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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/UpATree on 2024-12-31 04:35:09+00:00.

Hey SC Reddit,

Recently I upgraded to a 9800x3d from a 5800x, and I thought I'd post my performance gains for anyone who plays a lot of StarCraft 2 and is considering making the jump themselves.

Attached are two replays I used to benchmark the performance of the chip, specifically with relation to StarCraft. Obviously the 9800x3d just bench marks higher, but every game performs a little bit differently. As most of you probably know, SC2's performance is directly tied to CPU performance, and is 100% bottlenecked by it if you have even a remotely recent GPU.

When you pause a replay you're obviously able to directly match up the frame rates, but the frame rates are substantially lower the moment you hit play. It's important to hit play, because the x3d v-cache actually helps with sc2 so much, that when there's a lot of action going on the amount of better it is than the 5800x, goes up. I think it's something like 1.8x better when there's no action, and over 2x better when there's battles going on. These tests were done at all low settings, medium shaders, ultra textures.

6000MT Ram, 3070 (not that it matters, sc2 can run on a toaster)

Replay 2:

Replay 3:

5800x results

Replay 2 9:34 - Paused 255 fps, Play is 222 Replay 2 14:12 - Paused 308, Play is 140 - 220 Replay 2 18:24 - Paused 217, Play is 152

Replay 3 8:28 - Paused 174, Play is 115

9800x3d results

Replay 2 - NEW 9:34 - Paused 388 fps, Play is 370 14:12 - Paused 401, Play is 290 - 380 18:24 - Paused 345, Play is 280 - 300

Replay 3 8:28 - Paused 278, Play is 240

Summary:

Honestly anything with v-cache is going to be insane. So if you have a gen 1 or gen 2 ryzen, I recommend seeing if you can get a 5600x3d, 5700x3d, or 5800x3d (Not all boards support it but I think anything over x370 does for sure, maybe x270).

As just a bit of tech nerding out, the 9800x3d is actually insane. It's the first ryzen cpu I've seen that allcore boosts to the same clocks it single core boosts at. This is pretty massive, because the single core for the 5800x was way higher than all core, and even running chrome in the background could cause a loss of like 15% performance in SC2. Now the cores with SC2 are always at 5.2ghz, no matter what is going on in the background. Did I mention the -40mv offset, which makes it run 30w more efficiently and drops it 20 degrees for free? No?

I have not seen this thing dip below 240 fps ever, for any reason. So if you have a 240hz monitor, this is the one.

Man this thing fucks.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/dwarf_f0rtress on 2024-12-31 00:26:51+00:00.

Original Title: Currently replayed the LotV campaign and didn't get why the Protoss, who have been freed from Amon influence after the last mission, still had to cut their connection to the Khala. Amon was banished to the void for the foreseeable future, so why to cripple the survivors?

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/knightraven666 on 2024-12-30 23:59:22+00:00.

first week ever touching ranked, and 2nd playing online, of course was recieved by a lot of cheese, some i've been able to defend and have a chance to win, mostly not, but this is the first that really felt great because i just improvised and thought of how to punish him after spending so much in taking my main.

So I blocked his assimilators and then payed him a visit with an oracle

i wanted to share it with someone, if interested on watching here's the link of the replay

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Suddenslow on 2024-12-30 21:50:35+00:00.

Original Title: Wings of Liberty is such a great campaign to be played once every while. My favorite is the Gates of Hell. It's hard initially but once you get the hang of it, it's such a fun gameplay. What's your favorite campaign in Starcraft 1 and 2?

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Practical_Ocelot_669 on 2024-12-30 19:23:21+00:00.

Original Title: My Pentium 4 Rig Playing Starcraft – After my Diablo post got so much love, I couldn't leave my StarCraft friends hanging! This PC brings me so much comfort and joy. VIDEO IN COMMENTS. Happy New Year - to a very Retro 2025!

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Dangerous_Display745 on 2024-12-30 18:57:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/notscboy on 2024-12-30 15:43:18+00:00.

Hey guys and gals,

tldr: Go to wardiii stream, install the free game through his link, play the Star Trek game a little bit, it's fun for a bit, and he gets money for StarCraft 2 tournaments. A win-win really. The best bang for bucks: go level 6 and build a new ship (max 1h)

Everyone knows Wardi, he does so much for StarCraft 2. If not, go to twitch, channel "Wardiii".

At the moment, he is sponsored by a free-to-play Star Trek game which gives him money AND he straight up funds StarCraft tournaments with it. You can freely play, it's fun for a bit. It reminds me of the time I binged watched a few Star Trek shows.

You play about an hour, you support about 10 bucks. If you let yourself go about 10 hours, he gets about 20 bucks. You can play whenever (day/night) during the next 5 days or so: You have to click the link on his stream, install and play from there. No accounts needed. You can see on his stream the steps to reach (level)

Have fun while you watch some games on the side! Let yourself boldly go where no one has gone before!

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/OkTackle1920 on 2024-12-30 05:08:14+00:00.

I created a SCV metronome that would make a sound when it was time to make SCV so I could get better used to the timing. Turns out after running it for a few games I found that each game the time varies slightly. Sometimes this was dead accurate and in other games off by milliseconds.

But for anyone wondering if you listen to a song at 156 bpm and play Terran each 4 bars you will need to make another SCV (When the clock is working correctly)

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/ivenofilter on 2024-12-30 13:06:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Careless-Goat-3130 on 2024-12-29 17:30:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/RainbowJeZ on 2024-12-29 16:59:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/BeerCheeseBrain on 2024-12-28 07:57:51+00:00.

It's a bad unit from a design standpoint. Not making any claims about the power level here, this is purely in terms of fulfilling gameplay.

First it occupies the same slot as the colossus, so it's redundant. It's a T3 splash damage unit that comes from the exact same structure and requires the exact same tech. Both of their primary roles are the same -ground splash damage. So there is a lot of overlap here. It would be like having reapers come from a techlab starport and then giving them the ability to fly. Kinda the same niche as the banshee and it's the same tech tree.

Second we all know its feast or famine. Either it does basically nothing or it blows a huge gaping hole in the enemies army. Look away for a second, lose your army. It's also the biggest skill check unit the game. Crushes lower ranks who can't dodge it, but can be easily dodged by anyone masters or up. There isn't another unit it the game that is that drastically different between high and low skill.

Third (and most importantly) it doesn't "disrupt". It destroys. It should be called a destroyer, or demolisher, not a disrupter. And there is the fix.

Simply change its damage to be a disrupt. Faster cast time and/or larger area but now instead of dealing damage it slows movement and/or nerfs damage for units hit. Or maybe it stuns enemies for 2-3 seconds, the point is it disrupts, not destroys.. Still useful in combat, doesn't overlap with colossus, doesn't end games instantly with big bombs, and actually lives up to it's name.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/harryyougoboom on 2024-12-29 00:25:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/LaughNgamez on 2024-12-28 19:03:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/TheRogueTemplar on 2024-12-28 17:54:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/ardouronerous on 2024-12-28 17:25:48+00:00.

I heard some years ago, Jim Raynor's original voice actor, Robert Clotworthy, wasn't supposed to return to voicing Jim Raynor, and the trailer came out, the fans didn't like the new voice, and so there was a backlash, forcing Blizzard to rehire Robert Clotworthy for the role.

Is this true? Or just hearsay?

If true, who was supposed to voice Jim Raynor in SC2? Where can I listen to the voice lines? Was it as bad as people say?

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/AllisonYeLT on 2024-12-28 17:20:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/kerrigansboytoy on 2024-12-27 22:09:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Ascendzor on 2024-12-27 20:27:37+00:00.

Masters 1v1, GM once, no group just me.

Queueing 4v4 solo has been much more fun than I expected. "Retired" now, working a full time job and having family to look after I can't chase the GM dream again.

The 4v4 games are way more casual, meta is far less developed. You can just pick any play style and play it.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/rigginssc2 on 2024-12-27 03:49:29+00:00.

I'm thinking we need to consider a community run circuit this year. Someone like Wardii has traditionally run invitationals periodically. Tossing his own money and sponsors into the pot. All online.

Maybe a schedule of weekly or biweekly online regional events can be planned. Then those are used as qualifiers for a quarterly tournament. Also online, or if it's possible to just glom onto something like Dreamhack go for it.

Then there is just the World Championship. Community fund it like they were doing GSL.

I also think we could look into skins, portraits, or something to sell for support. People loved buying those skins in the War Chest. I bet the format for the skins is well known and someone in the community can put together skins. Then they are sold offline and we just need the Blizzard intern to push them out and activate for the right accounts. We'd have a full year to figure out the details. Hell, email Phil Spencer and I bet he could make that little bit happen since all the work would be done externally by the community to keep his game alive.

Thoughts?

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/mEtil56 on 2024-12-26 18:44:20+00:00.

I feel like with headphones, with somewhat decent consistency, i can hear the vague direction from where the nydus worm is. So when my screen is in my main, i can often hear if the nydus is to the left of my base, or to the right.

Is this actually a thing? I googled but didn't find anything about it. Have you guys noticed it too? Or am i just making this up because of a few lucky guesses

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Basilisk_Research on 2024-12-26 17:49:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Alternative_Cod_7750 on 2024-12-26 16:39:44+00:00.

There are 1 to 8 tiers for women's colleges

Tier 1 has women who have played professionally, and this is a tier 3 match.

Tier 3 matches are recognized by professional players as a quality tier

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Piesol on 2024-12-26 08:59:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Brolympia on 2024-12-25 21:17:55+00:00.