Kevin Garnett Named NBA 2K9 Cover Athlete

[What1720]

I picked him

[qb2k5]

As a pc gaming enthusiast and 2k fan since the dreamcast's days and to present,

Its a nice video but there's no way a ps3, or a 360 can handle that garnett render with 28 or so other players drawn on-screen with such detail and playable framerate. The PS3 and the 360 just doesnt have enough gpu power to push such high res graphics. Id say that may be a close indication on what the ps4 and xbox3 could do, but not this generation of game consoles. For those of you who dont know about pc gaming, Crysis (for Pc) is the most graphically intensive pc game today. Crysis may be around 75% of what that cgi shot of garnett represents, but even the latest gpus (graphics cards) can barely handle that.

Nvidia's latest human head demo running on the latest 8800GTX Ultra uses all the graphics cards power just to render a head. The human head demo takes up 700MBs of the 768MBs graphics memory on the 8800GTX! The 360 and the Ps3 both have about 280-350 MBs to play with. Do the math.

I think this demo is a close indication of that Garnett render in realtime:

Check here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIGWAYS5uRw

Like I said the PS4 and Xbox720 will be able to handle graphics like that easily with AA/AF and yes 1080p goodness, but sadly that day isnt today.

Sorry for my technical write up.

[luv_mist]

Quote: Originally Posted by Parasight

The CG reminded me of the early 2K6 teaser with Shaq. The actualy gameplay footage looked pretty though. Focus on KG's face throughout the footage, you'll notice the change in graphics. But I still feel they need to fix the jersey material.

This video reminded me of that same Shaq teaser. I'm not as hyped about this one as I am about the Shaq because that was a level never before seen. HOWEVER, this announcement might have drawn me back. I was going to retire from playing 2K but I don't know if I'll be able to do that. What I could really hope for is the facial features and expressions. I can't wait to the juice hits the cup.

On another note, the game is graphically solid when player on a HDTV which many people don't have when they're looking at graphics. The game could seriously improve in the graphical department just like every other game could improve. I'm really impressed because they have his color and body shape down right this time. Hopefully they have more dominance from the better players. I only wish they had a College Hoops title to bring out later on in the year.

[shifty]

they needa bring back the sweat

[Leahmic223]

I used to LOVE KG before he became a Celtic.

Either way though I thought they would sell a bunch of copies with Lebron on the cover. Still Lebron, Kobe, KG you can't lose either way.

[Altimus]

Not a bad pick. I was hoping it would be Brandon Roy but oh well.

[Iadf]

I'm glad he got the cover,I'm so pumped for 2k9. i mean im still having a lot of fun playing 2k8 so i can wait 5 months.

[totalownership]

Here's my thought on it. If they do what they did with NFL 2K5 they can possibly achieve that kind of performance out of the 360 and PS3 however I doubt they will. NFL 2K5 to get more performance out of the machine they went outside the dev kits and hit the xbox on a lower level language.

Now that dunk, well I just don't see that quantum leap coming from where we are now. But it could happen.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Good choice

[rockchisler]

Quote: Originally Posted by Parasight

Is this the final box art? Kotaku seems to think so. If so, it seems a little bland compared to the usual "action" photo. So I sorta doubt it.

That photo is hard...