Crash when Steam attempts to initialize Direct3D to get its GPU capabilities

I get a fail when trying to login and Steam attempts to initialize Direct3D to get its GPU capabilities.

Can you help? I have an old Radeon HD 6770M card that has no new drivers.

This is a forum on OpenGL, not Direct3D nor Steam. You’re going to have better luck resolving your problem by posting your problem to a Steam Help forum, such as this one.