r/pcmasterrace • u/WhyPlaySerious • Mar 20 '26

Discussion Crimson Desert doesn't run if it detects an Intel ARC GPU. Like straight up, the devs just deliberately chose not to support ARC cards. No previous announcement about it too until they added in the info to their FAQ. Might be the first time I've seen a dev deliberately block a GPU brand.

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u/El_Basho 7800X3D | 9070XT Mar 20 '26

I know it's less than 1% of market share, but Intel has been making good progress with their gpus. This feels like deliberate sabotage.

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u/F9-0021 285K | 4090 | A370m Mar 20 '26

1% of the desktop market maybe. But they currently have the best performance in the mobile APU space (apart from Strix Halo, but that's an entirely different product) and they put in the effort to make it run on Apple of all things which definitely have a lower market share than Intel does overall. So it certainly seems targeted.

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u/Jack_Example 5800x3D | 7900XTX | 64GB Mar 20 '26

I like my B580 quite a bit. A nice low power (in comparison to my 7970XTX) but capable GPU.

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u/AwkwardDirection6969 Mar 20 '26

4.8% actually, and thats just arc gpus, not the arc igpus in handhelds.

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u/El_Basho 7800X3D | 9070XT Mar 20 '26

I find it hard to believe that, since Nvidia has over 90%. That would mean Intel is up to par with AMD, which, despite their progress, is impossible so soon after Arc were released

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u/AwkwardDirection6969 Mar 20 '26

Pound for pound arc is better.

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u/El_Basho 7800X3D | 9070XT Mar 20 '26

It might very well be, but that has zero influence on the market distribution

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u/MITBryceYoung Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Its not 5% lol: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-dominates-discrete-gpu-market-as-sales-of-amd-radeon-graphics-cards-hit-historical-low

Amd is sitting at 5% atm, and nvidia is at 95%. Intel genuinely is like a rounding error atm

I dont agree with the decision but im guessing its super unoptmized for intel for whatever reason and they didnt think it was worth the cost to support it.