The Minimum Specs for NBA Live 2004 PC

by **Little_Big_Man** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:50 am

Without a sufficient amount of RAM your computer will use the page file which is basically space on your harddrive which is way too slow for certain applications especially games like these with extensive graphics. If your CPU is just around the minimum a RAM upgrade will be the most cost effective and will most likely allow you to play the game a lot better. Also defragging your drive will help out too. The 128MB Radeon 8500 is a smoking video card. Its cheaper than the newer Radeon Cards and actually outperforms them on tests. I run Madden 2004 at 1024x768x16bit and it runs very smoothly. The same with Live 2003.

My PC Specs:
Pentium IV 2.26GHz
256MB DDR PC2100 (I need to upgrade)
180G 7200rpm WD
128MB DDR ATI Radeon 8500 Video Card
Thrustmaster Power 2 Dual Analog GamePad

by **Leander** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:40 am

I got a PIII 866 mhz, 256 RAM, 32 MB Nvidia TNT 2...

NBA Live 2003 worked well at medium details but not on higher ones...so there is no chance for me to be able to run Live 2004...well, I could but with crowd switched off and sh... like that.

Anyways, I like 2003 with my tweaks and own rules concerning trades and so on, I'm in the second year of my franchise and what I like is playing lots of seasons and comparing the stats of a player from season to season...but not playing a few games and buying the new Live each year...

by **fanznfreakz** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:55 am

ok...

...his equipment...

AMD Athlon XP 1,8
256MB DDR PC2100
40G 7200rpm (IBM)
128MB DDR GeForce 4 Ti 4200
MSI K7T266

...his weapon...

Logitech Wingman RumblePad

...his mission...

FREESTYLE.....

by **Jowe** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:10 am

fanznfreakz wrote:ok...

...his equipment...

AMD Athlon XP 1,8
256MB DDR PC2100
40G 7200rpm (IBM)
128MB DDR GeForce 4 Ti 4200
MSI K7T266

...his weapon...

Logitech Wingman RumblePad

...his mission...

FREESTYLE.....

You're talking in the 3rd person?

Since every1 is bragging about what they have , I'm running

AMD Athlon XP 2500+
40gig hard drive,
Gigabyte Nvidia NForce 2 motherboard
512 DDR
128mb Ati Radeon 9200 & Geforce 4mx <-- onboard graphics card

by **Andreas Dahl** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:01 pm

|[ J0w3 ]| wrote:Since every1 is bragging about what they have , I'm running...

yea, i was braging my ass of with:

Andreas Dahl wrote:
"- 600MHz Intel Pentium III or faster" 447MHz Pentium II

"- 128MB RAM or more" 384 MB RAM

"- Key-Board, Mouse" yesss. got that covered

hmmm. doesn't look to good for me

by **kp4life** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:19 pm

hey fanznfreakz
i have the same comp as you are
how were your settings in nba live 2003?

by **fanznfreakz** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:25 pm

hey kp4life

maximum details
and 1024x768 ( but you can do more pixels)

by . on Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:05 pm

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2GHz)
512 Mb DDR-SDRAM
80-Gb Ultra DMA hard disc (7200 rpm)
64 Mb Ati All-in-wonder Radeon 7500

by **Cameron** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:35 pm

You could probably use a new graphics card, Ko8e4mvp.

Glad to hear I will be able to run this game.

I was just dreaming a little last night... and I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if game companies like tested the game on a whole bunch of different types of systems, and recorded the max settings possible to get "X" amount of framerates while still having half decent looking graphics? I mean they make the game so they would know what settings to tweak better than the end users. Especially because most users don't want to twiddleleedee with settings, they just wanna PLAY! (like on a console!) . They could then turn this into some sort of scan and have the settings automatically optimize. Or they could have some sort of online calculator that tells you your optimal settings. They could even do this after the game is released.

I know this is improbable; I mean the companies are busy enough as it is (hmm, maybe there could be some 3rd party company that just specializes in that and gets paid to do these tests). But wouldn't that be just awesome? It would definitely make me want to buy games more.

by . on Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:46 am

You could probably use a new graphics card, Ko8e4mvp

maybe next year, Live 2003 went perfectly over here with maximum details and 1024x768 pixels, so...maybe Live 2004 will run good aswell

by **bishibashiboy** on Sat Oct 11, 2003 1:34 am

Little_Big_Man wrote:The 128MB Radeon 8500 is a smoking video card. Its cheaper than the newer Radeon Cards and actually outperforms them on tests.

err..no.
The Radeon 8500 128 can outperform most of the "newer" lower end Radeons (9000, 9100, 9200) only, since those ones use a scaled down version of the 8500 called the LE. Starting with the Radeon 9500non-pro and 9600non-pro the new chips start to be faster. Turn on AA and AF and the 8500 is left in the dust.

But I will admit, the 8500 was a pretty good card for the price at one time.

My specs are:
Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1.60Ghz. (boo)
Abit KR7A-133R motherboard (via KT266A)
512mb PC2100
80gig IBM Deskstar
Radeon 9500pro @ 330/297
Logitech Wingman Rumblepad

Badly need new cpu, motherboard, ram.

by **bishibashiboy** on Sat Oct 11, 2003 2:01 am

Nick wrote:Ah good. That's a relief...as long as i can actually PLAY it.. ha..

I might be gettin' a new CPU thingie . "PIII 1.0 Ghz 133 FBS". Tell me, is this a good thing? will it actually make the computer faster...i find it hard to believe...but i don't know shit. Wont somebody please reassure me?

hehe

No it's not a good thing, since it's a P3 and only 1.0Ghz. But yes it may be faster, depending on what you currently have.
As of right now, nobody should be buying a new cpu that's under 2.0Ghz unless you're getting it for free or VERY cheap. That is entry-level now. If you're strapped for cash, I recommend going with AMD CPUs. Much better bang for the buck than Intel. An equivalent 2.0Ghz cpu is only $75USD now.

by **Repole** on Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:29 am

I have a 32 mb NVIDIA nforce 220 graphic card, and well i dont know a ton bout computers but my bro does and i know he had wanted to upgrade it fora bit, but i know that in madden 2004 i can run about 90pct of things at the fullest, if i put all of em full it crashes occasionaly, so i was wondering if u think i'll be able to run Live at the fullest (i could run all live 2003 graphics at the max)

Comp specs:

2000+ (1.67 GHz) AMD Athlon XP processor
256 MB DDR (dou8ble data rate) SDRAM Memory
60 GB (And i've already used 58 of em

)
32 mb NVIDIA nforce 220 graphic card

should live 2004 run fairly good on my comp, i dont want choppy shit lol

by **Lotto** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:44 am

Pentium 4 2ghz CPU (Y)

1024 Megs of 2700 DDR Memory (Y)

Radeon 9700 Pro (Y)

2 80 Gig 7200 RPM Hard Drives (Y)

Sound Blaster Audigy Sound Card (Y)

I hope I don't have any problems. :lol:

by **TRUball** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:18 pm

can someone tell me if I will be able to play the game?

128MB Ram
ATI 3D Rage Pro(English)(Direct X)
Creative Sound Blaster 16 Plug and Play

and how do u find out this:

- 600MHz Intel Pentium III or faster

by **UNCarquest** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:54 pm

Is this good enough to run?

P4 2.8Ghz
1Gb PC3200 RAM
120Gb Maxtor Ultra 7200rpm 8Mb cache
Radeon 9800
my beloved Eliminator Aftershock

by **fvdmc** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:05 pm

UNCarquest wrote:Is this good enough to run?

P4 2.8Ghz
1Gb PC3200 RAM
120Gb Maxtor Ultra 7200rpm 8Mb cache
Radeon 9800
my beloved Eliminator Aftershock

"Does this run..." LOL. People like you made us go into war with Iraq based solely on one mission: FOR OIL!

by **BIG GREEN** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:16 pm

UNCarquest wrote:Is this good enough to run?

P4 2.8Ghz
1Gb PC3200 RAM
120Gb Maxtor Ultra 7200rpm 8Mb cache
Radeon 9800
my beloved Eliminator Aftershock

lol..nah man..that pc stinks.

by **JdotK** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:26 pm

Can someone tell me how my system is?

I did some upgrades since 2003.

All i put in is what other people told me to, so im not really sure if it will have an effect.

Currently im running:

Pentium 4, 1.5Ghz
80GB Hard Drive
640Mb Ram
and a Radeon 9700 Pro

Last year I had basically the same just with 128 Mb Ram and a shittier video card.

by **cyanide** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:40 pm

JdotK wrote:Can someone tell me how my system is?

I did some upgrades since 2003.

All i put in is what other people told me to, so im not really sure if it will have an effect.

Currently im running:

Pentium 4, 1.5Ghz
80GB Hard Drive
640Mb Ram
and a Radeon 9700 Pro

Last year I had basically the same just with 128 Mb Ram and a shittier video card.

Your system's great. It should handle NBA 2004 no problem at high settings (most likely). I'm at a P4 1.8 GHz, 80 GB Hard Drive, 512 MB RAM, and a GeForce 3 Ti2000. I can play NHL 2004 at pretty high settings without it being choppy. NBA Live shouldn't be a problem.

by **IluvitLIVE** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:25 pm

If Live needs a 32 mb graphic card...is it possible to play it with a 16 mb with toned down graphics obviously because my graphics chip is integrated into my laptop motherboard? Everything else I have is fine 256 RAM and P.4 1.4.

by **Andreas Dahl** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:34 pm

can anyone tell me if i will be able to run it on my 447MHz Pentium II? (i seem to have every thing else...)
i was able to run 2003 on somewhere around medium settings...

is there a game with about the same settings out now? like TigerWoods or NHL or something like that?

by **A.I.Rulez** on Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:31 am

My current System:

Pentium III - 450MHZ
12GB Hard Drive
Nvidia Riva TNT 16MB
256RAM

Hopefully, next week:

Pentium 4 - 2.4Ghz
80GB Hard Drive
Radeon 9700 pr 9800
512 DDR

BTW, how much do you guys think this new PC wil cost me ?

by **UNCarquest** on Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:33 am

AI Rulez, is your new machine by any chance a Dell?

by **A.I.Rulez** on Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:45 am

UNCarquest wrote:AI Rulez, is your new machine by any chance a Dell?

I don't have a new machine, yet.
I just buy things alone and put them together, not by general buying.

Why ?

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