The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Splinter Cell Conviction

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tains, Jun 9, 2010.

  1. tains

    tains Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I bought conviction but did not read the fine print. Apparently you can not play it on laptops. At least that is what the Ubisoft support people told me. Has any one got it to play I have a G71 with geforce 260m vid card 2GHz 6gigs ram. I loaded the game but when I try to play it the screen flickers and then nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated.
     
    tains, Jun 9, 2010
    #1
  2. Hasib1522

    Hasib1522 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    327
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    That's a load of crap from UBI.

    Well I'm running the game without any problems on the G73. Given the specs of your laptop, the game should run without any issues.

    BTW, the game has the dreaded DRM protection system, meaning, you MUST be CONNECTED to the INTERNET for it to work. So make sure you are connected, and your firewall allows the game to send and receive data.

    Other than that, there are two basic things you can:

    Check to ensure your graphics card drivers are up to date
    Ensure that you have Direct X latest version installed along with GFWL.

    If these fail, there there is likely an issue with the game itself. Google for it.

    Good luck.
     
    Hasib1522, Jun 9, 2010
    #2
  3. tains

    tains Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks Hasib for the response. When I run dxdiag is says I have Direct x version 11. And I updated my graphics card as well.
     
    tains, Jun 9, 2010
    #3
  4. Hasib1522

    Hasib1522 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    327
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Well do you have an active internet connection? Assuming you are using a genuine copy of the game, a 512 kbps (at least) is required to run the DRM software.
     
    Hasib1522, Jun 9, 2010
    #4
  5. eugenes

    eugenes Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    201
    Messages:
    405
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I'm running Conviction on my UL80VT...it definitely runs on a laptop.
     
    eugenes, Jun 9, 2010
    #5
  6. nikolai090

    nikolai090 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    586
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    It runs on laptops, I finished it already with mine :D
     
    nikolai090, Jun 9, 2010
    #6
  7. tains

    tains Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am on the net and it is a store bought copy.
     
    tains, Jun 9, 2010
    #7
  8. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    1,073
    Messages:
    6,171
    Likes Received:
    535
    Trophy Points:
    281
    I did not buy the game just becuase of it's DRM restrictions which suck bad.
    I can understand the whole piracy thing but this is taking to a new level.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 9, 2010
    #8
  9. Hasib1522

    Hasib1522 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    327
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Well, as with Assasins Creed II, Silent Hunter 5, and Conviction, pirates have always found a way to get over these hurdles. May take a few weeks, but they always do. Its the legitimate, paying customers who get the brunt of this.

    I don't get it. There is just as rampant a piracy in Xbox360 as well, yet,
    when push comes to shove, its the PC gamers who get all the blame.

    Back to tains, if your problems are related to DRM, then perhaps its tehparadox? ;)
     
    Hasib1522, Jun 9, 2010
    #9
  10. tack

    tack Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am having the same problem. i did not see the fine print.
    but my laptop was able to run the first two missions before it started flashing
    Alienware 17x
    crossfire 1gb ATI mobility radeon hd 5870
    i7 920xm 2.0ghz
    8gb 1333mhz ram
    512gb raid 0
    resolution 1920x1200
     
    tack, Jun 30, 2010
    #10