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Old August 11, 2010, 07:06 PM
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Is SC2 a lot more CPU intensive? with a e8400 @ 4.2Ghz and a stock 4870 512MB I was able to play on ultra but as soon as a large battle happens the FPS drops drastically. Even on high it still drops.
CPU usage hangs around 7% w/ a Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz HT on for me. So I wouldn't say it is all that intensive.
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Old August 13, 2010, 10:27 PM
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A Geforce 260gtx 896mb plays if perfectly in ultra.
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Old August 13, 2010, 10:33 PM
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GTX 460 is nice. $200 and gets you DX11 too. Also scales good with sli.

Overclocks like a beast to gtx 470 levels.
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