Official NBA 2K12 Performance and Modding Thread

I annually make a thread about the performance of the NBA 2K series for mid range to lower end gamers. I still have the old notebook in my signature. So here are my recommended fixes for all of your NBA 2K12 problems. This is what I have after over one month of fiddling with files and settings.

In my case I use D3Doverrider every year to fix VSync issues and to add triple buffering, I find that it works better than the Nvidia Control panel which I set to "Let application decide". MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

First: Your config.cfg (just copy this if you have a dual core and get around 6000 in 3Dmark06)

VIDEOSETTING_ADAPTERINDEX = 0
VIDEOSETTING_WIDTH = 1920
VIDEOSETTING_HEIGHT = 1080
VIDEOSETTING_COLORDEPTH = 32
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 0
VIDEOSETTING_REFRESHRATE = 60
VIDEOSETTING_WINDOWMODE = 0
VIDEOSETTING_MSAA = 2
VIDEOSETTING_MSAAQUALITY = 0
VIDEOSETTING_MAXTEXTURESIZE = 4096
VIDEOSETTING_DEPTHOFFIELD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_FLOORREFLECTION = 1
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 0
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 1
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0
VIDEOSETTING_ANISOTROPICQUALITY = 2
VIDEOSETTING_PARTICLEFFECT = 2
VIDEOSETTING_FORCE_HDR_ON_INTEL_GPU = 0
MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 3
GPU_LOGICAL_THREAD = 2
STALL_CPU_ON_END_FRAME = 0
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH = 2
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH_SLEEP = 0
STICKYKEY = 498
TOGGLEKEY = 50
FILTERKEY = 114
ACCESSIBILITYKEY_SAVED = 0
LANGUAGE = -482460772
WINDOW_X = 0
WINDOW_Y = 0
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 2
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 1
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = -1
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = -1

If you have a quad core or triple core adjust the "CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD" accordingly, if you have a more powerful GPU raise the "VIDEOSETTING_MSAA" and "VIDEOSETTING_MSAAQUALITY" values.

Mods: I take no credit for these but I know they work very well and might have actually increased performance while making the game look better. (you probably need a NLSC • Index page account)

Most importantly the Global file

TNeck_EnhSeries_Global_V4_DefMusc.zip

Crowd (this might have significantly reduced micro stuttering)

NLSC • Downloads - Enhanced Crowd Textures (NBA Teams)

Courts

NLSC • Downloads - Court Patch Pack 1 by Push

Missing Pics

NLSC • Downloads - 350+ Missing Legends & Rookie Portraits

Best Mod

http://uarneweramods.blogspot.com/2011/10/uar-nba-2k12-superglobal-v1-preview.html


I won't be updating this so you might want to search for newer mods in the future.

 

It's a sweet game, especially My Player mode.

 

Sorry, does the crowds mod REDUCE stuttering? Might give it a try then

 

As I said i'm not sure. I just posted this to help others optimize their performance while setting visual to maximum settings

EDIT after further testing it has no impact

 

I dont really have any stuttering and my game looks like this: Free File Sharing Made Simple - MediaFire