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    Splinter cell conviction performance problems

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by smood, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. smood

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    What I want to know is can you apply the 1.03 patch to a new conviction install without 1.02 and still have all the benefits or changes of 1.02? Is it a complete driver?

    I installed 1.03 but I can't remember if I installed 1.02 previously and now it won't let me install 1.02 obviously. I am getting pretty bad performance unless I turn down lots of settings (0 AA and AF, low shadows, no hdr but at 1920x1080, these settings will give me 40-50 frames).

    I'm running this on a desktop: 4890, Core i5 2.6, win7 x64 but I didn't want to post in desktopreview since there is more activity here and my question is more specific to the game patching itself.

    Ok thanks.

    EDIT:

    http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7933

    If you go there and hit downloads it seems like 1.03 has 1.02 built in it since the file sizes are the same. What do you think?
     
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    Most patches include earlier ones, so yes, you'd be getting em all. However, if I remember correctly there was a 10.x Catalyst Hotfix Driver which fixed Conviction performance issues on ATI cards (only for desktop, though). I was also getting horrible performance (1280x720, everything set to low to reach 30 frames)
     
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  3. smood

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    Was that fix for all ATI cards or only 5 series?

    EDIT: Found this about 10.4a
    Do you think the stuttering also refers to just lower framerates? I'm not really feeling too much stutter except sometimes when I first enter a new area.
     
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    Can't hurt to try.
     
    SomeRandomDude, Sep 3, 2010
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    Ok... I'm running 9.12's now so I'll put on 10.8. Seems like some farcry 2 gains in 10.8 so its worth it for that.
     
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    It seems like it doesn't stutter in the menu and when initially loading, but frames seem the same.
     
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    I was getting 19-21 fps on 800x600 and everything set to low. I sold the game, fail port.
     
    lvnatic, Sep 3, 2010
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    Hahahaha LOL.

    Nah I'm doing better than that. But if you ran it on 9600M its not that surprising, but it should be running somewhat better.
     
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    Well I did get 30 fps on some areas, but most of the time, especially when I was outside i was getting lower then 20.
     
    lvnatic, Sep 3, 2010
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