look the game is not poorly optimized for ati i have not had 1 single problem on my set-up with this game full stop i have completed it twice now and seen none of this stuff u are talking about. no major dips in FPS neither
stop moaning and get it round your head that it's probably your system cause lots of people are playing this title with no problems at all and just because your 5 and a half grand alien despair and repair can't handle it your blaming the game creators.
get a life will you things like this clearly **** me off
Get a life?
Try getting worked up over a daft game.
Glad it worked for you, doesn't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. If you're interested in actually finding out if people have had problems, couple minutes searching should do the trick. Infact go have a look at a copy of the game on store shelves, the copy I bought had a sticker on the front clearly stating the game had known issues with the ATI 3000 series. So the game has zero problems according to you, but at the same time enough for there to be a warning sticker on the box. Doesn't quite add up.
Ah what the hell, since I'm such a nice guy I'll do the leg work for you -
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-a-Hotfix.aspx (A patch specifically naming Splinter Cell as one of the fixes).
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2073556 (Some dudes with ATI cards having problems with the game).
http://www.gamebrood.com/2010/04/29...t-game-launcher-error-and-more-fix-and-fixes/ (Catalogue of problems with the game, plenty of which revolve around systems with ATI cards).
So what does all this tell you? Well it certainly doesn't mean every single problem is entirely down to the ATI cards, Nvidia cards have known problems too, just as some people with ATI cards don't ever experience any of these problems (and to be realistic probably the overall majority of players never experience a problem). But if your only input was 'it worked for me, you're talking ****', it would have been far more helpful if you'd simply not bothered tbh.