Test! Beta Hardware Benchmarks

Posted by BBviaFiber on February 23rd, 2010 filed in StarCraft News

It's hard to say exactly... Finding where one stands in the system requirements. What kind of frame rates per second your get and how smooth your overall game play will be. I've posted helpful links here and there, debated in the armory's general forums. But below (see source) is a full story (eight pages). 18 graphic cards tested on the beta. Results graphed. CPU information as well. AA enable-ability in the final product will also be an important factor. So I'm thinking now; it's best to shoot for hardware well above the beta minimum. In order to enjoy all the beauty the game has to offer and save yourself the "chops."

So I'll cut my blabbing short and let you absorb the information for yourself. But here are a few quotes:

Something we noticed right away with benchmarking with StarCraft II was how stable the game is already. With a wide range of graphics cards we did not encounter a single issue, no graphical glitches and no crashes - quite impressive really.

Blizzard does state that the Reflections and Effects rely on the CPU and not the GPU. Therefore it makes perfect sense that we saw a 27% performance increase when clocking our Core i7 processor from 2.70GHz to 3.20GHz.

I have to admit to being a little surprised that Crossfire worked so well.

A Radeon HD 5770 seems to be sufficient to draw the necessary frames per second for a smooth gameplay experience.

Source: LegionHardware.com