In order for the game to run properly, your PC MUST meet or exceed these minimum requirements:

Operating System: Windows 2000 / XP (Only)
Processor: Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon, 1.4 GHz (Pentium IV or Athlon 2.2 GHz recommended)
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
Graphics Card: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended) ***see supported chipsets list***
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant sound card (EAX 2.0 or higher recommended)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (Included on disk)
DVD-ROM: 4x or better DVD-ROM drive
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB free hard drive space
Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard, joystick for Solo and Co-op modes
Multiplay: Broadband with 64 Kbps data transfer upload rate (128 kbps recommended)

Supported video cards at time of release:

ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X families
NVIDIA GeForce 3/4/FX/6 families (GeForce 4 MX not supported)

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD-RW, DVD-RW, and virtual drives.

System Requirements:

Supported OS: Windows(R) XP (only)
Processor: 3 Ghz Pentium(R) 4 or AMD Athlon(tm) 3000 (3.5 Ghz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended). Game optimized for Dual-processor-enabled computers.
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled 128 MB video card (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c-compatible (EAX" recommended) - PC audio solution containing Dolby(R) Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.
DirectX Version: 9.0c or higher (9.0c included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM or faster
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Mouse, keyboard
Multiplay: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster


*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release

ATI(R) X1600/X1800/X1900 NVidia(R) 6600 /6800/7300/7600/7800/7900

Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.

These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at: http://support.ubi.com.

guys,

i start worrying bout the coming Resident Evil 4.......

wait this game already out? wow...i din see any official news. lol...this cannot be! I've been tracking the game! lol...
maybe they will release a patch to disable SM3 for lower end cards? lol...ubi games are full of suprises...

So, I have to buy a new graphic card with SM3.0 support if I want to play SCDA..........

Is this some marketing bullcrap that Ubisoft trying to do in order to help the sales for ATI & NVIDIA?

Marketing bullcrap? God, were you part of the "OMG, my GeForce 4 MX can't play XXX game, I demand someone's head!"

Now back to the topic. As I found out, this game it ported out from XBOX360 & it fully utilized the SM3.0. So those who bought Radeon X1600 ++ or GeForce 6800 ++ are bunch of lucky fellas. Its gonna take a while for me to chalk up some cash to get a new one.

Sorry if this has already been posted and debunked i just did a quick search on the forums. Anyways as with all splinter cell games i usually try to tweak the ini file to get the best visual quality i can but it seems with Double Agent im trying to get the best performance Smile. Well looking through the ini file (C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent\SCDA-Offline\System\SplinterCell4.ini) i found a line near the top called SimpleShader the default value is set to false so i just quickly turned it to true. I noticed a increase in performance but you do disable some nice eye candy like the reflections on the ice in the first mission (but i can live with that). So i was hoping that someone on the community with a 2.0b shader card can give this fix a little shot and see what comes out of it. Also to anyone who has a widescreen monitor you can manually change the res in the ini as well just do a search for (FullscreenViewportX, FullscreenViewporty) and change it to desired resolution. well hope that helps some of you out.