Can I Run Splinter Cell?
Released in 2013, Splinter Cell is an action adventure game built by Ubisoft Toronto. Publishing duties went to Ubisoft. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 19 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 16 languages are covered by the store listing. There are 28 achievements to chase. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.53 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6400 or 2.80 GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5600+ or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | 512 MB DirectX® 10-compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.66 GHz Intel® Core™2 Quad Q8400 or 3.00 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 or better |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. Play is presented from a third person view. 26 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Splinter Cell is demanding
At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 25 GB. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Splinter Cell.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Splinter Cell?
Splinter Cell targets a mainstream modern PC: 512 MB DirectX® 10-compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Splinter Cell?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.53 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6400 or 2.80 GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5600+ or better; GPU: 512 MB DirectX® 10-compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher; 2 GB RAM; OS: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS.
How much storage does Splinter Cell need?
Splinter Cell needs about 25 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Splinter Cell?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Splinter Cell is the CPU.