Splinter Cell Settings

[YoungChowFun]

Hey there. I just recently purchased splinter cell and im havin one hell of a time playin. I was just curious about certain things. I am in possession of a 9500pro rite now (not mine, borrowed from a friend,) and i play with different settings. First off, i have no AA or AF enabled (I will so later on today though.) I play at a resolution of 1024x768 (my monitor is only 15in,) and when i put the settings to everything high (the effects setting at very high,) it played very well. I was just curious, so i then set all the settings to medium and played that as well. I didn't notice much difference at all. Seemed to move a bit faster, but still, why does the medium settings look almost just as well as the high settings (to me at least,)? Dont worry, i will enable AA and AF later on when i get home, but for now, can anyone explain to me the medium and high detail settings? Thanks

 

[DClark]

Don't bother trying to play it through with FSAA enabled. Splinter Cell currently has an issue with lights and FSAA; lights show up through walls, and when you get a lot of lights it's quite distracting. I played the game through at 1280x1024 with everything maxed out on a P4 1.6A and Radeon 9500 Pro, and I only remember two times where there were slowdowns, both times the scene had many lights (one through a little walkway with light streaming from above, and the second on top of a crane with lighted buildings all around and a downpour of rain).

It's a very impressive game graphically, the plot is very well written, and the voice acting is excellent as well. It's an all around great game, and a certain early candidate for 2003 game of the year.