diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 114957e9..269a48c9 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -93,13 +93,22 @@ export async function validateHardware(): Promise<HardwareValidation> {
 
       if (!hasNvidia) {
         try {
-          await execAsync('nvidia-smi');
+          // wmic is unreliable. Check in PS.
+          const res = await execAsync(
+            'powershell.exe -c "$n = \'*NVIDIA*\'; Get-CimInstance win32_videocontroller | ? { $_.Name -like $n -or $_.VideoProcessor -like $n -or $_.AdapterCompatibility -like $n }"'
+          );
+          if (!res) throw new Error('No video card');
           return { isValid: true };
         } catch {
-          return {
-            isValid: false,
-            error: 'ComfyUI requires an NVIDIA GPU on Windows. No NVIDIA GPU was detected.',
-          };
+          try {
+            await execAsync('nvidia-smi');
+            return { isValid: true };
+          } catch {
+            return {
+              isValid: false,
+              error: 'ComfyUI requires an NVIDIA GPU on Windows. No NVIDIA GPU was detected.',
+            };
+          }
         }
       }