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Crimson Desert Now Runs on Intel Arc With New Driver, but Glitches Persist

Progress comes from an Intel driver rather than a finished game patch.

Crimson Desert's main character, Kliff, with a visual glitch on his face.
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Overview

  • Intel’s latest Arc graphics driver, version 32.0.101.8629, enables Crimson Desert to boot and play on Arc GPUs based on broad user reports compiled by tech outlets.
  • Players still report visual artifacts such as mangled faces, missing limbs, and corrupted terrain, and some say the game crashes when AMD FSR upscaling is turned on.
  • Pearl Abyss says it is working on compatibility and optimization for Arc hardware, and the game currently offers NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 and AMD FSR 4 but lacks Intel XeSS.
  • At launch the game blocked Arc users with a “graphics device is currently not supported” error, the developer initially told them to seek refunds, and Intel publicly voiced disappointment.
  • This partial fix helps Arc owners, including many laptop users with Intel graphics, yet a stable experience and feature parity still depend on future driver updates and developer patches.