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Intel Arc GPUs Can't Run The Finals On Linux But Concealing GPU Vendor Does The Job

Intel Arc GPUs Can't Run The Finals On Linux But Concealing GPU Vendor Does The Job

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The Finals is a popular game across all platforms, but Linux users with Intel Arc GPUs are unable to play it unless they hide their vendor. While running The Finals on an Intel Arc GPU through Steam Play, the game is stuck on a black screen and then terminates itself, due to the lack of support for Intel XeSS upscaling technology. Phoronix reports that setting a "force_vk_vendor=-1" environment variable hides the graphics vendor from the game title, which means that in this case, the game doesn't know what type of GPU it is running upon. Intel Arc GPU series is relatively newer in Linux compared to competitors, and even lack support in some instances.

The Finals is a popular game across all platforms, but Linux users with Intel Arc GPUs are unable to play it unless they hide their vendor.


Intel-Based Linux Gamers Would Now Have To Hide Their GPU Vendor To Play The Finals & Other Titles Which Leverage XeSS By Default

The Finals can be played on Linux through Steam Play, but a bug has appeared while running the game on Intel Arc GPUs due to the lack of Team Blue's software technologies on Linux.


While running The Finals on an Intel Arc GPU through Steam Play, the game is stuck on a black screen and then terminates itself, due to the lack of support for Intel XeSS upscaling technology.
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Phoronix reports that setting a "force_vk_vendor=-1" environment variable hides the graphics vendor from the game title, which means that in this case, the game doesn't know what type of GPU it is running upon.


Intel Arc GPU series is relatively newer in Linux compared to competitors, and even lack support in some instances. Intel has been putting in effort, especially with the recent Xe Kernel GPU driver update, so it won't take long before users on Linux witness a seamless experience.


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