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Getting only <25 FPS in Starcraft II.. :s

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 Kluey   Canada. June 08 2012 10:50. Posts 1170
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AMD Phenom II x3 720 Processor 2.80 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (5770 in particular)
8GB RAM(if that really matters)


I run Starcraft at medium settings and I'm only getting 25 FPS, give or take a few. This drops to almost zero during big fights.

Are my specs just really bad or should I try cleaning/re-installing?
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 GreeN__   Romania. June 08 2012 15:53. Posts 64
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Try to disable "wait vor vertycal sync" and fps should rise..
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 Boblhead   United States. June 08 2012 16:00. Posts 2560
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do you have the same problem when the games on low settings with low textures?
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 Lavit2099   United States. June 08 2012 16:14. Posts 366
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Turning off VSync will always help, as will shadows and changing from 3d portraits to 2d.
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 DarKcS   Australia. June 08 2012 16:58. Posts 1181
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ALso, low settings for you man! Dat CPU :@
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 Lavit2099   United States. June 08 2012 17:17. Posts 366
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All settings on low/off except for textures, should be on ultra (go go Gadget cloaked unit detection!)
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 Fraggle   Norway. June 08 2012 17:21. Posts 92
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The cpu is fine, i have the same one(oc'ed to 3.4ghz though) and I can run the game on high without any noticeable slowdowns, and perfectly fine on medium, the install may be bad, check if you have any background programs running, and latest video drivers, your computer may also be running hot and downclocking itself.
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 Art_of_Kill   Zaire. June 08 2012 17:24. Posts 1227
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On June 08 2012 10:50 Kluey wrote:
AMD Phenom II x3 720 Processor 2.80 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (5770 in particular)
8GB RAM(if that really matters)


I run Starcraft at medium settings and I'm only getting 25 FPS, give or take a few. This drops to almost zero during big fights.

Are my specs just really bad or should I try cleaning/re-installing?

you have pretty bad CPU and sc2 ist a CPU game (a overclocked 5770 with i5 2500 cpu can easy run sc2 at ultra with 50fps)

try to overclock ur cpu, @ 3,6 Ghz you should be able to play sc2 with medium at 60fps
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 Rachnar   France. June 08 2012 18:33. Posts 1431
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drivers first
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 LJ   June 08 2012 19:52. Posts 203
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Frame rates should probably be higher with that graphics card at medium presuming 1920x1080 resolution, CPU is not too bad even though it is kind of low clocked for AMD. I had an Athlon II x3 3.2Ghz which is very similar and the results were better with the same graphics card too. maybe there is a problem somewhere
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 Kluey   Canada. June 09 2012 11:27. Posts 1170
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Tried over clocking to 3600 MHz. Doesn't really make a difference.. :s

Any suggestions on what the problem may be? I honestly should be getting much higher FPS.
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 Kluey   Canada. June 09 2012 11:32. Posts 1170
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I've tried using the AMD driver auto detect and it tells me all my hardware's drivers are up to date.
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 Shikyo   Finland. June 09 2012 13:13. Posts 20582
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That CPU is too low, all CPU settings on min and graphics settings whatever, should be fine.
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 SiNKami   United States. June 09 2012 14:41. Posts 1791
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its not your cpu. im having the same problem with only a slightly worse gpu for some reason. no idea why. fresh install of windows and everything.

Phenom II x6 1045T Oc'd to 3.4 GHz
GTS250 stock clocks
5 GB ram
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 Shikyo   Finland. June 09 2012 15:10. Posts 20582
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Well it certainly isn't the graphics card. 3.4Ghz phenom isn't good. That's a CPU that also necessites min CPU settings
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 Alryk   United States. June 09 2012 15:51. Posts 2409
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You're definitely overestimating SC2 requirements O.o I run it on low with a 1.7Ghz core 2 duo (laptop CPU) and while I get some slowdowns lategame, the game is easily playable for most of the game. Even in lategame it's still playable pretty easily, I've never felt that it was bad. The FX-8150 at Ultra settings (3.6ghz clock) gets 47 FPS. If a Phenom II is even comparable to FX, (which it should be), a slightly lower clocked Phenom II definitely doesn't need to be set on low to be playable.

Numbers come from Anandtech bench. I couldn't find a phenom II benched with SC2, but I think the FX is known to be relatively equivalent to the Phenom II. Even if the Phenom II was 50% slower than FX (it isn't), you would have 25 FPS on ultra settings, definitely not in need of low.

Edit: And I definitely don't get zero FPS during large fights on my comp. I might have slow downs, but micro is definitely possible, which means there's some other issue with your computer. I'm not smart enough to find that (sorry), but you don't NEED to buy new hardware (although you certainly could).
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 Kluey   Canada. June 10 2012 00:07. Posts 1170
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I think I've fixed the issue for the most part. The issue was, you cannot use the AMD Overdrive feature. Overclocking anything makes it have way less FPS. Not sure why but, when I turn it off there is definitely a difference when it is off and on.

FPS with AMD Overdrive = 25
FPS without AMD Overdrive = 45+

My FPS obviously still drops to like 15 during big battles because of the CPU but it's definitely better.
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 Alryk   United States. June 10 2012 02:50. Posts 2409
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You can probably overclock it without whatever AMD overdrive is, correct? That should give you quite a big performance boost.
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 gosuzombie   Canada. June 10 2012 04:07. Posts 27
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i have an OCd 1055T at 3.4 and a stock 5770 with 4gb of ram. runs ultra perfectly

never use software to overclock. amd justs overvolts the cpu and it dies faster. always do it manually

like everyone else make sure to update drivers. also use CPUz to make sure your cpu isn't randomly throttling itself.

@Alryk: the phenom II line is equal to, and sometimes faster than the FX due to certain prototype "faster" kernels not being recognized by windows 7

use Game Booster

check for dust and stuff
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 Kluey   Canada. June 10 2012 05:07. Posts 1170
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How do you manually overclock?
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