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    I seriously need help:Starcraft 2

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by GTO_PAO11, Jun 11, 2012.

  1. GTO_PAO11

    GTO_PAO11 Notebook Deity

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    Specs are in the sig. I am getting 40 fps on Starcraft 2 starter edition and my video cards should max out this game. Why am I getting low fps? Can someone help me? I updated my video cards to 12.6 beta from guru3d but still having issues. What is going on?

    I tried single 7970m, 20fps

    Video cards are at 7970m dual crossfire, not integrated hd4000. No applications on background. Can someone help me?
     
  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Try:

    Roll back to older drivers - latest beta does not always mean greatest beta

    Try to disable SLI - multi gpu configurations have always been the source of many performance problems and issues.

    Additionally:

    SC2 Ultra Settings - is pretty hard even on good systems in certain situations you can turn it down to high and not even see a difference.

    SC2 CPU Bound - just because you have an expensive dual gpu config does not help if your cpu is maxing out. SC2 is very cpu demanding due to the nature of the game and when there is no cpu resources left your gpu's can not run properly. Multi-card setups take more cpu overhead than single card setups as well making it even more important.
     
  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    SC2 also increased the highest settings to sap even more performance for almost no visual benefit. try high settings as suggested
     
  4. GTO_PAO11

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    ok so i finally rolled back to 12.5 beta drivers. it works better now
     
  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I would get in the habit of using final release drivers if you want even less problems. 12.4 is the version they are on now.