Amd athlon x4 630 lags on nba 2k10 in high settings

[revengeancerj]

Why Is that My nba 2k10 is lagging on high settings? I have a good Computer?

specs: Amd athlon II x4 630 2.8ghz
gigabyte ma74gm s2
2gigabyte ddr2 ram
palit 9500 gt 1gb pcie
windows 7 ultimate 32 bit

 

[C00lIT]

What resolution are you playing the game at ?

Besides that I would say that the 9500GT is the weaker component of your build.

The Athlon II is pretty fair.

 

[xaira]

+1, the 9500gt only has 32 stream processors where the gtx 480 has 480, i will say to get ur stream processor count over 100 if you want to game, unless its COD, love how easy it is to rock cod at 1080p

 

[WR2]

NBA 2K10 recommends a 7900GT or better video card. I think your 9500GT falls short in that area.

Passmark GPU (video card) benchmark scores
GeForce 7900 GT = 572
GeForce 9500 GT = 359
GeForce 9600 GT = 927

THG: Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July 2010
Radeon HD 5570 = 737
GeForce GT 240 = 769

 

[revengeancerj]

resolution is 1024x768

 

[xaira]

1024x768 should be handlable by that gpu, knock down the eye candy

 

[revengeancerj]

so what should i do? what do you mean knock down the eye candy?

 

[WR2]

How does the game run on medium settings?
'eye candy' would be highest settings.

 

[revengeancerj]

Well it run smooth but i experience a little bit of lag? maybe 2%, and when i change it on high settings it starts to lag, is the problem is my ram? should change resolutions what resolution?

 

[WR2]

CPU, RAM, HDD and motherboard are all OK. Your problem for smooth game play is the video card.

 

[WR2]

What size & screen resolution is your monitor?

 

[WR2]

9500GT is a fairly weaking gaming card.

 

[revengeancerj]

The size of my LCD Monitor is 18.5' my resolution is 1366x768.

 

[WR2]

Try running the game @ 1366x768 on medium graphics settings.

 

[revengeancerj]

I change it in 1366x768 but i lags more maybe 5%

 

[WR2]

Play around with the medium graphics settings. Do some testing to see if you can get to run OK by turning some of the medium options off.

 

[revengeancerj]

Im Thinking of maybe my ram is the problem because im using win7 32 bit. Because I here That win7 is eating a lot of memory.

 

[WR2]

RAM is not your problem. You have 'enough'. Win 7 will 'give up' RAM when another program needs it.

 

[revengeancerj]

So My grapchics card is my problem?

 

[WR2]

Yes; NBA 2K10 recommends a 7900GT or better video card.
Your 9500GT falls short of that recommendation. See my first post.

 

[brickkiller]

You just need a better video card. I played the game all the time with my x4 630. It runs fine. Even a weaker e5200 runs that game smoothly.

 

[revengeancerj]

really? did you play it in High Settings? What is the memory of your ram?

 

[saaiello]

I have run 2k10 with an x3 435 and a 9800GT all settings maxed out and runs smooth. The processor is overclocked but not much. 2 Gigs of RAM is plenty for that game and most other games. Get a better GPU and it will be nice and smooth.

 

[revengeancerj]

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