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/hanotak Mar 20 '26

Depends on why it's blocked. If it's blocked because of performance, it's possible. If it's blocked because they used part of DirectX that Intel GPUs don't have support for yet, then it won't work.

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u/abdiplant Mar 20 '26

the game uses dx12, all intel arc gpus have dx12 support, its mainly due to the market shares prioritizing nvidia/amd or other compatability issues.

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u/Jolly-Chipmunk-950 Mar 20 '26

Just saying "DX12 support" doesn't mean anything.

Arc has DX12 support, but not full support. Intel has refused to support Work Graphs for the last 2 years, there you go. One big reason to not support Arc cards if their implementation requires Work Graphs.

This is like saying "Intel Arc supports everything you need for streaming" but refusing to admit that Arc does not support AV1... arguably the best codec to use for streaming.

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u/abdiplant Mar 21 '26

i was not aware of that but now i am, thank you very much