Why does NBA 2K12 lag on my laptop?

[Schmyzz]

I just got it for 20$ on steam because of the mods, I also have it on ps3, but I can't even play because of the choppyness. I can play BF3 on medium/high settings. on the benchmark test it runs at around 50 fps but still it gets choppy every 5 seconds.
My specs:
Intel Core i7-2617M 1.5 GHz (2.6GHz Turbo Mode, 4MB Cache)
NVIDIA GeForce GT540 1.0GB Memory
6GB DDR3 at 1333 MHz RAM

[TheTud]

CPU is quite underpowered by default multiplyer. You could use up to 2.6 ghz mode steadily using throttlestop, try google it.
I have same gpu and i7 cpu as well on my laptop, but its 2,2-3,1 ghz by default. Nba 2k12 used to run fine on 2,0 ghz and lower value sometimes lagged.

[raidersbball20]

I am only getting 27 fps max sometimes lower I have an alienware 17x
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
2.3 GHz Performance Rated at: 5.06 GHz
6.1 GB ram
Windows 7 64 bit
GeForce GTX 675M
390 GB disk space available

[Schmyzz]

CPU is quite underpowered by default multiplyer. You could use up to 2.6 ghz mode steadily using throttlestop, try google it.
I have same gpu and i7 cpu as well on my laptop, but its 2,2-3,1 ghz by default. Nba 2k12 used to run fine on 2,0 ghz and lower value sometimes lagged.

would you be able to quickly go over what it is lol, i have no idea what i am reading

[jenz]

I have quite a similar laptop (i7-2670QM 2.2to3.1Ghz, GeForce GT540M, 4GB RAM and 750GB HD) with yours and also play bf3 at medium/high settings and experience the same problem with 2k12. I would also be interested for any solution.