Hitman 2 Silent Assasin Readme

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
ReadMe File 9/20/2002 Version 1.0


Part 1: Things You Should Know

Please read through the DirectX section of thisdocument. This section has information that is vital to successfully running Hitman 2 on your system.


1.1 DirectX

This game is optimised forMicrosoft's DirectX 8.1. In order for you to play the game, you must have DirectX 8.1-compliant drivers for your video card and sound card. Please notethat although DirectX 8.1 is installed with the game, your video and sound card drivers will not be upgraded to DirectX 8.1 drivers.

You will needto obtain the latest DirectX 8.1 drivers from your card manufacturer or PC supplier. These drivers cannot be supplied by Eidos.


1.2 Memory andPerformance

While the game will run fine with 128MB of RAM, your playing experience will be smoother if you have at least 256MB.

Regardless of howmuch memory you have, you can maximize your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game engine by doing the following:

 Closingany open windows
 Shutting down all other programs, including menu-bar programs like ICQ
 Defragmenting your hard drive

Eidos recommends that youhave no other programs running at all while playing Hitman 2. Other programs, including virus checkers, system utilities and screen savers can causesystem degradation when playing games software and may conflict with the game for system resources, potentially resulting in instability and crashes.