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Posted January 29, 2010
And you'll be very surprised! Most likely it'll be the same for the full game, but here it is:

Minimum
Operating System
Windows XP / XP64 (Service Pack 3)
Windows Vista / Vista64 (service Pack 1)
Windows 7 Home Premium Processor
Intel Pentium IV 1.3GHz
AMD XP 1500+ Memory
(Windows XP) 512mb
(Windows Vista) 1024mb
(Windows 7) 1024mb Graphics
3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM
such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better Hard Drive
15Gb (of free space) DirectX
DirectX9.0c
Recommended
Operating System
Windows XP / XP64 (Service Pack 3)
Windows Vista / Vista64 (service Pack 1)
Windows 7 Home Premium Processor
Intel Pentium D
AMD 64 X2 Memory
(Windows XP) 1024mb
(Windows Vista) 2048mb
(Windows 7) 2048mb Graphics
3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM
such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better Hard Drive
15Gb (of free space) DirectX
DirectX9.0c
In addition to the above hardware requirements, you must have:
* a valid e-mail address and internet connection (for registration)
* an active Broadband Internet connection (for Battle.net play)

Wow... 1.3 GHz processor? GeForce 2? And I thought the system requirements was going to be insanely high or something. This could run smoothly on a computer from five years ago, maybe more!
Or that's what they're TRYING to do. Get a higher player base by having very low system specs.
Post edited January 29, 2010 by michaelleung
Posted January 29, 2010
Yes! I can still just take my old Thinkpad to friends houses! Though I guess with no LAN play I don't need to. lol. Still!
Posted January 29, 2010
Well, at least the machine I bought years ago in expectation for this game will be able to run it then.
Posted January 29, 2010
They're unexpectedly low, that's for sure.
However, SC2 is a no-buy for me, until I find all 3 games in a pack for a fair price.
I am neither fanatical SC fan nor Korean, and I have plenty of other games to play, so it can wait :-P
Posted January 29, 2010
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klaymen: I am neither fanatical SC fan nor Korean

It's the same thing.
Posted January 29, 2010
I'm not surprised personally. The game looks like it's essentially Starcraft HD. I don't know if I'm interested in it yet. Too many other more awesome games on the horizon.
Supreme Commander 2 is looking shaky though given the fact that they're producing a 360 version at the same time. If that impacts upon the PC version like disastrous console RTS tend to, then I might have to look elsewhere for my sci-fi RTS fix.
Posted January 29, 2010
This and Solium Infernum just made my day so much better!
Posted January 29, 2010
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michaelleung: Or that's what they're TRYING to do. Get a higher player base by having very low system specs.

Blizzard tends to do that. World of Warcraft may look like crap, but it looks like crap on purpose. :p
Posted January 29, 2010
Hasn't blizzard's been pretty good overall so far at making their games run at low-end hardware?
A GeForce 2 is definitely surprising though.
Also, I like the pasted funkyness. What's a "Windows 7 Home Premium Processor", "ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better Hard Drive", and "15Gb (of free space) DirectX"?
Posted January 29, 2010
http://kotaku.com/5459769/your-starcraft-ii-beta-system-requirements-are-here
UPDATE: Blizzard just called to let us know that the system specs released on the page were not the system specs for the StarCraft II beta test. They are still trying to track down how the page appeared on the company's support site, suspecting that someone pasted specs from World of Warcraft into a new article. The link below is now dead, and Blizzard has a lot of phone calls to make.
Posted January 29, 2010
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michaelleung: Wow... 1.3 GHz processor? GeForce 2? And I thought the system requirements was going to be insanely high or something. This could run smoothly on a computer from five years ago, maybe more!
Or that's what they're TRYING to do. Get a higher player base by having very low system specs.

Of course. Blizzard has never had high end system requirements for any of their games.
Edit: Errr... despite the fact they might apparently be fake as noted above!
Post edited January 29, 2010 by Metro09
Posted January 29, 2010
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Navagon: If that impacts upon the PC version like disastrous console RTS tend to, then I might have to look elsewhere for my sci-fi RTS fix.

Totally unrelated, but it just made me think about Halo Wars. If you want to see an awesome RTS on a controller, that is it. I was really surprised.
Posted January 29, 2010
Low specs has been a Blizzard staple for years and with good reason, since that makes their gamer base that much bigger.
Posted January 29, 2010
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phrequencyviii: If you want to see an awesome RTS on a controller, that is it. I was really surprised.

That's a pretty big if though. :P I'm not at all keen on console FPS. There's no way I'd be interested in a console RTS. Maybe when consoles get better controls I'll be more interested.
Posted January 29, 2010
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Navagon: That's a pretty big if though. :P I'm not at all keen on console FPS. There's no way I'd be interested in a console RTS. Maybe when consoles get better controls I'll be more interested.

It's not so much IF, it's more like, if you want to see an interesting way to play an RTS. It works very well in a way that makes it very fun vs just slapping the pc interface to the analog sticks.
Gamepads are fine btw. Unless your whiny. =P I kid I kid. (although for RTS no way, I gotta have the kb 'n m for that since it just doesn't work well otherwise. It's like playing a sidescroller on a keyboard, sure, you can do it....but it sucks)
I love console FPS that play well, Halo, Perfect Dark, etc. I have no trouble using a controller or a mouse, whatever, but it's cool when they have control schemes that work well on a controller. It was funny when we used to play Shadowrun and the 360 players would destroy the PC players lol.
Post edited January 29, 2010 by phrequencyviii
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