Steam ingame browser problems

[nALLEn☁]

Hi, since I got my new PC I've had this problem with my Steam ingame web-browser.

The browser works good when I use it on a homepage except Steam itself. For example, I can open the browser and use Google, Youtube, Facebook or any other platform without any problems.

When I go into my CS2 inventory for example and click on "Sell on community market" the whole ingame browser completly crashes and I have to wait for it to reboot. Same thing happens if I use friends chat and try to open a friends steam profile page.

The error is not only CS2 so let's not blame that, it happens on whatever game I try, same thing on Wreckfest, when I rightclick on somebody else's name->steam profile the browser crashes or does not open at all. Same error on all games.

I've tried to Google this error with no luck at all, can someone here please help me?

Best regards, nALLEn

[Ettanin]

Try the following:
Steam -> Settings -> Interface -> Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views (requires restart) -> Off (pushbutton to the left)

It's possible your GPU driver doesn't work well with multiple rendering contexts, this is especially true in dual-GPU setups (Intel/AMD IGP + AMD/nVidia GPU)

Should chrome (or whichever browser you use) start to crash as well, make sure hardware acceleration is disabled there as well.

[nALLEn☁]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Try the following:
Steam -> Settings -> Interface -> Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views (requires restart) -> Off (pushbutton to the left)

It's possible your GPU driver doesn't work well with multiple rendering contexts, this is especially true in dual-GPU setups (Intel/AMD IGP + AMD/nVidia GPU)

Should chrome (or whichever browser you use) start to crash as well, make sure hardware acceleration is disabled there as well.

Hi and thank you for your answer, unfortunely disabling "Enable GPU accelerated rendering" did not solve my problem.

It is true that I have dual AMD/Nvidia setup, (7800x3D/RTX4070). could that cause a problem for me?

Is it possible to choose that I want to use my GPU both for the game and ingamebrowser?

[Ettanin]

Depending on your device, you should be able to selectively disable the IGP or the dedicated GPU in your device's UEFI. (Lenovo laptops f. ex. have that option)

I recommend only doing this during gaming sessions because it can negatively affect power consumption and thermals.