Usually it shut down by itself or your game just crash / freeze.

Hi Kianweic, wow... better check the temp when playing... need to monitor it closely. Thanks for the reply bro.

For laptops, I am not sure whether you can control the fan speed.

Download Rivatuner and give a test.

Make sure you don't simply use the advance options.

Just adjust the fan speed when necessary.

I have a feeling that 9600M GT notebook graphic card is better than my G105m....though i bought my laptop September last year...not even one year yet


but I can only play SC2 with 1024x768 resolution with graphic settings on medium, terrain ultra, all high, except everything low on shaders, shadows, lighting, physics.

50-80 fps when playing single player campaign, or building my base

30-40 fps when got lots of units




can someone put the best configuration for my laptop?

Which brand is your laptop?

What is your definition of best configuration for your laptop?

Hi Kianweic: I installed a temp monitoring software "Real temp" and it shows normal temp of GPU is 50-51 degrees while after playign the game for an hour, I checked and found that temp is 72 degrees. Is it ok for the GPU? Do you have any idea of the danger zone temp for GPU?

By the way, where to see the frame rates of SC2?

Thank you for your help.

HI Gormaz: I am using HP HDX18 notebook.

Seems ok for GPU. 72c for load is quite ok. If worry just put a notebook cooler (good ones), and Evercool exhaust fan for notebooks.

To see frame rates in SC2, press ctrl + alt + F.

Or you could download FRAPS.

Hi Kianweic... Thanks... will try it out tonight

Best graphic settings for my laptops so that I can play the game without lag.


But anyway, I'm quite glad that my game doesnt lag and it is not the lowest settings. Only lags a bit when there are too much units.

Played 1 Practise league match 1v1... game finished in 20 minutes but during that time the gpu was like burning heat man.... after finish game terus off laptop lol

better get a notebook cooler if wanna game on laptop...
it's almost a compulsory

Hi epicpires: What GPU u using?

Hi Alertz: Agree on that. I am using cooler too.

72 degrees is very normal. Mine can go up to 85 degs w.o aircon. Typically for gpus the limit is 95-100 degs.

Takes a lot of experimenting.

Just make sure the game can run above 60fps at almost all the time.

Then you won't experience any lag.

for RTS, 30 fps is already good, u wont feel much lag.

i am using laptop...
default is all lowest...
and i further lower it as much as i can...
so far so good, just a little lag at times for SP...

Hi Kianweic... the key "CTRL + ALT + F5" not working during gameplay... any idea?

i have a 2 year old 1st edition Dell Studio 1535, bought from the US,
2.OG intel
256 ATI mobility 3400 (max res 14xx x 9xx)
3G ram
about 100G hdd

i can run SC2 at full res at low details, smoothly on OFFLINE (campaign) play but lags on ONLINE

and overheats and shuts my lappy down after about 2hrs play

for OFFLINE players you might to consider your video settings to be at least 1G for hi-res play or at least setup for HD.

you might want to have a good cooler as even the high end ones are having issues when playing SC2 at hi-res if the cooling system isnt good. (my friend is using M15x at 1G video, but had a crappy cooler, it overheats and shuts down after 2-3 hour gameplay of SC2

for ONLINE players, better recheck you connectivity, broadband or cable AND your video and cooling system.

recommended settings for hi-res play (botth online and offline) for continious play

at least
2.0G cpu
3G ram
1G video
1Mbps connection
about 20G free hdd
very nice cooling system

i didnt name any brand as so long as the brand meets the requirements, SC2 would run OK

OR you can always check SC2 official website for details

Erm, ure statement bout video cards with 1GB vram is abit ambiguous. Performance does not depend only on amount of vram a gpu has, but also the gpu core itself. Ure midrange gpu (For eg. 9600m gt/ HD4650) may have 1GB vram but it is still not sufficient to play smoothly in ultra.


So, for ultra settings, I recommend performance class cards like GTX 260m/ mobility HD4850 and above.