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a) System Requirements
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OPERATING SYSTEM
- Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
(Windows 95 and Windows NT are not supported)
CPU
- 700 MHz Intel Pentium III or higher
MEMORY
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB of RAM for Windows 2k/XP)
HARD DRIVE SPACE
- 1800 MB free hard drive space
(additional space required for DirectX 9.0b installation, Internet
Explorer 6.0 SP1 installation and Windows swap-file)
GRAPHICS
- 32 MB DirectX 9.0b Compatible Video card
(see supported video cards in section 1.c)
CD-ROM
- 16x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive using 32-bit CD-ROM driver
AUDIO
- Sound card with DirectSound support and DirectX 9.0b compatible driver
INTERNET
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
DIRECTX
- DirectX 9.0b
INPUT DEVICES
- Keyboard
- Mouse
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b) Multiplayer Requirements
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INTERNET PLAY (2-8 PLAYERS, 2 PC's, 1-4 PLAYERS PER PC)
- 56 Kbps or faster Internet Connection
- High speed serial port (16550 UART) required for external modems
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- 1 NBA LIVE 2005 CD per PC
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c) Supported 3D Graphic Accelerators
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ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 9000, ATI Radeon 9100,
ATI Radeon 9200, ATI Radeon 9500, ATI Radeon 9600, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro,
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, ATI All-In-Wonder 9700,
NVIDIA GeForce 2/MX/GTS/Ultra, NVIDIA GeForce 3/Ti,
NVIDIA GeForce 4/MX/Ti, NVIDIA GeForce FX series, Intel i865g Onboard,
NVIDIA nForce Onboard, NVIDIA nForce2 Onboard, Radeon 9100 Onboard
During testing, some video cards using the Geforce2 MX, and Geforce4 MX
series chipsets had problems running the game with driver versions lower
then 61.76. It is highly recommended to use the newest drivers from NVidia
with these chipsets.
You can find these drivers at
http://www.nvidia.com.
Notes:
GeForce 6800 GT: It was noted that when running Windows 2000, minor
graphical corruption may occur in the front-end.
Radeon 9100 IGP: It was noted that when running NBA Live 2005 under
Windows 98/ME the game would often crash to
desktop. This video chipset is unsupported under this OS.