| Kluey Canada. June 22 2012 07:47. Posts 1166 | Profile # |
I have a good enough computer for SC2 but I get like 10 FPS when moving a maxed army(all on lowest settings) so I guess I should check if all my hardware is working correctly?
What I need to check:
5770 Radeon card
AMD Phenom x3 720 2.80 GHz |
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| Boblhead United States. June 22 2012 08:00. Posts 2556 | Profile # |
| monitor temps, and clean out your pc of dust with canned air or compressed air. If your GPU is getting above like 100c then its probably throttling itself. |
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| Kluey Canada. June 22 2012 08:01. Posts 1166 | Profile # |
| It's 50 - 55 usually. I'm trying to check if they are malfunctioning or something is wrong with them. Like, is there any test that checks your graphic cards speed? I could compare that to the speed it should be. Last edit: 2012-06-22 08:02:12 |
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| mahnini United States. June 22 2012 10:46. Posts 6767 | Profile Blog # | |
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| WetSocks Indonesia. June 22 2012 11:32. Posts 425 | Profile # |
| use Speccy, you can check the temperature of your CPU,GPU,motherboard, and hard drives |
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| goFLiP Argentina. June 22 2012 14:57. Posts 39 | Profile # |
| It's a dumb question, but do you have the updated drivers for the graphics card? |
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| hillman United States. June 22 2012 15:42. Posts 136 | Profile # |
Def. get latest version of catalyst...or whatever AMD calls their drivers now. Open the case and check the lights that are on in the motherboard....sometimes they can indicate problems. You may have to find an online manual of for your particular motherboard model. Make sure all the fans are running smoothly....As mentioned above, check that dust isn't choking the innards of your system. If temps are running too hot try running it with the case opened with plenty of ventilation.
The fact that you had experienced good frame rates and now you don't implies hardware failure....are you overclocking? Make sure your power supply is adequate and didn't crap out. Check that your PC can run other comparable games as well...is it only SC2? You have a unique problem if you used to get good FPS an now don't so it could be power supply failure, hardware failure, spyware/gunked up OS issues, etc.....good luck. If nothing else, reformat the computer and see if that helps. Its always good to do that every so often anyway. Make sure you backup all your important documents before doing so of course. Last edit: 2012-06-22 15:47:46 |
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| Kluey Canada. June 23 2012 07:38. Posts 1166 | Profile # |
| Should I be getting 1 FPS late game when moving 200/200 supply of zerglings? Is that normal with my hardware? |
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| MisterFred United States. June 23 2012 08:09. Posts 1815 | Profile # |
Actually, close to it, yeah. I mean, maybe you do have a problem and are getting 1fps instead of 5-10, but that's pretty normal with that number of units. The CPU just can't handle the pathing/AI needed.
P.S. Your graphics card should be more than powerful enough for any graphics setting though.Last edit: 2012-06-23 08:10:00 |
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| Kluey Canada. June 23 2012 10:15. Posts 1166 | Profile # |
On June 23 2012 08:09 MisterFred wrote:
Actually, close to it, yeah. I mean, maybe you do have a problem and are getting 1fps instead of 5-10, but that's pretty normal with that number of units. The CPU just can't handle the pathing/AI needed.
P.S. Your graphics card should be more than powerful enough for any graphics setting though.
So if I upgrade my CPU, it should go to around 20ish? Was thinking about getting this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727 |
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| ZeromuS Canada. June 23 2012 12:44. Posts 8288 | Profile Blog # |
I have a similar question hope its ok to post it here.
I have a laptop with same specs as 2010 mac pro. It used to get 40 fps in late game, now its close to 20. Could heat issues that are no longer present since I cleaned it have damaged the CPU? |
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| HomeWorld Romania. June 23 2012 20:34. Posts 561 | Profile # |
On June 23 2012 12:44 ZeromuS wrote:
I have a similar question hope its ok to post it here.
I have a laptop with same specs as 2010 mac pro. It used to get 40 fps in late game, now its close to 20. Could heat issues that are no longer present since I cleaned it have damaged the CPU?
No, modern cpus employs several schemes to deal with overheating situations.
Anyway, you could monitor your cpu/gpu temp/freq and see if some kind of thermal throttling occurs when at full load (a sign of improper cooling) also it would not be a bad idea to check your current power scheme. |
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