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System Information shows onboard graphics info but not PCIe GPU info

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11035 · opened 2024-06-27 by mven · updated 2024-06-27 · 1 comments · github
Mmven 2024-06-27 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Steam Beta Update 1719453458 (Wed, Jun 26 8:35 PM UTC -08:00)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Steam Logs:
  • GPU: NVIDIA 3090 (PCIe card), AMD (on-board CPU)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Running Help > System Information results in missing information about my NVIDIA GPU. In the Video Card section, I see the following, with no mention of my NVIDIA 3090:

Video Card:
Driver: Mesa zink Vulkan 1.3(AMD Radeon Graphics (AMD_OPEN_SOURCE))
Driver Version: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.1.2-arch1.1
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 174 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x164e
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
Primary Display Resolution: 3440 x 1440
Desktop Resolution: 3440 x 1440
Primary Display Size: 31.89" x 13.78" (34.72" diag), 81.0cm x 35.0cm (88.2cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 512 MB

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Have onboard graphics + GPU PCIe card
  2. Open Steam client
  3. Go to Help > System Information menu
  4. View Video Card section and GPU PCIe card information is not shown
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-06-27 github

Hello @mven, this is a repeat of #9712. Steam's basic system information is reporting the GPU that the Steam client is rendering with. Any in-depth troubleshooting should use Steam Runtime Diagnostics (Steam -> Help -> Steam Runtime Diagnostics).

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