Starcraft II - Discussion Thread
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jc36lect3r
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Re: Starcraft 2 India Release?
Create an account in Battle.net and buy the game digitally. For region 'India' the version is changed to SEA, or you can change it manually. But the price is even higher than nextworld, it's about Rs 3700...
Create an account in Battle.net and buy the game digitally. For region 'India' the version is changed to SEA, or you can change it manually. But the price is even higher than nextworld, it's about Rs 3700...
spindoctor
Skilled
Re: Starcraft 2 India Release?
i can speculate why it's higher... the sea region includes oceania. which means all countries that fall into the region will get the same price. my understanding is that games in australia cost 80-90$ or so... and since australia is a part of our region, they picked the highest possible price and put that as the price for the entire region. that is why everyone has to pay the price that the australians would have to pay. in short, activision got greedy.
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i can speculate why it's higher... the sea region includes oceania. which means all countries that fall into the region will get the same price. my understanding is that games in australia cost 80-90$ or so... and since australia is a part of our region, they picked the highest possible price and put that as the price for the entire region. that is why everyone has to pay the price that the australians would have to pay. in short, activision got greedy.
hyperknight
Disciple
Re: Starcraft 2 India Release?
Also, also I believe its higher priced because in a little while, SEA players will be allowed to play on the US servers also. The US and European players wont be getting the same benefit.
Also, also I believe its higher priced because in a little while, SEA players will be allowed to play on the US servers also. The US and European players wont be getting the same benefit.
Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
There were a number of minor bugs, but nothing show stopping at first. Then the reports of melting GPUs hit.
Blizzard has issued a response on its support site, acknowledging that it was aware of the issue, and offering a quick fix. The company writes:
Certain screens make your hardware work pretty hard
Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly. A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines:
frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60
You may replace these numbers if you want to.
For eager customers who already lost a graphics card, though, that fix may prove too late. Blizzard has not announced any plans to replace the lost hardware of victims who experienced the bug.
Full story here -
DailyTech - Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards, Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
There were a number of minor bugs, but nothing show stopping at first. Then the reports of melting GPUs hit.
Blizzard has issued a response on its support site, acknowledging that it was aware of the issue, and offering a quick fix. The company writes:
Certain screens make your hardware work pretty hard
Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly. A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines:
frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60
You may replace these numbers if you want to.
For eager customers who already lost a graphics card, though, that fix may prove too late. Blizzard has not announced any plans to replace the lost hardware of victims who experienced the bug.
Full story here -
DailyTech - Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards, Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
Huh not using vsync fries the vcard? Wth...
I have seen fraps show like > 1500 fps in certain loading screens of different games. I always thought it was easier to render, not definitely a massive strain on the GPU like this incident.
Huh not using vsync fries the vcard? Wth...
I have seen fraps show like > 1500 fps in certain loading screens of different games. I always thought it was easier to render, not definitely a massive strain on the GPU like this incident.
hyperknight
Disciple
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
Is this for the beta or for the retail game. because you mentioned "A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines"
Pretty scary nonetheless.
Is this for the beta or for the retail game. because you mentioned "A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines"
Pretty scary nonetheless.
Aces170
ex-Mod
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
I dont understand how it fries video card, the flaw will result in a 100% utilization of the graphic card for game duration, aren't there any other games which dont require 100% utilization?
Surely the clock speeds are not getting affected here, nor is your fan profile...
I dont understand how it fries video card, the flaw will result in a 100% utilization of the graphic card for game duration, aren't there any other games which dont require 100% utilization?
Surely the clock speeds are not getting affected here, nor is your fan profile...
Metalspree
Skilled
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
Why is that all problems are reported after i completed the game :S
Why is that all problems are reported after i completed the game :S
jc36lect3r
Skilled
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
No, its a issue where they have not put any cap on graphics utilization. A cap of 300 fps should have been sufficient. Although its confusing how drawing scenes with less detail fries the GPU. Weird, but scary. I think all should hard code the fps cap as given.
And yes, it is for the full version, so you have to look for Starcraft folder in Documents..
No, its a issue where they have not put any cap on graphics utilization. A cap of 300 fps should have been sufficient. Although its confusing how drawing scenes with less detail fries the GPU. Weird, but scary. I think all should hard code the fps cap as given.
And yes, it is for the full version, so you have to look for Starcraft folder in Documents..
hyperknight
Disciple
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
I dont understand how a game can fry a card. shouldnt it be attributed to bad hardware? like glitchy cooling or something of that sort? its kinda wierd.
I dont understand how a game can fry a card. shouldnt it be attributed to bad hardware? like glitchy cooling or something of that sort? its kinda wierd.
jojothedragon
Skilled
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
:OWOW! never imagined a game literally frying a gpu. I hope i don't regret getting it.
:OWOW! never imagined a game literally frying a gpu. I hope i don't regret getting it.
l33t_5n1p3r_max
Adept
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
Fan throttles based on your temperature afaik. But it'll only spin to a certain level. Heat shit up beyond that threshold and you could have trouble. Besides, I think this is being blown out of proportion..peeps played q3 at 300ish fps half a decade back, didn't lead to any gpu's melting.
Fan throttles based on your temperature afaik. But it'll only spin to a certain level. Heat shit up beyond that threshold and you could have trouble. Besides, I think this is being blown out of proportion..peeps played q3 at 300ish fps half a decade back, didn't lead to any gpu's melting.
saumilsingh
Skilled
Re: Hot Starcraft II is Frying Graphics Cards - Blizzard Issues Temporary Fix
^ Try playing Titan Quest on a modern GPU without v-sync, it will raise your GPU temperatures atleast 15C over what other games heat it to.
And the reason that scenes with less detail actually aggravate the issue is because those scenes are less strenuous on your GPU resulting in the unhindered drawing of those high frames per second.
Even a simple 3D cube can fry your GPU if you let it render at 1000fps.
^ Try playing Titan Quest on a modern GPU without v-sync, it will raise your GPU temperatures atleast 15C over what other games heat it to.
Vinny said:
Aces170 said:
asingh said:
It's not a case of the game being too demanding or the hardware being glitchy. It's the game's fault for trying to draw an unrealistic number of frames per second.hyperknight said:
And the reason that scenes with less detail actually aggravate the issue is because those scenes are less strenuous on your GPU resulting in the unhindered drawing of those high frames per second.
Even a simple 3D cube can fry your GPU if you let it render at 1000fps.