There’s a lot of problems with Assassin’s Creed Unity on a performance level, and it’s certainly difficult to pinpoint any precise source of the problems, owed in large part to the hundreds of thousands of different system combinations trying to run Arno’s Parisian adventure.

Ubisoft looks like it thinks it’s found the culprit though, pointing the finger at AMD for a number of optimisation issues when playing on systems with AMD CPU or GPU configurations. A Ubisoft PR rep announced via the official forums that AMD users could experience performance issues, with no mention whatsoever of Nvidia's graphics cards also struggling with performance.

Many gamers are finding it difficult to sleep after uncovering some of Unity's more notorious bugs.

“We are aware that the graphics performance of Assassin’s Creed Unity on PC may be adversely affected by certain AMD CPU and GPU configurations,” reads Ubisoft’s post. “This should not affect the vast majority of PC players, but rest assured that AMD and Ubisoft are continuing to work together closely to resolve the issue, and will provide more information as soon as it is available.”

It’s no secret that Ubisoft and Nvidia are sharing a room, so to speak, when it comes to Assassin’s Creed Unity, with the pair unveiling a host of GeForce-exclusive features and optimisations for Nvidia’s range of graphics cards, and so this comes across as some fairly heavy-handed blame placing. Ultimately Ubisoft and Nvidia have been working for some time on optimisation and exclusive features for GeForce owners, and it’s no different from the likes of Far Cry 4, The Crew, and Watch Dogs in this regard.

What do you make of this pattern from Ubisoft of favouring Nvidia hardware? GeForce and Radeon owners, let us know what your performance is like or if you’re seeing any noticeable advantages in your hardware!