Players trying to run Starfield on a machine equipped with an Intel graphics card are encountering numerous problems. When contacted, Bethesda replied that they were not powerful enough, which was false.
The large-scale space role-playing game Starfield continues to make waves. In good or by email for that matter. For example, and despite the youth of the title officially released on September 6, there is a consensus on the fact that Starfield is full of bugs of all kinds (but this is supposedly done on purpose). Basically it’s not very surprising for such a vast and ambitious game, and the fixes are there for that. On the other hand, when you are victims of chain crashes because you have an AMD processor or other, it is immediately less fun.
Among the components that pose serious problems for those who want to try Starfield, we find the Intel graphics cards. In particular his series of Arc dedicated GPUs. Less known than AMD Radeon and the Nvidia GeForcethey are its direct competitors and sometimes place themselves above in terms of performance by comparing them to equivalent models from the other two manufacturers.
Bethesda believes that Intel graphics cards are responsible for Starfield crashes
Intel is well aware of the concern between its Arc and Starfield graphics cards. The brand has already deployed two drivers specifically designed to optimize the operation of the game. Unfortunately, this is not enough and the players then turned to the Bethesda support. The response GeneralAkAbA received on Reddit is amazing to say the least: “I see you have an Intel Arc A770 graphics card. It does not meet the minimum configuration of an AMD Radeon RX 5700, or an NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti. […] the troubleshooting advice we can provide is limited, in that some may damage your system”.
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It is therefore necessary to understand that Bethesda won’t do anything. The problem is that the Intel Arc A770 is more powerful than the two models mentioned. The developer thus kicks in key, voluntarily or by ignorance, whereas one could expect a Starfield optimization work for Intel graphics cards. Obviously, the players concerned will have to take their troubles patiently while waiting for Intel to do the work itself.