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    Starcraft 2 Loadtimes

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Brendanmurphy, Sep 18, 2010.

  1. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    This game has me really confused. My 1645 is definatly no slouch and my internet connection is really fast

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    But i constantly am nearly last to load. My friends 09 macbook pro 2.5 ghz core 2 duo is always 5 - 10 seconds faster then me. Anyone else experience long load times and beaten by friends with slower machines? What else contributes to the load times?

    Cpu
    HD
    Internet

    What else?
     
    Brendanmurphy, Sep 18, 2010
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  2. Retto

    Retto Notebook Evangelist

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    The load bar you see in multiplayer isnt very accurate. Just cause it shows someone as loaded doesnt mean they actually are. Ive seen in load super slow randomly and super fast. IT really depends on the people who are also loading from what ive seen. If someone in the group has a crappy computer every's load times will be wonky.
     
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    hard drive. you are probably playing against people with desktops, and consequently hard drives that are much faster and much larger than yours. load time does not effect in game performance, so i wouldn't worry about it.
     
    masterchef341, Sep 18, 2010
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  4. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    I know its not a measure of in game performance by my friend is just an and says his macbook pro with the 9400m and Core 2 duo 2.5 ghz is better then mine, Because 9/10 times his loads faster then me.

    He has :

    Core 2 duo 2.55ghz
    4gb ddr3 1066 mhz ram
    Nvidia 500m
    320 gb 5400 rpm hd.

    His internet is also 6 mbit / 512 kbit
     
    Brendanmurphy, Sep 18, 2010
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  5. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    load times for sc2 are weird.

    your first game will always take awhile to load.

    your next games may not take quite as long.
     
    MagusDraco, Sep 18, 2010
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  6. keftih

    keftih Notebook Evangelist

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    ^ This. Your first map after your start up Starcraft 2 (ESPECIALLY campaign levels) will take forever to load, but after that future games should load much much faster. I've noticed that if you get the same map a few times in a row in multiplayer, the map will load almost instantly.
     
    keftih, Sep 18, 2010
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  7. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    It could even be drivers. I know with BC2 there was an issue where ATI cards used to take almost a minute to load a map, now its down to 10 seconds or so just with new drivers.
     
    Syberia, Sep 18, 2010
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  8. multi_person

    multi_person Notebook Enthusiast

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    Your friend probably has a 7200rpm HDD, that would most likely cause the slightly slower load time.
     
    multi_person, Sep 18, 2010
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  9. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    No offence but if you read my original post i clearly stated my specs as i have a 500gb 7200 rpm hd and he has a 320 gb 5400 rpm hd that is standard on macbook pros
     
    Brendanmurphy, Sep 19, 2010
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  10. Henry Bollocks

    Henry Bollocks Notebook Consultant

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    No joke ... I'm in Toronto, too, and I've noticed I'm almost always last to load. I don't have an ultra-awesome gaming computer, but it is new (i5 450M, nvidia GT 335M,7200RPM HD), and I just can't believe that my machine is slower than everyone else's. I have DSL with Bell - 12Mbps/1 Mbps (or maybe 7 Mbps up), but I know my real world speeds are probably no where near there. I assume that if the load times mean anything, and I really am the last to load, it's due to either b.net's handling of Canadian acccounts or our crappy, Third World-esque internet service.
     
    Henry Bollocks, Sep 19, 2010
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  11. ronnieb

    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    Agreed. I'm always l`ast to load on my i7 WD Black 4890 rig
     
    ronnieb, Sep 19, 2010
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    miriamwolr Newbie

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    It's comprehensive, This is what I'm looking for, Thanks for your instruction!
     
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    miriamwolr, Jan 7, 2011
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