Bethesda support has confirmed Intel Arc Alchemist graphics card users do not meet minimum Starfield requirementscomment that the truth is completely unfortunate and wrong, because in fact they not only meet the minimum requirements, but exceed them.

In the attached image you can see the response from the support service where the user is told that the Intel Arc Alchemist A770 does not meet the minimum requirements and that for this reason the possible solutions they can offer are very limited. According to Bethesda’s minimum requirements list, Starfield is needed GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or Radeon RX 5700.

At the raw performance level, the Intel Arc Alchemist A770 equivalent GeForce GTX 1080 Ti-GeForce RTX 2070 Super or Radeon RX 6600 XT, roughly, so as I said it not only exceeds the minimum requirements but is very close to the recommended 1080p requirements.

From what I have been able to see, everything points to us being earlier a problem with optimization and support in the game itself. There may also be room for improvement on the driver level, but in that sense, Intel has done its homework as it released a driver focused on this game a few days ago. Bethesda says Starfield is optimized, but apparently it isn’t.

Despite everything, users of Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards complain about it suffers from graphical problems and various glitches, in addition to spontaneous shutdowns that end with the game not being able to be enjoyed properly. Normally, Bethesda would look into this issue and try to find a solution, but right now that seems unlikely.

I understand that this is an AMD sponsored game and that in cases of sponsorship it is normal for a title to be optimized to benefit a specific graphics card brand, but The PC version of Starfield is too broken in this regard, and only really plays well with Radeon RX 5000 and higher graphics cards. So much so that the Radeon RX 5700 XT can outperform the GeForce RTX 3070.

It goes without saying that such a thing they do the user no good, are completely counterproductive in the world of computer games. It will be interesting to see how Starfield develops in terms of optimization and what state the title ends up in. If you have Intel Arc Alchemist and decide to buy the game, rest assured that the experience will not be good and that the best thing to do right now is to wait.