diff --git a/services/hwfit/hardware.py b/services/hwfit/hardware.py
index 191f0e61d..db48d1842 100644
--- a/services/hwfit/hardware.py
+++ b/services/hwfit/hardware.py
@@ -468,39 +468,55 @@ def _detect_windows():
     """
     # Single PowerShell command that gathers all hardware info at once
     ps_cmd = (
-        "$r = @{}; "
-        "$os = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem; "
-        "$r.ram_gb = [math]::Round($os.TotalVisibleMemorySize / 1048576, 1); "
-        "$r.avail_gb = [math]::Round($os.FreePhysicalMemory / 1048576, 1); "
-        "$cpu = Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor | Select-Object -First 1; "
-        "$r.cpu_name = $cpu.Name; "
-        "$r.cpu_cores = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor | Measure-Object -Property NumberOfLogicalProcessors -Sum).Sum; "
-        "$r.arch = $cpu.AddressWidth; "
+        """
+        $r = @{}
+        $os = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem
+        $r.ram_gb = [math]::Round($os.TotalVisibleMemorySize / 1048576, 1)
+        $r.avail_gb = [math]::Round($os.FreePhysicalMemory / 1048576, 1)
+        $cpu = Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor | Select-Object -First 1
+        $r.cpu_name = $cpu.Name
+        $r.cpu_cores = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor | Measure-Object -Property NumberOfLogicalProcessors -Sum).Sum
+        $r.arch = $cpu.AddressWidth
         # GPU detection via nvidia-smi (fastest) or WMI fallback
-        "try { "
-        "  $nv = nvidia-smi --query-gpu=memory.total,name --format=csv,noheader,nounits 2>$null; "
-        "  if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $nv) { "
-        "    $gpus = @(); "
-        "    foreach ($line in $nv -split \"`n\") { "
-        "      $p = $line -split ','; "
-        "      if ($p.Count -ge 2) { $gpus += [pscustomobject]@{name=$p[1].Trim(); vram_mb=[double]$p[0].Trim()} } "
-        "    }; "
-        "    $r.gpu_name = $gpus[0].name; "
-        "    $r.gpu_vram_gb = [math]::Round(($gpus | Measure-Object -Property vram_mb -Sum).Sum / 1024, 1); "
-        "    $r.gpu_count = $gpus.Count; "
-        "    $r.gpu_backend = 'cuda'; "
-        "  } "
-        "} catch {}; "
-        "if (-not $r.gpu_name) { "
-        "  $wmiGpu = Get-CimInstance Win32_VideoController | Where-Object { $_.AdapterRAM -gt 0 } | Select-Object -First 1; "
-        "  if ($wmiGpu) { "
-        "    $r.gpu_name = $wmiGpu.Name; "
-        "    $r.gpu_vram_gb = [math]::Round($wmiGpu.AdapterRAM / 1073741824, 1); "
-        "    $r.gpu_count = 1; "
-        "    $r.gpu_backend = 'cpu_x86'; "  # WMI doesn't tell us CUDA/ROCm
-        "  } "
-        "}; "
-        "$r | ConvertTo-Json -Compress"
+        try { 
+            $nv = nvidia-smi --query-gpu=memory.total,name --format=csv,noheader,nounits 2>$null
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $nv) { 
+                $gpus = @()
+                foreach ($line in $nv -split "`n") { 
+                    $p = $line -split ','
+                    if ($p.Count -ge 2) { $gpus += [pscustomobject]@{name = $p[1].Trim(); vram_mb = [double]$p[0].Trim() } } 
+                }
+                $r.gpu_name = $gpus[0].name
+                $r.gpu_vram_gb = [math]::Round(($gpus | Measure-Object -Property vram_mb -Sum).Sum / 1024, 1)
+                $r.gpu_count = $gpus.Count
+                $r.gpu_backend = 'cuda'
+            } 
+        }
+        catch {}
+        if (-not $r.gpu_name) { 
+            $wmiGpu = Get-CimInstance Win32_VideoController | Where-Object { $_.AdapterRAM -gt 0 } | Select-Object -First 1
+            $GPUDriverKey = "HKLM:\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\\0*"
+            $GPUDeviceID = $wmiGpu.PNPDeviceID.Split('&')[0..1] -join '&'
+            $VRAMfromRegistry = Get-ItemProperty -Path $GPUDriverKey |
+            Where-Object { $_.MatchingDeviceId -like "${GPUDeviceID}*" } |
+            # Sometimes there happen to be multiple driver classes for the same gpu.
+            Select-Object -ExpandProperty HardwareInformation.qwMemorySize -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -First 1
+            if ($wmiGpu) { 
+                $r.gpu_name = $wmiGpu.Name
+                # Edge case: driver is broken, otherwise $wmiGpu.AdapterRAM is redundant
+                if ($VRAMfromRegistry -ge $wmiGpu.AdapterRAM) {
+                    $r.gpu_vram_gb = [math]::Round($VRAMfromRegistry / 1073741824, 1)
+                }
+                else {
+                    $r.gpu_vram_gb = [math]::Round($wmiGpu.AdapterRAM / 1073741824, 1)
+                }
+                $r.gpu_count = 1
+                # WMI doesn't tell us CUDA/ROCm
+                $r.gpu_backend = 'cpu_x86';
+            } 
+        }
+        $r | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+    """
     )
     if _remote_host:
         # Remote: ship a single command string over SSH. The remote shell parses