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System information doesn't correctly report dGPU

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8007 · opened 2021-08-22 by sobornostea · updated 2021-08-22 · 1 comments · github
Ssobornostea 2021-08-22 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 20/07/2021
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

The system information tool in the Steam client doesn't report my hardware properly. In particular it doesn't report my Nvidia dGPU as my main GPU but instead my integrated GPU
Here is the report : https://gist.github.com/sobornostea/b0d1dd9a9f2e8babcb2af1a7aceb43ae

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Click Help > System Information
  2. Under Video Card notice the absence of the Nvidia card
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-08-22 github

Hello @sobornostea, it looks like Steam's system information is accurately telling you that the Steam client is currently running on the AMD hardware. This by itself isn't necessarily a bad thing, as it lets the nVidia GPU stay in a low power state, extending battery life and/or leaves the nVidia GPU free to only focus on game rendering workloads.

You should be able to confirm this by checking what's running on the nVidia GPU with nvidia-smi in a terminal.

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