GT 9500 1mb and StarCraft2 Beta

[obscurity]

my StarCraft 2 beta insists that run the game at "medium" settings. this seem kinda low to me for such a good card. how can i be sure the card is running at optimal performance?

 

[spalek83]

put all the settings to max, see if its crappy, if so, lower settings one by one

 

[obscurity]

aren't my specs
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[Jocelyn84]

Is it DDR2 or DDR3? If its DDR2 that sounds about right to me.

 

[rushko]

StarCraft II System Requirements:

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article. ... leId=26242

 

[rushko]

..Never underestimate the power of the force.

 

[auntyjamima]

starcraft2 crashes on my hackintosh at start. everything else works fine.
nvidia 9800gtx+
10.6.4

why would they care about my graphics card. Everything else works fine including 3d, opengl tests, etc

It's because beta is over. SC II doesn't work without a connection to Blizzard. Just have to wait.

 

[jimx86]

my StarCraft 2 beta insists that run the game at "medium" settings. this seem kinda low to me for such a good card. how can i be sure the card is running at optimal performance?

Tom's Hardware ran Starcraft 2 benchmarks, and even a GTX 260 barely reached the viewable fps mark on max settings:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blizzard-entertainment-starcraft-ii-benchmark,review-31880-7.html

And under OS X graphics usually suffer more than on Windows.
Update: I just realized this is probably not the best site to say that..

 

[Lnx2Mac]

And under OS X graphics usually suffer more than on Windows.
Update: I just realized this is probably not the best site to say that..

Why ?
We try to be as objective as we possibly can

 

[Am Yisrael Chai]

It's a bit annoying to have to install Windows only to play a game.

You can try Crossover Games: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/ $39.95 with a free try-before-you-buy program...

It's an improved version of Linux's WINE...

I am not saying that the Crossover Games isn't a good product, but if you look over at WineHQ you will find that the development of Wine has become quite sophisticated and there are quite a few applications on their platinum and gold list (http://www.winehq.org/). The latest versions of wine run great under OSX. I would try out the Wine for OSX before I paid $40 bucks for a product that is basically the same thing. At least you will see if it is worth the money.