Odd Framerate Issue?

[art15t]

I've had the game for a couple of days now, and I've loved it so far, but I'm having strange (what I think are) framerate issues. I have a pretty good rig (quad core i7 920, 12gb ram, ATI 6950) and thought the game would run fine (as it should because my computer exceeds the recommend specs by a bit), but I've noticed that at certain times in the game the framerate seems to slow down. I thought I'd be able to chalk that up to my specs not being high enough for whatever reason, so I ran fraps, and it's reporting that the fps is consistently over 100 (usually around the 105 to 110 range) without vsync and with vsync at a consistent 60 (as usual). I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I'm not even sure if it's a framerate issue - My computer doesn't slow down or anything, it just as though the player animations are choppy. I haven't heard about anyone else having the same issues so I guess I'm just taking a stab in the dark to see if anyone else has the same issue or has had the issue in a past nba 2k game and might have a remedy for it.

[pdawg17]

Quote: Originally Posted by art15t

I've had the game for a couple of days now, and I've loved it so far, but I'm having strange (what I think are) framerate issues. I have a pretty good rig (quad core i7 920, 12gb ram, ATI 6950) and thought the game would run fine (as it should because my computer exceeds the recommend specs by a bit), but I've noticed that at certain times in the game the framerate seems to slow down. I thought I'd be able to chalk that up to my specs not being high enough for whatever reason, so I ran fraps, and it's reporting that the fps is consistently over 100 (usually around the 105 to 110 range) without vsync and with vsync at a consistent 60 (as usual). I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I'm not even sure if it's a framerate issue - My computer doesn't slow down or anything, it just as though the player animations are choppy. I haven't heard about anyone else having the same issues so I guess I'm just taking a stab in the dark to see if anyone else has the same issue or has had the issue in a past nba 2k game and might have a remedy for it.

I notice that on some of the closeup "cutscenes" like after made baskets the players sometimes look like they are "shaking" back and forth a bit...that's the main thing I see...

[Guffers]

Before my copy stopped working altogether I was running into the same issue. FRAPS was telling me that it was running at a rock steady 60fps but the game would become choppy a few times per quarter. Lowering settings did nothing to alleviate this.

I think it just might not be optimised that well to be honest.

[tekkenlaw]

Same here, I've maxed the settings and get 80fps on the benchmark but during transitions it sometimes gets choppy. There are some games where I have no issues so there could be some sort of variable.

[art15t]

(Sigh) I hope someone comes up with a solution for this. 2k is notorious for not releasing patches quickly... especially for pc. I'm really tempted to buy the 360 and wait it out for the pc patch just so I can play without getting annoyed about the choppiness (the game is that good). If anyone else runs into this issue, please post it in this thread - I have a hard time believing there's only a few of us having this issue.

[Guffers]

Guys on the steam forums are saying that disabling AA fixes this. But then you get screen tear. Pick your poison I suppose.

[Pillendreher]

Maybe you can deactivate AA ingame and force it via the driver

[WTF]

Yeah, I've got the problem too. As soon as my little one goes to sleep I'm going to try to do it within the CP of the videocard. I'm tired of the jumpiness. I've got it too, and I've got the rig to run it easily as well.