sfochs Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 So I bought a graphics card so i could play this game. Well the game works, but the game plays very choppy. I have all the visuals to their lowest settings(both in game and on my graphics card). Here are the specs for my PC and graphics card: PC: gateway 831gm intel pentium 4 processor speed 3 GHz ram: 2gb graphics card: pci-express nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Memory: 512MB directX Version: 9.0c Any ideas why its so choppy? Thanks for taking the time to read this... please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Next Gen games like MLB2K9 are heavy on Graphic cards. The 8400GS isn't enough power for this game. You should take your card back and exchange it for a 8600GS or better. I have a 8600GS with a Pentium D Duel Core and I have no problems at all. Though i do notice the game runs way better if I reboot before playing. Hope this helps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfochs Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 the requirements on the box say nvidia geforce 7900 gt or better, is mine worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackman2007 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 What resolution are you playing at? It will make a big difference on the playability of the game. I would say that graphics card would only be playable at 1024x768 and lower (probably lower) since you are so close to the minimum system requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfochs Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 its still a little choppy at 800X600... which is sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 What other programs and processes are open when you're playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfochs Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 i tried closes things that I new the names of, I even disabled my norton antivirus, it seemed to make it playable, but i still can notice a little bit of choppiness. I just don't play many pc games and I thought this one would have been enough... guess not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackman2007 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 You should be able to play at 800x600, that isn't a high resolution by any means. Anything taking a lot of CPU usage according to Task Manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseballroxs21 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Maybe he needs to defrag his hard drive..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 the requirements on the box say nvidia geforce 7900 gt or better, is mine worse? Yes, your card has a Higher number but isn't nearly as good as a 7900GT. The 8400's are the cheapest of the 8000 series, like the 7300 was the cheapest of the 7000 series.Cheaper the card the less performance you are gonna get out of it.A 8600 has Triple the power of a 8400. Without duel core power you will need a high end card to run this game smoothly.The 7900GT was a Very High end card for it's time and a 7300 was crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfochs Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 i run into a problem with some card(while most cards) because my power supply is only 300 watts, Thanks for the feed back guys. Do you think bestbuy will let me bring it back to trade it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Do you think bestbuy will let me bring it back to trade it in? Yes, they will let you exchange if you are spending more Money.If you want a good card that will run many high end games go with a 8600 or better or a 9600 or better. Don't buy a 9400 or a 9500, those are low end cards like the 8400 and will struggle with MLB2k9. Also, stick with a Nvidia card, don't switch to ATI.PCs don't like to switch Video chipsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseballroxs21 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I recommend you buy a new power supply......or buy a new desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiedyed Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Its the video card I am running fine on a p4 2.8ghz 1gig of ram and an ati hd3650 agp vid card. So an upgraded card as recommended will run it with you current pc specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 EVGA makes a low power edition of the 9600GT for 300 watt power supplies. I found it here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130485 This card has 64 Stream Processors compared to only 16 in the 8400GS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackman2007 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Also, stick with a Nvidia card, don't switch to ATI.PCs don't like to switch Video chipsets. Just for the sake of factual accuracy, I'm going to expand on this. Switching between graphics card brand names (ATI and Nvidia) is perfectly fine. You must uninstall the old driver first, otherwise you will run into severe system problems. I have done this numerous times with various ATI and Nvidia graphics cards with no adverse effects. A PC will be fine switching to a different brand as long as the old driver is completely removed and the new driver installed. A graphics card is a graphics card to a computer, they don't recognize the brands. This is exactly why you see no difference in comparable graphics cards between the different vendors (Sapphire, eVGA, Visiontek, PNY, BFG, etc). As long as they are clocked similarly and have the same basic features, they will perform the same (at least Nvidia card versus Nvidia card and ATI card versus ATI card). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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