New Steam Client Update Improves NVIDIA GPU Hardware Acceleration on Linux

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Marcus Nestor
Sep 7, 2026

For Linux gamers, the July 21st, 2026, Steam Client update fixes a steamwebhelper crash that occurred when hardware acceleration is enabled on NVIDIA GPUs and fixes a crash that occurred when manually starting a game recording.

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Marcus Nestor

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