Starcraft 2 requirements theorycrafting

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
I'm going to guess the minimum will be around 9800 Pro and 2.8GHz Pentium 4. Maybe even lower.

Well PS2.0 will be a requirement, so that's about as low as you could go as far as graphics card. Granted, a Radeon 9800 would be better than some lower end cards from later generations...

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: sourceninja
I know without a doubt starcraft 2 will be made to run well on my macbook pro. They target mac, and they will make sure it runs on current gen mac hardware well.

not that blizzard doesn't support gaming on apple machines (obviously they do, or they wouldn't do dual releases) but i don't know that the specifically target apples either. they are, after all, a minority in market share.

I think/hope he means "not neglect" when he says "target". Of course I'm doubting that, because he foolishly mentions "mac hardware" as if the hardware is somehow different from PC hardware...the only significant difference Blizzard has to cater to is the the OS.

 

[JF060392]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
My guess it's going to use a LOT of CPU power-- seeing some of the videos of 200 broodlings running...that's a lot of physics to calculate.

I had a similar problem in wow, graphics card was great but my CPU couldn't keep up in Shattrath, until I upgraded to my current rig.

I'm certain my graphics card will be able to handle this, not so sure about my CPU. But by then I'll probably be on a Penryn quad so I should be good.



Moved to PC Gaming.

Video Mod BFG10K.

not much use unless you can select more than 12 at a time.

 

[Ichigo]

Originally posted by: Izusaga

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
My guess it's going to use a LOT of CPU power-- seeing some of the videos of 200 broodlings running...that's a lot of physics to calculate.

I had a similar problem in wow, graphics card was great but my CPU couldn't keep up in Shattrath, until I upgraded to my current rig.

I'm certain my graphics card will be able to handle this, not so sure about my CPU. But by then I'll probably be on a Penryn quad so I should be good.



Moved to PC Gaming.

Video Mod BFG10K.

I'm always absolutely baffled by people who enjoy video games but refuse to keep their hardware up to date to the point where they actually have to question their ability to play new games.

Lets face it. This isn't the year 2000 when a topend rig could run you $2500. This is 2008 where prices are so low on highend hardware your entire system (minus the graphics card) can cost less than a topend graphics card and still run anything on the market.

I built someone a FPS rig for $450 that had a 8800GT and he won't have to upgrade for 2 years. Had he doubled the price to $1000 he could have a rig that will run all games maxed for two years.

Just because I enjoy running doesn't mean that I'll buy $150 shoes every six months.

I get what you're trying to say, but Blizzard games have become popular due to their accessibility. You don't need to be a serious gamer to enjoy Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo. This is why people buy consoles, so that they don't have to worry about hardware specifications and can focus on the game.

 

[Wuzup101]

Originally posted by: Ichigo

Originally posted by: Izusaga

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
My guess it's going to use a LOT of CPU power-- seeing some of the videos of 200 broodlings running...that's a lot of physics to calculate.

I had a similar problem in wow, graphics card was great but my CPU couldn't keep up in Shattrath, until I upgraded to my current rig.

I'm certain my graphics card will be able to handle this, not so sure about my CPU. But by then I'll probably be on a Penryn quad so I should be good.



Moved to PC Gaming.

Video Mod BFG10K.

I'm always absolutely baffled by people who enjoy video games but refuse to keep their hardware up to date to the point where they actually have to question their ability to play new games.

Lets face it. This isn't the year 2000 when a topend rig could run you $2500. This is 2008 where prices are so low on highend hardware your entire system (minus the graphics card) can cost less than a topend graphics card and still run anything on the market.

I built someone a FPS rig for $450 that had a 8800GT and he won't have to upgrade for 2 years. Had he doubled the price to $1000 he could have a rig that will run all games maxed for two years.

Just because I enjoy running doesn't mean that I'll buy $150 shoes every six months.

I get what you're trying to say, but Blizzard games have become popular due to their accessibility. You don't need to be a serious gamer to enjoy Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo. This is why people buy consoles, so that they don't have to worry about hardware specifications and can focus on the game.

Took the words right out of my mouth!

 

[imported_protoz]

Depending on if Blizzard uses DirectX for windows only or just go with a full OpenGL engine they will have to support down to OpenGL 1.4 to support those Intel graphics cards which opens them up to running on pretty much anything in the past 5+ years.

 

[Xavier434]

As long as the config settings allow the player to scale everything down enough then it should be fine.

 

[amish]

i'm crossing my fingers that my trusty dust bucket will work.

A64 3200+ (socket 754)
6600GT (128 mb of AGP greatness)
1g ram

 

[Kelvrick]

My Opteron 165, 2gb pc3200 and ati 1800xt should be able to play it, but I look forward to using it as an excuse to upgrade.