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The user is experiencing severe performance issues with games like Starcraft 2 Beta and Quake 3 after upgrading to Windows 7, despite having adequate system specs and updated drivers. A responder suggests that the integrated Intel graphics may be insufficient for smooth gameplay, especially for newer titles, and offers additional troubleshooting tips. Overall, the thread discusses potential compatibility and hardware limitations affecting game performance on a Windows 7 system with integrated graphics.
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rhodester

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This may have been addressed so far so I'm sorry for the re-post but I couldn't find anything helpful by searching. I ran several games fine (world of warcraft, counterstrike, etc) before installing windows 7 and now I cannot play them since the installation. The games run ridiculously choppy and basically unplayable. The only two games I have tried since installing windows 7 are starcraft 2 (Beta) and quake 3. I am quite sure it isn't anything to do with my computer lacking system requirements to run smoothly and I've done 3 different driver updates and I still cannot play either game without extremely slow gameplay even at minimal graphics settings.

My computer has:
Dual Core 2.0 GHZ processor
3072 MB RAM
Graphics Card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
and I'm running windows 7 professional at 32-bit.

Is there anything I can do?
 

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WalkerA WinTeam
Hi rhodester,

I'm not sure why Quake 3 wouldn't be working, it's quite old by now... but the SC2 Beta Minimum System Requirements say nothing about integrated graphics, which is what you have: Link Removed

I'll bet that's what's giving you issues. Perhaps not though - here are some other things you can tweak.

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team
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Hi rhodester,

I'm not sure why Quake 3 wouldn't be working, it's quite old by now... but the SC2 Beta Minimum System Requirements say nothing about integrated graphics, which is what you have: Link Removed

I'll bet that's what's giving you issues. Perhaps not though - here are some other things you can tweak.

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team
 

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