PC version bug - Player detail = Ultra High - LAG!

by **nextnba** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:28 am

I have an AMD DC 64X2 6000+, 3.0GHz, 3GB, 8500GT and the only way I can get the game to run smoothly is player detail high, everything else medium. And this was only after I updated my driver. The menu still lags a bit.

by **pdawg17** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:54 am

The second trick actually helped my gameplay the most...I was having jerkiness at times especially on fast breaks but after doing the second tweak I see no jerkiness at all...first tweak didn't do much for me...

C2D E6400 @ 3.2GHz
4GB ram
7900GS 256mb PCI-E

by **Ryan** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:59 am

nextnba wrote:I have an AMD DC 64X2 6000+, 3.0GHz, 3GB, 8500GT and the only way I can get the game to run smoothly is player detail high, everything else medium. And this was only after I updated my driver. The menu still lags a bit.

I had a 8500 with my AMD Phenom Quad and the same thing was happening. I just bought a 9800 and hooked it up and the game is flawless maxed out.

by **migz15** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:04 am

yep i also experience this when im in Ultra high.. my specs are Pentium D, 2 gig DDR2 800 and HD 3870 512mb...

20 fps is only at the stadium games.

but in blacktop game i get 45-50 fps even at 5 on 5...

the =2 workaround doesnt change anything for me..

is there a way to get my game on. any other tweak?!

by **jjejj87** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:49 pm

Similar problem here.

First, this is my rig

HP dv5t Centrino 2 tech (laptop)
P8400 2.26 GHz Core 2 duo
3gb RAM
512mb nVidia 9600m GT

The funny thing is as soon as I set player details to ultra high or high for crowd details, the FPS drops to 30 fixes itself on it from 60 FPS...

during fastbreaks, FPS jumps up to about 40, but it forces itself down to 30...

Anyway, I play at 1200x800, MSAAx2, everything maxed.
I get "fixed" at 30FPS.

I tried the config trick and only fixed the jerkyness, not the FPS problem.

by **mr2ksports** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:05 pm

i think i should share my experience here. I was playing with the game reso, first it was set at 1440x900 and getting 30-35 fps then i tried setting the reso at 640x480 and i was shock that i didn't gain any fps not even 1. :mrgreen:

by **mr2ksports** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:15 pm

i think i should share my experience here. I was playing with the game reso, first it was set at 1440x900 and getting 30-35 fps then i tried setting the reso at 640x480 and i was shock that i didn't gain any fps not even 1. :mrgreen:

by **njkobe** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:17 pm

Guys try this, when u r runnign the game, press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then u will see Task Manager. Go to Process, choose the 2k9 one, right click it and set it's priority to 'real time' from 'normal', then click 'yes' in the confirmation dialog box. After that the game would run smoothly :mrgreen:

U just have to do this every time u run the game though

by **Angelo** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:28 pm

@migs15

try changing your pentium D try buying a new processor or update your drivers

by **MacBryce** on Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:43 pm

Does anybody know why the highest available player models setting on my system is "high"? I have a good system (Crysis is still playable on the highest settings): Vista SP1, Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16ghz, ATI Radeon HD3870X2 and 3GB of RAM.

by **Angelo** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:17 am

can you post a screen?

by **cocobee** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:08 am

njkobe wrote:Guys try this, when u r runnign the game, press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then u will see Task Manager. Go to Process, choose the 2k9 one, right click it and set it's priority to 'real time' from 'normal', then click 'yes' in the confirmation dialog box. After that the game would run smoothly
U just have to do this every time u run the game though

tried it an it wouldn't let me set it to real time but put it on high instead. what are some other stuff we can close during games?

by **Patr1ck** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:50 am

Go to Process, choose the 2k9 one, right click it and set it's priority to 'real time' from 'normal',

You should not ever set a process' priority to real time. Setting it to high is good enough if you think it will help.

Real Time. Many kernel-mode system processes, such as those that manage mouse and keyboard input and other device operations, run in the Real Time priority class.

by **MacBryce** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:53 am

I managed to get the Ultra High setting working although I'm not sure what caused it to re-appear.

by **SkyLine03LT** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:41 am

OMG please find that out :shock:

I'm dieing to have moving jerseys in my game :!:

domidomdomz · by **domidomdomz** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:35 pm

Hi guys.I am planning to build a new gaming rig.I just want to ask if I can run the game in ultra high settings with the following specs?

AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+ Socket AM2
2GB PC6400 DDR2 800
GeForce9600GT 512MB DDR3 256bit
Windows XP SP2
Resolution is 1280 x 800

I posted this concern because Im a lil bit worried of some complains about the game having problems with amd processors. and i really want to play the game (in maxed settings) smoothly, otherwise, please suggest what parts should I change?. Please enlighten me!

Thank you guys..

PS: If others might have noticed, i already posted this concern in the other therad but i suppose this one is more appropriate. Please bear with me.

by **Hoozah** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:44 pm

Nvidia has released another Forceware driver set and it seemed to boost my frame rate quite a bit.

My biggest gripe so far with these drivers are that the jerseys and shorts are flapping and moving around constantly - like the players are in a middle of a windstorm, even when they're standing still. I don't mind it so much as long as the frame rate is consistent.

BTW, someone at the Qt3 forums stated that the moving jersey / shorts were part of a physics algorithm. I dont know if thats true, but make sure you enable the PhysX tab just in case.

by **benji** on Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:23 pm

For some reason I doubt the game is coded for the PhysX API.

Prove me wrong Internet!

by **MacBryce** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:29 am

Domidomdomz, I'd consider a better graphics card (like the 8800GTX or 3870X2), and if you're only going to get 2GBs of RAM, I'd go for DDR3 instead. I don't know how good the processor you mentioned there is, but you definitely want a dualcore. I think that the game will run on that system but I don't think that you'll be able to max the settings without a low framerate and some stuttering. But it looks like a budget system if you'd ask me so I suppose that you can expect much more than that.

domidomdomz · by **domidomdomz** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:21 am

MacBryce wrote:Domidomdomz, I'd consider a better graphics card (like the 8800GTX or 3870X2), and if you're only going to get 2GBs of RAM, I'd go for DDR3 instead. I don't know how good the processor you mentioned there is, but you definitely want a dualcore. I think that the game will run on that system but I don't think that you'll be able to max the settings without a low framerate and some stuttering. But it looks like a budget system if you'd ask me so I suppose that you can expect much more than that.

I saw what you are pointing out. yeah you are right, thats only my budget for buying a new pc. Thanks for the reply though bro.

By the way, do you guys think I can make the player details into ultra high and other settings into medium only with the specs i have posted?

by **June19** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:45 am

my specs are not that good but I'm playing in ultra high with all setting maxed out. im getting a steady 30-35 FPS @ 1024x768. very playable. that's all I could hope for as im only running a 2.6 dual core, 2gb ram, and a 9500gt. im going to try the tweak posted above and see if i could squeeze in an extra FPS

domidomdomz · by **domidomdomz** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:04 pm

June19 wrote:my specs are not that good but I'm playing in ultra high with all setting maxed out. im getting a steady 30-35 FPS @ 1024x768. very playable. that's all I could hope for as im only running a 2.6 dual core, 2gb ram, and a 9500gt. im going to try the tweak posted above and see if i could squeeze in an extra FPS

may i know what is your processor? is it amd or intel processor?

by **migz15** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:18 pm

Kris wrote:@migs15

try changing your pentium D try buying a new processor or update your drivers

Damn didn't work for me, the game still lags at any resolution or settings with a c2d 6420 and a 8800 gts. << got this from 2k forum.

so is it really my processor it is dual core by the way..

by **Patr1ck** on Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:23 pm

Try disabling one of the cores for the game and see what happens. Start the game, alt tab out and bring up the task manager. Select the processes tab. Right click on nba2k9.exe, hover over "set affinity" and disable one of the cores. If it doesn't change anything, or even hurt's the menu performance, then it's not your processor.

Check to see if your videocard AA and AF settigns are cranked all the way up. If they are, turn them off.

Try disabling any security programs like antivirus or your internet firewall.

Try starting the game without any USB devices attached. I've heard people fix an issue by doing this before.

Update your videocard drivers. Even older drivers might help if newer ones don't.

by **SkyLine03LT** on Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:44 am

Pdub, What is AA and AF?

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