Hi mnb,
probably not a hard drive issue, nor would you would find game settings talked about on this forum, however
check here for machine spec:
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index. ... NBA%202K14Other things:
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If you aren't too familiar with Windows settings don't mess about and kill your system unintentionally.
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that said: if you are reasonably confident -
Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring Task Manager up and see what else is running and or starting on your PC and maybe hogging the CPU.
Check the ingame settings. Am not familair with that particular game but some have optimistic settings in the game configs. try turning detail to low spec and see if it improves.
Just in general, clear junk files, and defrag C:, 8 gig isnt a lot of room on a partition these days.
A chunk of that may be taken up by un-necessary System Restore points, temp files, internet crap and so on. Set a fixed amount of space for Virtual Memory, this stops windows re arranging it and fragmenting it if there isn't contiguous space.
Have a look round this guys site:
http://www.blackviper.com/2009/10/01/bl ... er-tweaks/for hints and tips on Windows settings.
Did i mention
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If you aren't too familiar with Windows settings don't mess about and kill your system unintentionally.
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good luck and happy gaming
K