SearchFinal StarCraft 2 system requirements revealed
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 1 month ago
With less than two weeks away, you might still be sweating on what the game's final, official system requirements are. Blizzard PR representatives have now given the information on what you willl need to play the game.
Minimum System Requirements*:
PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c
2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card or better
Mac: Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2 or newer
Intel Processor
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or ATI Radeon X1600 or better
PC/Mac: 12 GB available HD space
1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista/Windows 7 users, 2 GB for Mac users)
DVD-ROM drive
Broadband Internet connection
1024X720 minimum display resolution
*Note: Due to potential programming changes, the Minimum System Requirements for this game may change over time.
Recommended Specifications:
PC: Windows Vista/Windows 7
Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
2 GB RAM
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better
Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4 GB system RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4670 or better
PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c
2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card or better
Mac: Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2 or newer
Intel Processor
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or ATI Radeon X1600 or better
PC/Mac: 12 GB available HD space
1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista/Windows 7 users, 2 GB for Mac users)
DVD-ROM drive
Broadband Internet connection
1024X720 minimum display resolution
*Note: Due to potential programming changes, the Minimum System Requirements for this game may change over time.
Recommended Specifications:
PC: Windows Vista/Windows 7
Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
2 GB RAM
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better
Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4 GB system RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4670 or better
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| Both my processor and RAM are >>>>> the recommended specs, but the video card is a bit under :( oh well.. gonna have to play on low.. :D |
| Finally! |
| Cool Story, Bro |
| All check :)) |
| Both my processor and RAM are <<<<< the recommended specs and the video card sucks too oh well.. gonna have to play on low.. :D |
| lol my comp spec is way over recomended oh well ultra is nice |
| is this more or less than the beta req? or the same? btw with i3 / 4 gb ram / ati 5470 i will be ok , but i wasnt able to use beta with max setting... |
| i have a AMD Athlon dual-core QL64 2.10 GHz thats below the minimum but i realy cant play it then? |
| everything on low and I'm ok :D |
| #5 agree |
| Im sorry but with that Recommended specifications u can play only in HIGH mode. Only with this components cant operate in ULTRA mode well. |
| Need 1 Gb ram.. someone have for sell ?:D |
| Hope my 8500GT can survive till the next expansion. |
| I only have 2,4 ghz processor, but it's 4 cores. Will this be a problem for me? |
| PC: Windows 7 Dual Core 2,01Ghz Processor 2 GB RAM NVIDIA GIGABYTE GTS250 1GB DDR3 I can play all in Ultra :P xD |
| Q6600 2,40 GHz 4GB RAM GF 8800 GTX Ultra here ;) |
| with better reqs than recomanded i cant play on high :( i can play only on medium... |
| Maximum requirements must be way above this level, cuz i have probably the same machine at home and i have to play it on low pretty much everything on a windows installed week ago. |
| i got dual core 2.4, 4 gb ram and 4670, and i cant play fluently over medium so.... |
| i have Processor: intel celeron dual core 2.5 rams : 2gb Video: 1024mb on 128bits nvidia geforce 9500 GT and to play decent i have to keep it on medium i dont even think to get on high. |
| Well My Ram meets the specs......beta plays so hopefully I'll get lucky :D |
| well my pc is lil above the recommended specs and the beta sometimes lags when i play on ultra (well i often stream as well) -.- |
| P4 3.0 Core2Dual 3Gb ram XFX ATI HD5770 1Gb so i think im fine :D niceeeeeeeee |
Intel i5 Radeon HD 5650 and 4gb ram ;) yessss  |
| AMD Athlon x2 4600+ ~2.4ghz GeForce 9800 gtx+ 4000 mb ram Ultra here, tho I just recent came across some problems, my screen turns black from time to time on ultra and on high, it never occured on medium |
| #26 Maybe your card overheat...try look around forums if someone has same problem with your card... Also ultra here, but don`t like that only 2 of my 4 cores are active in sc2...I would like Blizz to fix that in future... |
| dual core 2.1 4gb ram radeon hd 512mb thats fine for me : P |
| my 2 year old laptop(lenovo t60, integrated video card) ran it on low with no problems, could have probably tweaked stuff to reach medium levels. i think blizzard has done a nice job enabling the low end computers to run the game. too bad the game is shit. |
| Big congratulations to Blizzard for keeping system requirements at sane level for their games. |
| Have been in ultra settings in phase 1 but with phase2 the game is slowing sometimes dunno why Quad core i7 2,6 (but there's only 2core working on SC2) 4gbRam HD4870 1go on 1920x1080 7 64bits. |
| Dual core 3.16GHz 4gb Ram Radeon 4870HD 1Go Though, when second phase started I only had 2 GB active and had spikes even in High. I fixed it and got no problem in Ultra now. So you pretty much need more then 2GB. |
Just bought new computer so no problems.  Hopefully it can handle d3 too... |
| If this shit continues D3 will requier a NASA super computer to play |
| i dont commend anyone to set graphics in ULTRA because of the overheating of your GPU |
| Can someone tell me if its possible to make the game looks like this? http://www.gosugamers.net/images/news/sc2_screenshot_cpu_hl.jpg  |
| Everything seems fine, but i dont wanna install win7 or vista. I play beta on lowest settings with my XP sp2 lol. No problems so far. Higher settings drop fps dramatically and freezes game in bigger clashes. Any one experienced big change after upgrading xp sp2 to sp3? |
| anyone has a brand new comp to give me for free...??????? i dont have any request, only to play on minimum :)) ...gl ppl |
| i only play on low settings.. sucks |
| who cares if u can't play high/ultra. Low is smoother for multiplayer and medium will do for campaign. I can play on high but won't do it. |
| Welli don't care about the settings. My computer sucks.. okok I have to play on lowest, but my gaming experience stays exactly the same. I'm glad i can play it:) PS: same for dota, lowest graphics (which is comparable to sc2 alot worse) is still as fun as highest:) |
| #41 So true. U don't need to play full graphic to play well ;) But if it can be a little more beautiful... Why not ? ^^ |
| My processor is slightly greater the recommended specs. RAM is equal the recommended. Video is 256MB so twice the minimum, but half the recommended, so I'll probably just have to set video settings low. A video card that greatly exceeds all specifications can be purchased online for around $70 anyway. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125277 Core Clock 750MHz Stream Processors 320 Stream Processing Units Memory Effective Memory Clock 1600MHz Memory Size 1GB Memory Interface 128-bit Memory Type DDR3 This video card alone is hundreds of times more powerful than the entire PC I first played starcraft and broodwar on. It has double the recommended specs for memory, and probably double the number of core processors, at double the core speed....all for only $70 U.S...plus there's even a $15 mail in rebate... |
| #36...................photoshop :D |
| #37.. they write latest service pack.. I play on Xp to but on sp3 , and its ok I Have Athlon 2 X2 3.5 ghz 1 Gb ram 667 Geforce 9500 GT 1 GB And i play on medium ( just Models Low) and game run smoth even in 2vs2 |
| Both my processor and RAM are <<<<<<< the recommended specs and the video card is a bit under and I am running Windows 7. :( oh well.. won't be able to play neither StarCraft II nor StarCraft: BroodWar |
| My specs are well over, still lags in big battles =/ |
| My specs are from 6 years ago: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz 1.5 GB Ram AGP Nvidia Gforce 6200 256 MB and in beta I lag as hell T_T |
| #47 Because these spec are for retail version .. not for beta , we must wait and see |
My CPU is not good enough. Only 2.2 GHz, have this serius lag problem, and everything is on low  MyLifeSucks  |
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