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[BUG] Microsoft Basic Display Adapter not appearing properly when GPU is installed without drivers. #2339

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I have an NVIDIA card in my computer, but without drivers as I don't have any for Windows 8.1 (using Mesa3D for Windows).
Running fastfetch, it reports my GPU as 'NVIDIA Microsoft Basic Display Adapter'.

NVIDIA doesn't really own the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter.
Would be better if you checked for the basic adapter, and just showed 'Microsoft Basic Display Adapter' instead of GPU vendor, than the name.

Version used

fastfetch 2.63.1 (x86_64)

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Always

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System information

// i only put the info that looked like it actually mattered
// so srry if you need the entire thing
[
  {
    "type": "OS",
    "result": {
      "buildID": "",
      "codename": "",
      "id": "Windows 8.1",
      "idLike": "Windows",
      "name": "Windows",
      "prettyName": "Windows 8.1 Pro",
      "variant": "Pro",
      "variantID": "",
      "version": "8.1",
      "versionID": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.8816406643018126
  },
  {
    "type": "Chassis",
    "result": {
      "type": "Desktop",
      "vendor": "",
      "version": "",
      "serial": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.013538455590605736
  },
  {
    "type": "Display",
    "result": [
      {
        "primary": true,
        "output": {
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "refreshRate": 64.0,
          "drrStatus": "Disabled",
          "dpi": 96
        },
        "scaled": {
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080
        },
        "preferred": {
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "refreshRate": 1.0 // what
        },
        "rotation": 0,
        "bitDepth": 0,
        "hdrStatus": null,
        "type": "Unknown",
        "platformApi": "GDI"
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.14194865990430117
  },
  {
    "type": "GPU",
    "result": [
      {
        "index": null,
        "coreCount": null,
        "coreUsage": null,
        "memory": {
          "dedicated": { // it is a discrete gpu
            "total": 0,
            "used": null
          },
          "shared": {
            "total": 268435456,
            "used": null
          },
          "type": null
        },
        "driver": "6.3.9600.17415",
        "name": "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter",
        "temperature": null,
        "type": null,
        "vendor": "NVIDIA",
        "platformApi": "WDDM 1.3",
        "frequency": null,
        "deviceId": 256
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.6781535679474473
  },
  {
    "type": "Vulkan",
    "error": "ffvkCreateInstance() failed: VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER",
    "stat": 1.6988710975274444
  },
  {
    "type": "OpenGL",
    "result": {
      "version": "4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 26.0.7 (git-164633de71)",
      "renderer": "llvmpipe (LLVM 22.1.4, 256 bits)",
      "vendor": "Mesa",
      "slv": "4.50",
      "library": "WGL 1.0"
    },
    "stat": 112.76221014931798
  }
]

Features built-in

threads
vulkan // i don't, shows in system information
imagemagick7
chafa
zlib
opencl
libzfs
WinRT headers
Windows 8.1 Compatibility

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