Getting the most visually out of Live 06

what video card do you have?

im not sure..

start>run

type in "dxdiag" then click the display tab and tell me what shows up

Yea that's def. not good enough for lighting. Btw how do you take pics of stuff like that, non-game stuff?

press print screen on your keyboard

My graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8x with total memory 128MB. Do you think this is good enough? If you need more details, let me know. Thanks.

Thats my graphics stuff and I can get lighting with a settings.dat file. This what came with my Dell so I don't know how it works.

mine is also what came with my dell..man u must have got a better package than i did :p

Haha yea I got mine for christmas this year so mines kinda new. And i got it from my grandma and shes rich.

Yeah your card doesnt support it jerry.

Silas, I'm not sure if you saw my post, so I'll give you my specs again. My graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8x with total memory 128MB. Can you tell if it's good enough for lighting? Or do you need some more info?

well hopefully i can get a new graphics card. any specific type u would recommend thats available here in canada?

Well I'm not sure if your card can support it T-wave... Only way to check is in game... Might want to find out if someone else has that card and if it supports it. I'd think it probably wouldnt, maybe it would, but I'm honestly not sure.

and Jerry, I'd recommend an Nvidia geforce 6600 GT or above, or an ATI Radeon X800 or above. You also need to know if your card is AGP or PCI, or PCI-E. I'd bet its AGP though. Only way I know to check is by opening up your computer case or looking through your detailed computer specs that came with your PC.

Jowe's ball patch
http://www.nba-live.com/download/pafile ... ile&id=797

Why would they need Jowe's if they can use the new ball by pdub.

well its an alternative ball...and
also the 3d crowd!

and thanks silas for ur recommendations...do u kno how much they would cost?

anywhere from 100-130 for a 6600, in AGP.

X800's are more expensive, but they are also more powerful.

they range in the low 200's to mid 100's.

http://www.newegg.com

Newegg is a great place to get video cards and stuff like that.

Well I'm not sure if your card can support it T-wave... Only way to check is in game... Might want to find out if someone else has that card and if it supports it. I'd think it probably wouldnt, maybe it would, but I'm honestly not sure.

Thanks Silas, for the info. Before, I couldn't get lighting to work, then a while back, I upgraded the drivers and went into my details settings, and I could turn lighting on. The problem is, I don't see the effects in game, like the sweat on the players from the sweat patch. Dissapointing, but I've learned to live with it. Thanks.

Good thread, maybe you can explain what Anitropic (sp?), Bilinear and Trilinear means? Also what V-Sync is??

For Bilinear, Trilinear, and Antiropic the answer is here http://www.nbaliveforums.com/ftopic38075.php

It has to do with how well the textures get drawn in the game, when you view them from far away and from a steep angle..
And as SilasDC said: Anisotropic filtering is the best (slowest), after that comes Trilinear, and last comes Bilinear filtering (fastest).
If you have a very good computer, run the game with anisotropic, but if have a 'not-so-good' computer, use trilinear or even bilinear.

anywhere from 100-130 for a 6600, in AGP.

X800's are more expensive, but they are also more powerful.

they range in the low 200's to mid 100's.

http://www.newegg.com

Newegg is a great place to get video cards and stuff like that.

wow how much do you think the cheapest type of graphics card i could get would be that will support this lighting and sweat?

I know an Nvidia Geforce FX5200 supports it because I used to use one...

It costs about 50-60 dollars.

I know an Nvidia Geforce FX5200 supports it because I used to use one...

It costs about 50-60 dollars.

is that for the us? because here in canada it would prob be 80 bucks...and i would rather use the money to get 07 then to buy a graphics card..besides...right now i cant spend any money i earn...crap
i think my dad has a radeon gfx card im gonna see if i can use it

Lol your dad's a gamer?

You're gaming experience is going to progessively worse until you get a new video card, I'm sorry to say. A new card is more important than live 07. Live 07 will suck without it.