Starcraft II

[leaffan]

leaffan29 @ gmail dot com is my username if anyone wants to add me.

I'll admit I'm fairly novice at the game though.

[inthecards21]

so is it crysis-like as far as graphics go?

[leaffan]

so is it crysis-like as far as graphics go?

Not not even close. The graphics are really nice but in an RTS the textures are generally dumded down quite a bit.

I'm running this perfectly fine on my 8800GTS 320MB. Most things on high and my res is set somewhere around 1680X1024 (i think).

[inthecards21]

if i bought it my computer would have no probs i was just wondering if it would look bad because its an rts, have you played any campaign

[leaffan]

if i bought it my computer would have no probs i was just wondering if it would look bad because its an rts, have you played any campaign

Its looks pretty good so I have no complaints there.

Started the campaign last night. You follow Raynor and such. Finished the 3rd level and basically got done all the little training things they put you through.

Might play it more tomorrow or on the weekend.

[inthecards21]

its really mind blowing how much halo ripped off the factions, at least i assume they did cause they are incredibly similar

[Pitty]

Game keeps shutting my computer down after 10 minutes, isn't a heating issue since I'm running continue temp checks. Been reading on the forums that it may be NVIDIA drivers, but nothing official from Blizzard.

[leaffan]

Game keeps shutting my computer down after 10 minutes, isn't a heating issue since I'm running continue temp checks. Been reading on the forums that it may be NVIDIA drivers, but nothing official from Blizzard.

You update or roll back your driver yet?

[Pitty]

You update or roll back your driver yet?

Tried the update, got through the second campaign mission, with GPU temps around 85-90C (high but not the 105's I was seeing earlier) and processor temps around 80C. Then after the missions finished I checked the temps again, and it had jumped to 104 for the GPU and 90 for the CPU, further investigation shows that blizzard didn't include a frame rate cap for menu screens and it is causing a spike in temps due to more rendering.

Aka, I'm not pleased at all. Going to try some canned air to get the airways clean again hoping that can salvage me 10-20 degrees.

[leaffan]

Your cpu should not be getting that hot. Wow. If mine goes above 60 I think about taking a break.

[Pitty]

Your cpu should not be getting that hot. Wow. If mine goes above 60 I think about taking a break.

Laptop ventilation + poor program writing by Blizzard are the problem here. My temps almost never go about 70 when playing a game unless it was Crysis and even that capped around 85 C. Can Blizzard try to make an excuse that an RTS requires more rendering (albeit in the fucking menu screens) than Crysis?

I guess a cooling fan is the best next step.

[Boucher]

lol at those temperatures

[Pitty]

lol at those temperatures

Don't even know what a zergling chokepoint is?

STFU NOOB!

[Boucher]

StarCraft II’s menu screens aren’t framerate-limited, which means that when there’s nothing else happening, your graphics hardware renders the shit out of those screens, causing some bad overheating problems. Not to worry though the fix-up is easy, requiring players to add only a few of the following lines to your “Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt” “Documents\StarCraft II\variables.txt” file (nice catch, commenter LegolElf):
frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60

your welcome

[Pitty]

your welcome

Been there, done that.