Steam Hardware Survey Inaccurate

[KyngShadow]

I don't know where to post this so I figured I'd try here since it was a Hardware survey...I got a message from Steam asking to conduct the hardware survey, I did it but Steam didn't pull the right information. It showed my video card to be an intel onboard graphics, but I have a 1080ti ftw3 that I've been using for a year now.

Not sure what else may have been inaccurate as that one stood out the most to me so when visiting the results page I can only assume what I'm looking at isn't correct.

Only reason I care enough to report it is because I like looking at the analytics of who uses what on steam, plays what, and where most spend their time on steam etc. It's cool to process, break down and filter all that data.

[Omega]

It likely listed both the Intel HD and the Nvidia GPU. Could you post your system specs according to Steam? -Help (Top left of the Steam client) > System Information

I don't own any desktops with both a I-GPU and GPU so I can't check how Steam reports the specs on these machines.

If it really didn't list the 1080 ti you likely have your monitor connected to the motherboard. Which I find highly unlikely, since you would have likely notices performance-wise the machine doesn't exactly perform up to 1080 ti standards.

[KyngShadow]

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model: Z97X-UD3H
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 4000 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 20.19.15.4835
DirectX Driver Version: 25.21.14.1735
Driver Date: 10 16 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1b06
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 3
Number of Logical Video Cards: 3
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Desktop Resolution: 3851 x 3240
Primary Display Size: 47.95" x 26.97" (55.00" diag)
121.8cm x 68.5cm (139.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: SONY TV *00 (NVIDIA High Defin

Memory:
RAM: 16244 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 6925618 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 1227210 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: XInput Controller #1 detected
VR Headset: None detected

oh! hahaha it says it right there Nvidia 1080 ti LOOOOOOOOL good call man

interesting that the driver is shown as intel HD graphics

[r.linder]

Originally posted by KyngShadow:

oh! hahaha it says it right there Nvidia 1080 ti LOOOOOOOOL good call man

interesting that the driver is shown as intel HD graphics

It shows all cards including integrated graphics iirc

[KyngShadow]

Originally posted by Escorve:

Originally posted by KyngShadow:

oh! hahaha it says it right there Nvidia 1080 ti LOOOOOOOOL good call man

interesting that the driver is shown as intel HD graphics

It shows all cards including integrated graphics iirc

that's interesting so I guess through Steam's filteration they would assume that if onboard and discrete are present that the user is using discrete and adjusts their data accordingly? Hmm

I'm just curious as to why it only shows "driver" as Intel when we do use Nvidia drivers. I guess its not important.