Starcraft 2 constant lag

[Olly92oe]

hey I bought starcraft 2 and it is constantly lagging when I play, I have defragged the HDD and Ive cleaned up my system a couple times but it still continues to lag and i was wondering whether there is a way round it to play it without upgrading my PC? It is 4 years old but it runs other games really well but starcraft 2 doesn't work like it should. Thanks

 

CPUPackard Bell BV Windows 7 home premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)MotherboardPhoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Intel® Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33 Ghz (2 CPUs) ~ 2.3GHzRAM2048MB RAMHard DriveiXtreme Y8520Graphics CardNvidia GeForce 8600 GSSound CardRealtek digital outputOperating SystemWindows 7MonitorISUS 19 inchBroadband ISPTalkTalk UKManufacturer and ModelPackard BellPC or LaptopPC

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

We are not a gaming forum so advice may be limited.

 

Take a look here and see what this says about your system and that specific game:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

[drdoalot]

What other games are you running? Starcraft 2 is relatively demanding on your system. Are you trying to run on high graphics? It might help to turn them down, turn off shadows and anti-aliasing etc... An upgrade would be the logical step, but if you want to avoid that then it seems like you've covered the bases. Make sure you're not running a bunch of unecessary processes in the background is the only other piece of advice I can give you.