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BioShock Infinite* has Low-Quality Textures on Intel® Arc™

Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000099382 | Last Reviewed: 09/04/2024

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When playing BioShock Infinite*, the game has low quality textures on Intel Arc even when using the "High" and "Ultra" presets

The workaround to get high quality textures when using the "High" or "Ultra" presets in Bios\Shock Infinite is:

Navigate to C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\My Games\Bioshock Infinite\XGame\Config
Open the file XEngine.ini with a text editor such as Notepad
Locate the section [Texture Streaming] and change the following lines:
- UseTextureFileCache=FALSE
- TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=1500
- LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=3000
Check how much VRAM your GPU has:
- Go to Intel® Ark
- Search for your GPU
- Look for the Memory Size line and note the amount of VRAM. For example, the Intel Arc A750 has 8GB of VRAM.
- Multiply that number by 1000. Using the same example, the number for above would be 8 x 1000 = 8000
- Change the following line in the [Texture Streaming] section of the XEngine.ini file with the number calculated in the last step:
  - PoolSize=8000
Add this line to the Steam launch options of the game:
- ReadTexturePoolFromIni

This article applies to 14 products.

Intel® Arc™ B-Series Graphics Intel® Arc™ B580 Graphics Intel® Arc™ B570 Graphics Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics Intel® Arc™ A580 Graphics Intel® Arc™ A770 Graphics (8GB) Intel® Arc™ A380 Graphics Intel® Arc™ A750 Graphics Intel® Arc™ A770 Graphics (16GB) Intel® Arc™ A350M Graphics Intel® Arc™ A370M Graphics Intel® Arc™ A530M Graphics Intel® Arc™ A570M Graphics Intel® Arc™ Graphics

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