Please help (MVP 08)

[Gagnon39]

I'm not going to get into all the details about how much I loved MVP 2005 because that would take hours. To make a long story short here's my tale...

MVP 2005 is the best baseball game I have ever played, no question. The worst thing to ever happen to sports games are these exclusive lisence deals. I tried to play MLB 2K6 and it sucked. I tried MLB 06: The Show, it sucked. I tried MLB 2K7 on XBOX 360, it sucked. I tried MLB 07: The Show, it sucked. I bought a PlayStation 3 for MLB 08: The Show because I thought that this was (after 3 years of crappy baseball games my savior) and lo and behold...it sucked too. In other words every single baseball video game has sucked in comparison to MVP 2005. I honestly don't know if I will ever love a sports game more. So after 3 years of not having a baseball game I'm ready for my final leap and I need some help. I know that this will solve my problems but I have a few questions...

I want to play MVP 2005 on the PC because I know that MVPMods provides updates for just about everything. However, I do not have a PC to run this game. My wife and I are thinking about buying a PC anyway so this gives me a good opportunity to renew my love affair with the greatest baseball game ever made. Here's what I need to know and I would really appreciate it if someone could answer these questions for me...

What kind of PC will I need (video card, etc.) to run this game with the optimal graphics (with all of the mods from MVP mods)?

Is there a 2008 mod available that updates everything (stadiums, uniforms, schedules, etc.)?

Is it possible to play a franchise using the MVP mods (begining with this season, 2008) or will it just allow for season mode.

Any other suggestions or comments would be much appreciated. I'm excited to possibly play a good baseball game again but I want to be sure it is everything that I expect it to be before I drop money on a new PC.

[Gagnon39]

Come on, somebody.

[Scott]

System Requirements
OS: XP, ME, 2000 or 98 SE
CPU: 800 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB or more, 256 MB for XP/2000
Disc Drive: 8x or faster
HD: 1.4 GB of Free Space
Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Input: Keyboard or Dual-analog controller

AGP video card with 32 MB or more memory and one of these chipsets is required:
NVIDIA GeForce 2 or great;
ATI Radeon 7500 or greater;
Matrox Parhelia; Intel 915g

I belive they have a 2008 mod out now.

[daflyboys]

Most if not all of your questions can be answered over at mvpmods.com

[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by daflyboys

Most if not all of your questions can be answered over at mvpmods.com

I looked and couldn't really find anything. There's so much stuff to sort through. I know its annoying when new people ask questions all the time (especially when they are the same questions) but there's just to much stuff to sort through.

[daflyboys]

That's true....and the search engine can sometimes be perplexing. It's like you have to know how their search engine works.

[spitoon]

I would look at exceeding the 'minimum spec' mentioned above by 2x if you can. Minimum specs are just that, minimum....you probably couldn't run on high settings on those specs.

Any 'new' computer with a half decent video card will run that game fine. I ran it on high settings on my old 1.4GHz Pentium 3 machine. Although it couldn't handle the 2x textures.

I'm not sure about Vista though, you might want to see if you can find an XP machine.

As far as the '08 mod goes...yes, it is coming, but I don't think it's out yet, should be soon.

[ehh]

I bought a stock Dell XPS 400 in Dec '05 and MVP works flawlessly. I don't think you need anything too fancy, I guess my PC had that "half decent video card".

[Bobolini]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

I looked and couldn't really find anything. There's so much stuff to sort through. I know its annoying when new people ask questions all the time (especially when they are the same questions) but there's just to much stuff to sort through.

Yes, you can play franchise mode and a basic Dell computer nowadays will run MVP rather easily.

[Bobolini]

The 2008 mod is not fully updated yet. You can wait for it or use the 2007 and update with 2008 rosters.