Starfield will get huge Intel GPU repair however “nonetheless work to do”

Intel’s personal line of graphics playing cards simply received an enormous driver patch to repair an abundance of points with Starfield.

Bethesda’s newest RPG is inflicting a number of complications for these on PCs, and none as a lot as Intel graphics card house owners. The sport noticed vital hassle on Intel Arc GPUs, with the sport presenting game-breaking bugs and extra.

Over the weekend, Intel’s engineers managed to get collectively a Starfield-specific driver for its customers. It not solely fixes in-game visible bugs but additionally prevents the sport from merely crashing at a second’s discover.

As a part of Intel’s graphics advertising, Ryan Shrout mentioned there’s “nonetheless work to do” to make sure the sport is working correctly on their fledgling {hardware}.

If you happen to seize the driving force, you’ll discover the next has been mounted in DirectX 12:

• Sport load period is considerably decreased.
• Starfield might expertise instability and utility crashes whereas launching and through gameplay.
• Starfield might exhibit texture corruptions and scene glints throughout gameplay.

Starfield on Intel GPUs nonetheless affected by bugs

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Regardless of these big fixes to the sport, Starfield continues to be affected by some points. The character of the sport means it’s fairly tough to run easily, in addition to normal efficiency points plaguing the sport proper now. These embody issues largely round DirectX 12:

• Starfield (DX12) might expertise utility instability in some areas of the sport.
• Starfield (DX12) might exhibit corruption when utilizing Dynamic Decision Scaling. A workaround is to alter the Render Decision Scale slider worth.
• Starfield (DX12) might exhibit texture flickering on gentle sources throughout gameplay.
• Starfield (DX12) might exhibit low texture particulars on sure objects within the sport.

Nonetheless, it isn’t the one sport to be hindered by Intel Arc GPUs. As a result of expertise backing the playing cards, Intel GPUs have had big points with DirectX 9 video games previously. This contains esport titles like Counter-Strike: International Offensive. Nonetheless, Intel has been engaged on compatibility and performance, with what appears like a weekly driver hitting to repair much more video games.