steam system info detection.

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76561198161925524 Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:46am

on my computer i have a motherboard which includes a video card intel 4600....
also i have another video card geforce gtx 660....
now when i check the system info on steam... it seems steam recognized my video card intel 4600...but it didnt recognize my gtx 660 which is a much better video card correct???
now question is how do i make steam recognize the gtx 660 maybe a reinstall???? since i have disabled the intel 4600 a reinstall might work...
the bigger question is what if this issue is effecting on gameplay??? because i play games through steam if the software doesnt recognize a better video card im wondering maybe there is a directed effect on games while playing...

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Tev Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:52am

Originally posted by eyal1254:
if the software doesnt recognize a better video card im wondering maybe there is a directed effect on games while playing...

Is your cable hooked up to your GTX 660 card? Does your drivers have that card as the one being used?

If so, it doesn't matter.

MESUT KOMİSER Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:52am

Install drivers

DirtyFishy Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:52am

If your graphics card isn't being recognized then some games won't be able to be on the highest settings without issues.

Check to see if your drivers are installed and updated.
Check to see if the graphics card is in properly.
You could try disabling the integrated chip as well.

eyal1254 Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:57am

i disabled the intel 4600 long time ago... but it was long after i installed steam so maybe a simple remove and reinstall might solve that problem.... everything is updated

eyal1254 Sep 16, 2015 @ 10:11am

anyone have more ideas? i need some help here... i reinstalled steam it didnt work even though the intel 4600 is disabled.

DirtyFishy Sep 16, 2015 @ 11:29am

Did you install the drivers?

eyal1254 Sep 16, 2015 @ 11:43am

everything is updated man.... the only video card working is the gtx 660.. and steam doesnt recognize it... its recognizing the other one...

eyal1254 Sep 16, 2015 @ 11:44am

my question is if it has any effect on gameplay????

ReBoot Sep 16, 2015 @ 11:51am

Originally posted by eyal1254:
my question is if it has any effect on gameplay????

It doesn't matter if Steam detects your hardware properly or not. Steam isn't the instance to decide what GPU to use.

eyal1254 Sep 16, 2015 @ 12:05pm

i just wish i could an official answer from steam support... :(
but i believe you on this one lol

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ReBoot Sep 16, 2015 @ 12:08pm

Originally posted by eyal1254:
i just wish i could an official answer from steam support... :(
but i believe you on this one lol

Steam support will tell you the same, Steam doesn't determine which GPU to use. The driver does. And if you've disabled the integrated GPU in the BIOS, it can't even run at all.

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