This is what I get for paying $20!?

[.jrmagic]

STEAM? I have to install a third party program just to play NBA2K? Not to mention it takes up 12,000 K of my memory, which forces me to run NBA2K on the lowest possible settings; it still runs slow.

Was this absolutely necessary? And is there a way I can run NBA2K without it?

Thanks bunches.

[JaoSming]

yes there is a way, but since it is bypassing security protection it is not allowed to be discussed here by way of banning

you are the first person I've heard complain about steam taking up too much space and ruining the gameplay.

what are your computer specs

[benji]

Steam doesn't force you to run it on the lowest possible settings, your computer does. Without Steam it'd run just as poorly.

[.jrmagic]

yes there is a way, but since it is bypassing security protection it is not allowed to be discussed here by way of banning

you are the first person I've heard complain about steam taking up too much space and ruining the gameplay.

what are your computer specs

It's the truth. I closed all unneeded applications before playing the game, background tasks, etc, lowed by Desktop Resolution, STEAM was using 12,000 K of my memory, and it was laggy as hell.

Specs:

Windows Vista
3.00 GB of RAM
20.9 GB of space

Steam doesn't force you to run it on the lowest possible settings, your computer does. Without Steam it'd run just as poorly.

I doubt that. NBA2K was running at least half the amount of memory that STEAM was.

[.jrmagic]

I can't believe how different NBA2K is compared to NBA Live. Was there ever a slam dunk button, or did they just happen to forget about it?

Sorry if this topic was made before.

[JaoSming]

I merged your other topic in here, keep all your Q's in here since you seem to have little random ones


first off, those arent the specs we want, we need to know processor speed and your video card specs

2ndly, 12 mb isn't much at all for steam (even though mine runs at 6, but whatever) steam isn't causing your game to mess up, no matter how much you want it to



as for your dunk question, 2k9 goes for a more sim approach so you have to be nearly wide open to get your dunks, unless you tweak sliders. Dont be surprised that there are different control schemes between 2 completely different games. And if you aren't, you really should be playing this game with a gamepad to get the full experience of the shot stick and isomotion.

Don't get too whiney about it either, an EA dev just announced that NBA Live 10 is doing away with the dunk/layup button and going back to a 1 button system.

[.jrmagic]

I merged your other topic in here, keep all your Q's in here since you seem to have little random ones

Alrighty.

first off, those arent the specs we want, we need to know processor speed and your video card specs

Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.00 GHz
Video Card: 1068 MB

Is that it? Sorry, I've never really looked.

2ndly, 12 mb isn't much at all for steam (even though mine runs at 6, but whatever) steam isn't causing your game to mess up, no matter how much you want it to

Then what is? The game?

as for your dunk question, 2k9 goes for a more sim approach so you have to be nearly wide open to get your dunks, unless you tweak sliders. Dont be surprised that there are different control schemes between 2 completely different games. And if you aren't, you really should be playing this game with a gamepad to get the full experience of the shot stick and isomotion.

Yes sir, Logitech dual action pad.

Don't get too whiney about it either, an EA dev just announced that NBA Live 10 is doing away with the dunk/layup button and going back to a 1 button system.

Not that mad, I was just curious.

[JaoSming]

what kind of video card is it, 8800GT, x800gt, etc etc

[Al Ka Pwn]

dude, this game, with the right roster and sliders, is freaking awesome.

[Patr1ck]

Dunk button is equivalent to holding the aggressive modifier and using the shot stick while moving to the basket. Sliders dictate how often a dunk is performed depending on the player's rating and the proximity of defenders.

You should be running the game on maximum settings with that setup, assuming you have a videocard wtih that much ram and it is not shared ram from an onboard video chip. Although there have been reports of problems with AMD cpu's, but I think that is only on Windows XP.

[.jrmagic]

NVIDIA MCP67M

Does that suffice?

Dunk button is equivalent to holding the aggressive modifier and using the shot stick while moving to the basket. Sliders dictate how often a dunk is performed depending on the player's rating and the proximity of defenders.

You should be running the game on maximum settings with that setup, assuming you have a videocard wtih that much ram and it is not shared ram from an onboard video chip. Although there have been reports of problems with AMD cpu's, but I think that is only on Windows XP.

Seriously, they didn't show that anywhere in the manual. But thanks, I checked it out a few hours ago.

Look, it runs slow as HELL. I'm convinced that it's because of STEAM.

[JaoSming]

what other graphically enhanced games can you run

pretty sure your graphics card is incompatible, should have told us you had a laptop first

[Patr1ck]

I read that the MCP67M is shit. You should change the topic title to "This is what I get for paying $$$$" or whatever amount of money you paid for that laptop if you expected it to be a good gaming machine.

[.jrmagic]

I can run NBA Live 07-08 beautifully, (on highest detail). Including other sports games.

Initially, this wasn't for gaming. It just worked out that way...

If you guys can't help with the laginess, then forget it. It doesn't matter anyway; I can play most modes bearably, on the lowest possible detail settings.

Thanks anyway.

[JaoSming]

well dude that is why

you were playing a PS2 ported game perfectly, and now you are trying to play a 360 ported game


If you could play crysis, Grid, Pure, GTAIV, or other 360 ported games and just 2k9 was screwing up, you'd have a different situation.

Plain and simple, it's not steam, it's your computer.

[.jrmagic]

Well then. That does make partial sense.

[STOMPTHECOURT23]

its true i had the same vid card you did and my game was slow as hell so i picked a radeon2400 hd and it works great

[shadowgrin]

Well then. That does make partial sense.

No, it makes perfect sense.

You do know that you can exit Steam when 2K9 is already loaded?

Alt-Tab. Right click the Steam icon in the taskbar, then exit.

[Coyroy]

Not to mention it takes up 12,000 K of my memory, which forces me to run NBA2K on the lowest possible settings; it still runs slow.

That's rude there's no need to be like that.

[Patr1ck]

How is that rude? He doesn't seemt o know that 12,000 K of memory isn't much in this day with gigabytes of ram to work with.