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Hello TL,
I've had the same computer since 2011 I believe, a couple days before SC2 was released actually. It has always served me well, but in the most recent years it's performance has been sort of underwhelming.
It cannot run Dota 2, at all. It barely runs Sc2, on low, etc.
When I upload my specs on website like "systemrequirementslab.com" (Can you run it), it tells me that I meet the minimum recommended requirements, so I don't know where the issue lies.
Here are my specs and DxDiag: CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti RAM(?): Display Memory: 4041 MB Dedicated Memory: 969 MB Shared Memory: 3071 MB
DxDiag: + Show Spoiler +
I don't know much about computers, so maybe my GPU just needs to be updated? Or maybe my computer is just buggy from all the crap I got on it (almost a terabit worth of data)?
Enlighten me, please.
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Papua New Guinea1053 Posts
I've got similar specs with a worse graphics card and it runs SC2 without issues on High at 1440p. So I don't think hardware per se is your issue. Could be temperature if it's dusty. Or your system might be slowing it down. Are you on high performance power setup?
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Hey so I defragmented my hard drive... Dota 2 works at 120 fps haha. During the loading screen, my mouse still stutters. My work isn't complete yet. Just cleaned out the registry with Ccleaner, doing more cleanup / uninstalling random programs (had like 50+ lmao...)
Definitely user error here, my specs are fine for those games indeed
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On March 05 2018 21:27 crbox wrote:Hello TL, I've had the same computer since 2011 I believe, a couple days before SC2 was released actually. It has always served me well, but in the most recent years it's performance has been sort of underwhelming. It cannot run Dota 2, at all. It barely runs Sc2, on low, etc. When I upload my specs on website like "systemrequirementslab.com" (Can you run it), it tells me that I meet the minimum recommended requirements, so I don't know where the issue lies. Here are my specs and DxDiag: CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti RAM(?): Display Memory: 4041 MB Dedicated Memory: 969 MB Shared Memory: 3071 MB DxDiag:+ Show Spoiler +I don't know much about computers, so maybe my GPU just needs to be updated? Or maybe my computer is just buggy from all the crap I got on it (almost a terabit worth of data)? Enlighten me, please.
It's difficult from just this to tell what is wrong with your computer. In theory, it "should" be just fine. It's definitely not something you've listed here which is causing your problems.
Buy a 250 dollar computer with double the specs and an SSD hard disk off e-bay. Just my suggestion.
Edit: A 7-year-old magnetic hard disk is not a safe place to store data. If you have any important personal data on there, make duplicate copies of it VERY SOON.
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On March 11 2018 01:12 KR_4EVR wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2018 21:27 crbox wrote:Hello TL, I've had the same computer since 2011 I believe, a couple days before SC2 was released actually. It has always served me well, but in the most recent years it's performance has been sort of underwhelming. It cannot run Dota 2, at all. It barely runs Sc2, on low, etc. When I upload my specs on website like "systemrequirementslab.com" (Can you run it), it tells me that I meet the minimum recommended requirements, so I don't know where the issue lies. Here are my specs and DxDiag: CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti RAM(?): Display Memory: 4041 MB Dedicated Memory: 969 MB Shared Memory: 3071 MB DxDiag:+ Show Spoiler +I don't know much about computers, so maybe my GPU just needs to be updated? Or maybe my computer is just buggy from all the crap I got on it (almost a terabit worth of data)? Enlighten me, please. It's difficult from just this to tell what is wrong with your computer. In theory, it "should" be just fine. It's definitely not something you've listed here which is causing your problems. Buy a 250 dollar computer with double the specs and an SSD hard disk off e-bay. Just my suggestion. Edit: A 7-year-old magnetic hard disk is not a safe place to store data. If you have any important personal data on there, make duplicate copies of it VERY SOON.
Another Edit: Listen to what people are saying about disk defragment. It's very important.
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Yeah, there are two things at work here. First just clutter from running the PC for a long period of time, which you seem to be slowly taking care off.
You could possibly just shortcut a lot of that by simply taking a look at what you actually WANT to keep, putting that someplace safe, and just doing a clean reinstall. That might be less of a hassle than to clean up 7+ years of shit. Otherwise, take a close look to your autostart, a lot of shit might have accumulated there.
The other thing is hardware stuff. Obviously, cleaning might be necessary. Removing dust always helps.
Depending on what you want to do, here is the order of stuff bottlenecking your PC imo. If you are at 4 Gb of RAM, you probably want another 4. Afterwards, investing in a new graphics card will lead to the biggest performance jumps. If you dislike your windows loading times, an SSD is a nice fix for that. But that is a lot of stuff to buy at once, and not really necessary if you only do SC2 and DOTA. Nice to have if you want to run some higher fidelity games though, and both the RAM and the SSD are definitive QOL upgrades.
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Hey, thanks for the replies I appreciate it. Sorry for the delay, wasn't following the thread closely.
On March 11 2018 01:12 KR_4EVR wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2018 21:27 crbox wrote:Hello TL, I've had the same computer since 2011 I believe, a couple days before SC2 was released actually. It has always served me well, but in the most recent years it's performance has been sort of underwhelming. It cannot run Dota 2, at all. It barely runs Sc2, on low, etc. When I upload my specs on website like "systemrequirementslab.com" (Can you run it), it tells me that I meet the minimum recommended requirements, so I don't know where the issue lies. Here are my specs and DxDiag: CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti RAM(?): Display Memory: 4041 MB Dedicated Memory: 969 MB Shared Memory: 3071 MB DxDiag:+ Show Spoiler +I don't know much about computers, so maybe my GPU just needs to be updated? Or maybe my computer is just buggy from all the crap I got on it (almost a terabit worth of data)? Enlighten me, please. It's difficult from just this to tell what is wrong with your computer. In theory, it "should" be just fine. It's definitely not something you've listed here which is causing your problems. Buy a 250 dollar computer with double the specs and an SSD hard disk off e-bay. Just my suggestion. Edit: A 7-year-old magnetic hard disk is not a safe place to store data. If you have any important personal data on there, make duplicate copies of it VERY SOON.
Are there really computers with double the specs for only 250? I'm gonna look into that right now, never bought anything off ebay, heard some bad stories buying second-hand technology on it, but I might be wrong of course. I could spend about... 600? (Canadian$), I'll look into that right now. Obviously I don't expect anyone to do the work for me, but if anyone has some spare time and decent knowledge, I'd appreciate any advice on what to get thanks! (SSD definitely a must I think)
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