Getting the most visually out of Live 06

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:51 am

Silas wrote:what video card do you have?

im not sure..

by **Silas** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:19 am

start>run

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

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:59 am

by **hammertime23** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:01 am

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

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:06 am

press print screen on your keyboard :wink:

by **T-Wave** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:20 am

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.

by **hammertime23** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:27 am

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.

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:34 am

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

by **hammertime23** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:38 am

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

by **Silas** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:40 am

Yeah your card doesnt support it jerry.

by **T-Wave** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:54 am

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?

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:00 am

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

by **Silas** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:09 am

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.

by **RSox** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:36 am

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

by **hammertime23** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:43 am

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

by **jerry** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:46 am

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

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

by **Silas** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:59 am

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.

by **T-Wave** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:44 pm

Silas wrote: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.

by **Cloudy** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:40 pm

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

by **RSox** on Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:42 pm

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

Andreas Dahl wrote: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.

by **jerry** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:14 am

Silas wrote: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?

by **Silas** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:58 am

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

It costs about 50-60 dollars.

by **jerry** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:40 am

Silas wrote: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 :twisted:

by **hammertime23** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:56 am

Lol your dad's a gamer?

by **Silas** on Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:25 am

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.

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