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Can you run Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist? PC requirements and settings

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist, by Ubisoft Toronto (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on August 22, 2013. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum card512 MB DirectX 10–compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher
Recommended RAM4 GB

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The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
Processor
2.53 GHz Intel Core2 Duo E6400 or 2.80 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ or better
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
512 MB DirectX 10–compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher
DirectX
9
Storage
25 GB HD space

Recommended

Processor
2.66 GHz Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 or 3.00 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better
Memory
4 GB RAM
DirectX
11
Storage
25 GB HD space

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

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On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

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Questions

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist at 1080p?

Minimum: 512 MB DirectX 10–compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist need?

The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).

How much storage does Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist take?

The official page asks for 25 GB HD space of storage.

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