StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm PC Release date

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Mar-12-2013

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Mar-12-2013

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Mar-12-2013

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Starcraft 2 is split into three games, each one representing a playable faction.
Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.
Heart of the Swarm features The Zerg
Composed of many different species integrated into the Swarm via zerg infestation. These creatures are rapidly and selectively evolved into deadly and efficient killers to further the driving zerg imperative of achieving absolute domination. The zerg make no use of technology to create their weapons, armor, or starships. Instead, these functions are efficiently fulfilled through biological adaptation and planned mutation of the zerg strains. Even zerg buildings are in fact specialized organs within the living, growing organism of a zerg nest.

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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm System Requirements

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Pentium D 820 2.8GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

GeForce 7600 GS Asus Silent Edition

Radeon X800 SE

1.5 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

20 GB

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Pentium D 950 3.4GHz

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GeForce GT 240

Radeon HD 2900 Pro

2 GB

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20 GB

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Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+

GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB

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2 GB

Win 7 32

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20 GB

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RAM: 1.5 GB Memory

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Falvius123

08:27 May-21-2013

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can i play that game on ultra with a decent fps 35+ ? ty :)

TjPjMusic

01:21 May-25-2013

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no. according to notebookcheck, your graphics card will get 25 fps on ultra with 1080p. given that your screen is smaller than that, i would say that you will get around 30 fps. with high graphics you should get at least 60fps however.

thomyorkey23

04:26 May-11-2013

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is it possible for me to run this on minimum settings?

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09:18 May-15-2013

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well i tried the Wings of liberty on my HD 2000 at the least config
i did get 30 frames per second at that
It should run at at least 20 frames
you can give it a try

linkinmage

06:43 May-08-2013

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Can I run this? :)

troygarcia28

04:45 May-13-2013

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you should be able to run it on minimum setting...

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09:21 May-15-2013

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As i see i think your GFX can handle that at minimum
but your processor seems really weak for the task.
I can say you mighnot get much playable framerate :)
try it maybe and best of luck.

linkinmage

09:08 May-23-2013

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I played the game. Runs well on a single core. Everything on low. Has a steady 20-35 fps until battles, which drops to 10+. :) I guess I'm lucky. :D

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will i be able to run this. and what max fps can i get?

troygarcia28

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you should be able to run it with no problems but i would recommend low to medium graphics quality on your machine

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2 Questions:
1.Can I run it? :)
2.Fps for me. :)
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codguy

20:20 May-07-2013

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yes you can run in low setting

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settings and fps for me?

rAKugoT

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You should be able to max it with over 60 fps.

qNpRo1994

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can i run this game?

rAKugoT

23:34 Apr-21-2013

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yeah, it should run quite smoothly on low. You probably can run it reasonably well most of the time on Medium.

Psycolier34

01:25 Apr-09-2013

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will it work for me under the smallest resoulution and graphics????????????????????

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yea, i think it will work but the game will look bad on lowest resolution

Psycolier34

02:28 Apr-09-2013

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oh thanks and by the way
check thos vid i made
http://youtu.be/9RxksMSCrBw

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09:27 May-15-2013

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well I had a 945GZ with a core 2 duo 2.6Ghz and 4 gig of ram
didnt manage to get it working in win 7 or xp :/
i also tried the modded drivers, no luck

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Make sure to update your drivers.I can play the game just fine maxed! Even tested on my dad's Full HD monitor and it worked preety good!

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09:29 May-15-2013

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QwQ thanks bro, seems like we got the similar rig
*hi5*
lets chew up some terrens

yonners

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I had this same issue with wings of liberty, it recommends me for all max settings but when I put on max, the game runs really badly, i was wondering if its due to optimization issues or does this game have higher requirements then I was thinking?

rAKugoT

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You should be able to max this easily. It is possible it isn't working well with 8 processor cores. Try setting affinity to 4 cores.

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