Pragmata is yet another launch day fail for Intel's GPUs, but its quick response to game issues shows it's still working hard for gamers
Getting an Intel Arc card can be a good option in this otherwise eye-wateringly expensive market, especially as many of the GPUs' initial wrinkles have been ironed out. But problems still remain, and they sometimes surface with the release of new games, as some Intel Arc gamers found with the launch of Pragmata. But the company's latest driver claims to fix the crashes that were causing a stir.
Intel's 32.0.101.8735 graphics driver claims to fix "application crash while loading into game menu" for Arc A-series, B-series, and Core Ultra Series 1, 2, and 3 integrated Arc GPUs. This is the only fix that's mentioned, and known issues with other games such as The Finals, Fortnite, and Crimson Desert remain.
Assuming the crashes mentioned on Reddit are the ones this Intel driver fixes, which does seem likely to be the case, it seems there was already a workaround which involved manually deleting the game's shader cache and config files. Still, it's better to have an actual fix than having to mess with your game files.
Say what you want about its GPUs, but Intel's been doing a pretty good job of resolving these kinds of issues lately. For instance, last week's driver update claimed to resolve some flickering problems in Crimson Desert. And this isn't long after it was up for question whether the game would even be supported on the GPUs at all.
That's a far cry from how things were when Arc graphics cards first launched, and even when the B-series launched and for some time after. You still can't count on the full compatibility of an Nvidia or AMD GPU, but things are a lot better than they were.
At any rate, if you're a proud owner of an Arc GPU and you're keen to get dad-simming in Pragmata, it looks like you won't have to miss out on the action any longer.