2 would require right?

 

most likely yes, i doubt sc2 will demand much

 

yeh, its supposed to be a very scaleable engine, and I believe you will be able to run it fine, however running with Dx10 deatures who knows?

 

there wont be a performance Hit IMO, i mean what can DX10 do in RTS?...

 

People say sc2 wont be high demanding game and i agree.
whats the max units for sc2? starcraft was 200.
500+ zergings in one screen =X
Warcraft3 engine is similar but had only(40? dont remember but it was really small max units)

 

more smoke?

 

DX10 never had something in the term "more" honestly , most of the effects are "improved" not adding new"Smoke"

 

Well if programmers ever get around to using geometry shaders and GPUs actually had decent geometry shader performance than maybe DX10 could add something more. Since geometry shaders are supposed to take vertex shader output and can make more of it, like making more line segments for finer detail.

 

But. Programmers arent doing are they , personally, i dont expect anything Visually better than Crysis when it was on DX10, cause the rest of games had some BS stuff like lets say gears of war. DX10 mode was to add 4xaa? pfft dont tell me AA is DX10 now.

 

Blizzard is one of those developers that like to cater to a large audience in terms of PC hardware. You won't have a problem playing the game with that card, it's just a question of what you'll need to sacrifice (resolution or details).

If you can, wait closer for the games release (next year).

 

You can expect even a 8400M GS to play it decently. It`s Blizzard after all, they make extremely scalable games after all.
I`m now awaiting for Diablo 3 Seen the video..weee

 

Sorry this is a little off-topic, but did Blizzard say the game will be released next year? In the Starcraft II FAQ ( http://www.starcraft2.com/faq.xml), it still says it's too early to provide an estimate on the release date.

 

The FAQ is old. But yes, the game will probably be released next year sadly...

 

If the 8400M GS can handle it then I might consider downgrading the laptop I'm gonna buy. The dv7 is gonna cost me $1500+, while downgrading to the dv9000 will save me $300 bucks with the 8400M GS GPU.

I really won't play any other games.

 

Not to mention Blizzard wouldn't release Wrath of the Lich King and SC2 within a month of each other. WotLK is in beta and as previous experiences have shown, the game will be out November-ish.

 

Blizzards really going to hit the jackpot this year, I would think that, SC2 wouldn't really need a powerful graphics card, because after all you can run Starcraft with a 8 year old Compaq at full detail with 800x600, still considering that the game is old, but anyway I wouldn't consider down-grading, cause if you have a decent graphics card already whats the point in upgrading or down-grading? Uhh, Diablo 2 I think would require a better one, since Im not such an expert at it, because Diablo 2 has more of an interactive environment with more events on one screen, such as skeletons popping up from nowhere while your being attacked by a boss witch as fire surrounding him and smoke everywhere from burning buildings? I dont know that seems a lot to me haha, and then there's WotLK I don't think that you will need to upgrade anything because i think that WotLK will be using the same graphic environment as the other three lands, because if you make the other 2 lands low detail (not saying that WoW has bad graphics) and then you make Northrend High Detail people with ****ty cards will wanna go play on Northrend but can only play on Kalimdor or Eastern Kingdoms because their graphics cards can only handle those two,
but that's just me I have no clue about graphics cards and which is better.

The conclusion, if you have a better card then the 8400M GS don't down-grade... If you don't, consider upgrading, there's no point to really buy a new computer if your just going to play SC2 since it wont demand much, but that would just be my decision.

 

Considering Blizzard is allowing media to report on details of the game leads me to believe it is much further along development-wise than one would imagine. Blizzard is usually pretty much closed doors unless they are confident the game is near completion (like within six months). Like the original Starcraft, the game engine was complete probably a year or more before the game was released. They spent the remaining time tuning it for balance. Strategy games just aren't fun if there's exploits and its easy to win just one way.

As far as system requirements, if it is released end of this year or beginning of next, one can safely assume an 8400m GT (even GS) will run it reasonably well at 1280x800 with most settings maxed. Starcraft 2 will most likely require a more hefty CPU than GPU to manage all the units. Just look at Starcraft, Warcraft 3, and WoW. System requirements are very modest. I'm sure if your system can manage WoW reasonably well, then same can be assumed for SC2.

 

Judging by the graphics , all I say is the thing I said before. At least a 2.0 Core2Duo , 2 gb ram, and a decent 256MB video card, 8400/3400 and up.

 

Starcraft II is expected to be very flexible...it can probably run on a low-end modern machine, but at full graphics power it can probably be pretty heavy as well. Blizzard is quite good at that.

 

No doubt. By the time it gets released I expect the demo to be a shadow of the real game.
Which all in all, is a great thing.
I`m still more hyped about Diablo 3 now

 

I just purchased a hp dv5z with the new puma 2.1ghz and ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics. Will SC2 be playable with this IGP? It is suppose to be on the level with the 8400 gs?

 

I would bet that it would.
Maybe not the prettiest settings, but it surely will.
And the puma platform is supose to be a fast one.

 

OK..medium settings is just fine....i hope it is fast lol. Ill find out tomorrow!

 

Oh, i do trust it should play counter-strike just fine with exceptional settings!

 

Is 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS good enough for Starcraft 2 and some newer games?

 

well. StarCraft 2 Probably, Other games, i dont think so mate. Unless some exceptions would actually run on the Lowest settings, IE:call of duty 4 since it worked with X3100 and a dual core 1.4ghz