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Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:51 pm

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING
Ok so this post will show you have to get the:
1.HOW TO GET THE HIGHEST GRAPHICS POSSIBLE
2.THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CPU CORES
3.BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR ATI CROSSFIRE CARDS


FOR GRAPHIC CARD USERS PAY ATTENTION
You need a graphics card with at least 1024 gb video memory, if you have less i suggest you skip this part or you can try it.

this is my config settings

pay close attention to the maxtexturesize

I notice that the more I increased it the more the game looked better keep in mind if your card is not well cooled, It could overheat but if you have good temps or if you want to try it go right ahead

You will need to edit your config.cfg you can find this in your NBA 2K14 save folder, open with notepad.
PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF CONFIG.CFG THIS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK IF IT RUNS SLOW.


Code:
VIDEOSETTING_ADAPTERINDEX = 0
VIDEOSETTING_WIDTH = 1920
VIDEOSETTING_HEIGHT = 1080
VIDEOSETTING_COLORDEPTH = 32
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 1
VIDEOSETTING_REFRESHRATE = 60
VIDEOSETTING_WINDOWMODE = 0
VIDEOSETTING_MSAA = 4
VIDEOSETTING_MSAAQUALITY = 1
VIDEOSETTING_MAXTEXTURESIZE = 393216
VIDEOSETTING_DEPTHOFFIELD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_FLOORREFLECTION = 1
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0
VIDEOSETTING_ANISOTROPICQUALITY = 16
VIDEOSETTING_PARTICLEFFECT = 2
VIDEOSETTING_FORCE_HDR_ON_INTEL_GPU = 1
MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 8
GPU_LOGICAL_THREAD = 5
STALL_CPU_ON_END_FRAME = 0
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH = 2
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH_SLEEP = 0
STICKYKEY = 498
TOGGLEKEY = 50
FILTERKEY = 114
ACCESSIBILITYKEY_SAVED = 1
LANGUAGE = 0
WINDOW_X = -723
WINDOW_Y = -25
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_4 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_5 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_6 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_7 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_8 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_9 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_10 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_11 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_12 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_13 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_14 = 4
NETWORK_PERFORM_BENCHMARKING = 1
NETWORK_OPT_UPSTREAM_BANDWIDTH = 892429
ONLINE_FORWARDED_PORT = 0


FOR ATI CROSSFIRE CARDS

Code:
Get better performance up to 60fps in crossfire this will work with almost any game. 

First off if u have amd processor thats multi core, dual or quad etc.

Download amd dual core optimizer for smoother gameplay.

make sure you update ur ati graphics drivers along with the amd profiles this is important.

if you have a creative x fi platinum sound card or extreme music sound card

download pax drivers google it. doin so will also boost ur performance

by about 40 to 60 percent in most cases.

no lets get back to crossfire: first thing go into catalyst control panel

and go to gaming 3d application settings

put texture filter to high quality turn of surface format optimization,

leave antialiasing method at multisampling because this is an hell of a performance hit.

turn opengl triplebuffering off i know it's helps sometimes

but i notice games are more stable and smoother without it lately.

leave tesselation on use application settings.

now the important part, click add on the upper left now search for the

Nba2k14.exe where ever you installed it on your computer and add it.

if anything pops up click yes it's ok to. now u should see nba2k14 in the list

you have to click on it in order to change settings. it will be highlighted when selected

now scroll down to where it says Crossfire Mode it will be in default mode change that and

click on use amd pre-defined profile you can type in the search

or click application profile to put list in alphabetical order to find what your looking for.

now look for nba2k12 click it and click save and then click yes.

right now i find it better using fifa13 profile but i get 60 while playing and 45-55 on time outs this is normal.

your game should run alot better now.

update: in your config file change and put -20 if it doesn't help performance change it back make a backup just in case

VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = -20
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = -20


MORE OUT OF YOUR CPU CORES

GO INTO YOUR CONFIG.CFG FILE OPEN NIT IN NOTEPAD

THIS IS FOR QUAD CORE CPU's IF YOU HAVE MORE CORES PUT THE NUMBER Of CORES YOU HAVE JUST REPLACE THE 4'S THIS GAVE ME A HELL OF A BOOST IN PERFORMANCE AND I KIND OF ADDED MORE CLOTH LOGICAL THREAD JUST TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT I THINK THERES MORE MOVEMENT IN THE JERSEY'S BUT KINDA HARD TO TELL.

HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS

Code:
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_4 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_5 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_6 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_7 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_8 = 4


MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 8 for this i multiplied my cores by 2 (4x2=8) each core has 2 threads so i have read
GPU_LOGICAL_THREAD = 5 My graphics card is GDDR5 so i put 5

i was able to max out my graphics and everythings still smooth

and i run in window mode that helps also in getting better performance

4 Cores put =4

6 Cores put = 6

Better graphics

Code:
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0

VIDEOSETTING_PARTICLEFFECT = 2


also if you have a 1024mb graphics card you can raise your texture resolution.

texture resolution basically just eats up your memory on your graphics card if you have 1024mb of memory u can utilize the amounts not being used for nba 2k12 unlike Rage which uses alot more

VIDEOSETTING_MAXTEXTURESIZE = 4096 is default but you can raise it in increment by adding 512 to that number and see how far you can push it without any lags or you can add using 256 if 512 is too much


After saving config.cfg, right-click on it then PROPERTIES and check READ-ONLY on attributes.
Last edited by PeterDaS4int1313 on Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:23 pm

Great infos. Thanks! (Y)

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:49 pm

Very useful. Thanks. But why some of the settings keep going back to original values like these
Yours
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0

go back to original values after i go back and check them after i exit/quit the game
default/original
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 0
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 1
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:52 pm

evoserb wrote:Very useful. Thanks. But why some of the settings keep going back to original values like these
Yours
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0

go back to original values after i go back and check them after i exit/quit the game
default/original
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 0
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 1
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0


I've noticed with mine too. trying to figure a fix.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:04 pm

is it possible that some of those values are too high? 1st I thought that my video card settings had something to do with it because i have ani-aliasing mode and anisotropic filtering on "override application settings" but it wasn't that because i tested it by switching to "use application settings" but no luck.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:07 pm

evoserb wrote:is it possible that some of those values are too high? 1st I thought that my video card settings had something to do with it because i have ani-aliasing mode and anisotropic filtering on "override application settings" but it wasn't that because i tested it by switching to "use application settings" but no luck.


Like i said 1-2gb graphics card. if it cant handle it dont do the config settings

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:08 pm

After saving config.cfg, right-click on it then PROPERTIES and check READ-ONLY on attributes. :D

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:21 pm

Helped me out a ton. Thanks!

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:12 pm

please, can you put preview?

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:24 am

PeterDaS4int1313 wrote:
evoserb wrote:is it possible that some of those values are too high? 1st I thought that my video card settings had something to do with it because i have ani-aliasing mode and anisotropic filtering on "override application settings" but it wasn't that because i tested it by switching to "use application settings" but no luck.


Like i said 1-2gb graphics card. if it cant handle it dont do the config settings

it can definitely handle it. I got 1GB. So that's not a problem.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:25 am

delan7dust wrote:After saving config.cfg, right-click on it then PROPERTIES and check READ-ONLY on attributes. :D

Never thought of that. i am gonna try that. thanks

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:34 am

Why not just upload your config file for everyone?

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:48 am

Can some one please post some screenshots with graphic difference with thic config and default config. I dont see any :roll:

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:56 pm

Main gain should be in FPS (apart from the "Texture size" the changes deal mostly with redistributing the processing load more evenly).

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:28 am

It totally worked...thanks man

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:13 am

So, if i have 2 core processor I should set the numbers like this ??? :

Code:
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 2
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 2
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = 2
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = 2


Code:
MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 2


.. and anybody can confirm that this special setting make a difference?

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:05 am

Well, I have AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Radeon HD 7700
4gb of ram
and with all NBA 2k I get lag when player settings are high (jerseys are moving). Is it normal?

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:14 am

atrak5[LTU] wrote:Well, I have AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Radeon HD 7700
4gb of ram
and with all NBA 2k I get lag when player settings are high (jerseys are moving). Is it normal?

Yes. You need quad core processor for 60 fps at high player settings. Your videocard good, processor has not enough cores.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:37 am

Vlad2010 wrote:Yes. You need quad core processor for 60 fps at high player settings. Your videocard good, processor has not enough cores.


What are you talkin' about... I have core2duo processor , players at high settings and everything is smooth, no lags. You don't need quad core to play smooth.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:05 am

I tried different MAXTEXTURESIZE values, including the one you have there, and that changes nothing at all. The game looks exactly the same and I'm getting the same fps for it (I did make the file "read only", so the changes stuck).

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:09 am

preacher wrote:What are you talkin' about... I have core2duo processor , players at high settings and everything is smooth, no lags. You don't need quad core to play smooth.

I don't know. Maybe it individually. Before i upgrade to quad core processor, i had core2duo and similar lags in NBA2K games that atrak5[LTU] have.

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:35 pm

Pretty useless topic sorry.

The maxtex setting is already at it's highest setting and does nothing when increased.

You've also got the CPU threads wrong. You DO NOT want to put your number in every line. The game is optimised to use a separate thread for each task. What you've suggested just defeats the purpose of your high end CPU.

Then other things like turning on the intel gpu setting simply because you see HDR...

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:32 am

I think there is a mistake in this one:"You need a graphics card with at least 1024 gb video memory",I think it should be 1024 Mb OR 1GB,am i right?

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:11 am

Yes, but 1024 gb of memory wouldn't hurt. :wink: It would make a great ramdisk.

Welcome to the forums. :)

Re: Better Performance For NBA 2K14

Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:14 am

can you do a side by side comparison ?
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