Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

[Dahmer]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

I don't think so. I consider 620W to be high wattage. What sounds suspect is someone overclocking a 920 to 4ghz and actually being able to use it for some kind of function.

-500 = low
500-700 = medium
700+ = high
If I kept the stock settings I wouldn't have a problem at all using a 500W supply.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/824/14/
291 W under load from the whole system with an i7 965

Besides that what do you mean with that last line? You're confusing me now It's running at 4 GHz all the time and it's running fine and stable, does everything I want it to do.

Why would you bother overclocking your i7 so much, do you do a lot of video encoding or something?

Bother? Much? It's easier than you think First stepping (C0/C1) of 920's had some issues getting over 3.8GHz but with the D0 it's really easy getting 4 GHz or higher with a good heatsink.


back on the topic of DIII and system requirements :
I just read the SC2 articles again and I'm guessing that what Kalos came up with as requirements for SC2 will more than likely be very close to DIII.
They want to make it look nice but it's still blizzard, a company that wants "everyone" to enjoy the game.

 

[Risingred]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

Besides that what do you mean with that last line? You're confusing me now It's running at 4 GHz all the time and it's running fine and stable, does everything I want it to do.

Huh. I've been having heat issues above 3.6 with my 920. I wonder what the BIOS looks like on your machine.

 

[Dahmer]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

Well i7's get burning hot and I hope you're not trying that on the stock heatsink
I got a scythe mugen 2 on mine and temperatures only went close to 80°C when I was running OCCT (serious stability test) Don't be alarmed by 80°C because that's still 20° under the "max" where the cpu will still work but slow down to prevent heat damage. Basically just keep it under 85-90 during stress testing and you should be fine.

If yours is running hotter than that you need a different heatsink/cooler or the one you have isn't installed like it should be.

bios settings off the top of my head :
turbo disabled, eist disabled, ht on
bclk 200, mem multi x8, uncore multi x17
llc enabled, vcore 1.4, qpi/vtt 1.3 (around that...), ram voltage 1.68

Those are the settings I changed....I think, at work right now so can't check

 

[Risingred]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

No, I have a decent heatsink. All copper, fin-type with a fan and tubes. It was a pita to put in.

I saved that to wordpad for down the line...I don't really need a higher clockrate right now. I was having a weird problem and I reset my BIOS a while back, but I think I'll just leave it stock.

 

[Usufruct]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

Bother? Much? It's easier than you think First stepping (C0/C1) of 920's had some issues getting over 3.8GHz but with the D0 it's really easy getting 4 GHz or higher with a good heatsink.

Oh, I'm sure it's not difficult, I just don't really see the benefit if it's a gaming rig. Bragging rights I guess?

 

[Dahmer]

Re: Will my computer be able to run Diablo 3?

4 GHz don't even give me bragging rights It is useful though because it's not just gaming I do on here.