my lappy has some terrible fps... and it goes down to 0 when 200/200 army engage each other. a lot of games are lost just like that, without fighting.

i tried everything, put battery on high performance, set all graphic setting to low, editted that little notepad file and set every graphic to minimum. now my starcraft 2 looks just like warcraft 3.

even my warcraft 3 doesnt have this screen freeze problem.

i have 2 GB RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon HP5430. Screen resolution of 1366X 768. by right starcraft 2 shudnt be a problem for me right? but why when i play the screen keeps on going freeze and my fps drops to 0...?

what shud i do now? the only way i can play now is cheese...

This post has been edited by FLampard: Oct 5 2012, 04:20 PM

I think is yr internet speed, because im playing at the lowest graohic available. Sometimes lag a little when I do some download, thats my expreience though.

no way... my internet speed is up to 10mbs....serious. my torrent download can go up to 1.5mbs. which i would smile if i can get 100kbs using streamyx..

This post has been edited by FLampard: Oct 5 2012, 08:43 AM

then I have no idea man. cause my computer spec is about yrs

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Added on October 5, 2012, 9:56 amwhat is yr processor btw ?

This post has been edited by GodJesterZ: Oct 5 2012, 09:56 AM

intel core i3 CPU M380 2.53 GHz

i think it is because you are on a lappy. I will assume u are using win7 and ur memory of 2 G is in sufficient to handle all that. i3 is above average to support 200 vs 200. try disable all other background program especially skype etc

starcraft 2 minimum requirement said only need 1 G. i already kolos all the shit already...somemore i max battery performance liao...

this is more than enough to play starcraft 2, you actually can move to medium graphic which might look a little bit better, or you can leave all at low graphic and go for a medium texture.

if i move to medium i think my fps will be 0 in 2 minutes..

maybe is about time to signup for razer game booster.
this might help a little the downside about you cant multitask, just mainly focus on the game only.

There are a lot of factors affecting performance. Here is what I gather from your posts:

- i3 380M @ 2.53GHz
- Mobility Radeon HD5430
- 10mbps internet
- 2GB RAM

The bottleneck of performance is your RAM. You ONLY have 2GB.

Like you said, SC2's minimum system requirements shows only 1GB of ram. But, for any of today's games, 2GB is just not enough, especially with Windows 7 hogging up most of this.

If you have around RM140 to spare, I suggest you upgrade your RAM to 8GB. Corsair sells 4GB RAM modules at RM70 each. I am pretty sure that you have 2 RAM slots, and since you have an i3, your chipset will allow up to 8GB RAM installed.

I recently reformatted my workmate's Compaq CQ42. It's 3 years old and had 2GB RAM built in. He had the same complaints as you do while playing SC2 and D3. I suggested, nay, advised him to upgrade his RAM. He did and he's happily back in his man-cave playing his games.

Trust me. RAM is the cheapest upgrade you can get.

Oh yeah, you may also want to clean your laptop's exhaust vents. A clear air pathway will also help in performance.

great advice!!! if all of those still doesn't solve ur problems, try downloading Game Booster, try Defragging ur laptop, try re-installing ur SC2 or last resort go n reformat ur laptop..sumthing i just hate to do btw..laptop user here..i know how u feel.. good luck!!!

before randomly suggesting 8gb ram upgrade, do you even realize that he may be on 32bit OS?

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Added on December 18, 2012, 11:17 am- gimmick
- if hdd is not your issue (eg: shitty cpu/graphics card/insufficient ram) then this wont do anything besides loading maybe a couple (micro/) seconds faster
- if your installation doesn't work it just doesn't work. reinstalling installation doesn't improve performance aside from resetting all settings and that is a matter of incorrect settings.
- if it is hardware problem, reformatting won't solve it in the long run. if it happens again how? format again? never ever needed to format my own pc/laptop or even my family's pc/laptops from the day it was installed until the day it gets scrapped. my pc is running 6+ years and never format. learn how to troubleshoot properly instead of formatting

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 18 2012, 11:17 AM

can i know ,how to check fsp?

Ctrl + Alt + F

tq i didn know either

alright, i am going to buy a new lappy. can you experts please recommend me what requirement should i get so that i wont get this problem in my new lappy?

get something decent will do.
what is yr budget ?