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    Will HD 3000 play starcraft 2 on low

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fiveoneooo, May 12, 2011.

  1. fiveoneooo

    fiveoneooo Notebook Consultant

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    The title says is all, I dont even play it yet and I currently only play warcraft 3 which I am pretty sure the HD 3000 will. I plan on starting to play starcraft 2 soon and only need it to play on low settings, but be able to handle online play and not stutter
     
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    Remember Starcraft II is very dynamic one game may have you @ 90fps and the next @ 9 just depending on what is going on.
     
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    True, it'll depend on the CPU quite a bit too....

    Mr. Mysterious
     
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  5. Lieto

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    It will handle SC2 perfectly on low.
    Depending on other hardware but in general it will. MBP13 does for example.
     
    Lieto, May 12, 2011
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    You should be able to play SC2 on low settings with the Intel HD 3000.

    I get around 10-30FPS with my 1st gen Core i3/Intel GMA HD laptop at a native resolution of 1366x768. However, I hate playing Starcraft 2 on low settings because it starts to look like the first Starcraft game. Also, when there are too many units on the screen; the game really starts to stutter/freeze and it gets really annoying. The Intel HD 3000; however, should be more powerful than the previous Intel GMA HD. So I can't really comment on its performance in SC2.

    If you can afford a laptop with a decent, discrete video card then I would highly recommend that you go that route.
     
    aylafan, May 12, 2011
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    Botsu Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess intel has been so prompt to advertising their HD 3000 as capable of playing Starcraft II - at least with modest graphic settings - that if it's not you might consider suing them :D
     
    Botsu, May 12, 2011
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