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Splinter Cell: Conviction Performance In-depth
The good news for us and for PC gamers is that one week after release Ubisoft released a patch that fixed many of these glaring issues. In total we tested 18 graphics card configurations using both ATI and Nvidia chips that ranged from the uber expensive models to budget-minded offerings.
Completing our arsenal of tests, we looked at CPU scaling by down-clocking a Core i7 920 to see what kind of impact this had on performance. Additionally, we have also run tests comparing the Core i5 750, Core i3 540, Core 2 Quad Q6600, Core 2 Duo E8500 Phenom II X6 1090T, Phenom II X4 965, Phenom II X2 555 and Athlon II X4 635 processors.
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User Comments (12)
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isamuelson
on May 14, 2010 6:54 AM |
Nice they patched it to fix the bugs, but one major bug exists: GET RID OF THE DRACONIAN ON-LINE ALL THE TIME DRM! THAT is the major patch that is needed now. |
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Guest
on May 14, 2010 3:42 PM |
Last known position is not a new feature by any means. The AI in Far Cry used the exact same search patterns on the player; Ubisoft has merely made this planned behaviour apparent to the player by using a sillhouette. Let's not pat developers on the back just because they say so. |
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Guest
on May 14, 2010 3:47 PM |
SCC is not "demanding" as this very forgiving review states. The technical aspect of the game is just sloppy; poor use of CrossFire/SLI, poor use of multi-core CPUs, poor or unstable performance immediately upon release. That's not demanding at all, it's just ****. That's the problem. |
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Guest
on May 14, 2010 4:09 PM |
They said Last known position is new to the Splinter Cell series read the review correctly, they didn't say it was new to the gaming industry. Also look at those single Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GTX 480 results, how could they not conclude that it was demanding? |
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Julio Franco
on May 14, 2010 4:19 PM |
@Guest, we meant it's a new feature for the series. @Guest #2, we can't blame you for thinking that. It's not as bad as we've seen on other console ports, which this is not, but as mentioned SC: Conviction's game engine has been optimized for the Xbox 360 as the number 1 priority and yes, the game still needs some polish on the PC front. |
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williamcoxx
on May 15, 2010 6:22 AM |
I think it is a great game, especially with friends. I played through the story twice, and the story is good. Short granted, but the co-op story is pretty good too. |
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Guest
on May 16, 2010 12:09 AM |
Am I the only that thinks that this game does not deserve a review? And its not really that demanding so... Oh well... The game is good overall. But it's so repetitive, that the enjoyment dissapears halfway trough the game. |
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Steve
on May 16, 2010 5:12 AM |
Am I the only that thinks that this game does not deserve a review? And its not really that demanding so... Oh well... The game is good overall. But it's so repetitive, that the enjoyment dissapears halfway trough the game. Move along |
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shoeseat
on May 17, 2010 1:31 AM |
i though 9800gt is powerful than 5670?but what the hell is going on?5670 beating 9800gt with those huge frame rates.is this game optimized for ATI or the ATI driver is updated for this game?i am furious how my 9800gt won't be able to play this game at medium setting @30fps. |
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Steve
on May 17, 2010 3:24 AM |
i though 9800gt is powerful than 5670?but what the hell is going on?5670 beating 9800gt with those huge frame rates.is this game optimized for ATI or the ATI driver is updated for this game?i am furious how my 9800gt won't be able to play this game at medium setting @30fps. They are usually quite close. For example in our last two performance articles covering Bioshock 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 they delivered pretty much the same performance. |
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Guest
on January 10, 2011 4:46 PM |
When I run SCC appears the following message: Nvidia gtx580 does not support by SCC... How I can resolve this? |
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Steve
on January 10, 2011 4:51 PM |
Have you installed the latest drivers? I have never seen this message when running SCC with the GTX 580. |
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