windows hardware detection improvements, hide integrated gpus for the clblast backend, dont try to detect avx/avx2 flags in the CPU as it's unreliable, use --usecpu flag when CPU backend is selected

src/components/screens/Launch/GeneralTab/BackendSelectItem.tsx

@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ export const BackendSelectItem = ({
   label,
   devices,
   disabled = false,
-}: BackendSelectItemProps) => (
+}: BackendSelectItemProps) => {
+  const renderDeviceName = (
+    device: string | { name: string; isIntegrated: boolean }
+  ) => {
+    const deviceName = typeof device === 'string' ? device : device.name;
+    return deviceName.length > 25
+      ? `${deviceName.slice(0, 25)}...`
+      : deviceName;
+  };
+
+  return (
     <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap">
-    <Box w={!disabled ? '3rem' : 'auto'}>
+      <Box w={!disabled ? '3.5rem' : 'auto'}>
         <Text size="sm" truncate>
           {label}
           {disabled && (
@@ -19,19 +29,29 @@ export const BackendSelectItem = ({
           )}
         </Text>
       </Box>
-    {devices && devices.length > 0 && (
+      {devices &&
+        devices.length > 0 &&
+        (() => {
+          const discreteDevices = devices.filter(
+            (device) => typeof device === 'string' || !device.isIntegrated
+          );
+          return (
+            discreteDevices.length > 0 && (
               <Group gap={4}>
-        {devices.slice(0, 2).map((device, index) => (
+                {discreteDevices.slice(0, 2).map((device, index) => (
                   <Badge key={index} size="md" variant="light" color="blue">
-            {device.length > 25 ? `${device.slice(0, 25)}...` : device}
+                    {renderDeviceName(device)}
                   </Badge>
                 ))}
-        {devices.length > 2 && (
+                {discreteDevices.length > 2 && (
                   <Badge size="md" variant="light" color="gray">
-            +{devices.length - 2}
+                    +{discreteDevices.length - 2}
                   </Badge>
                 )}
               </Group>
-    )}
+            )
+          );
+        })()}
     </Group>
-);
+  );
+};

src/components/screens/Launch/GeneralTab/GpuDeviceSelector.tsx

@@ -25,8 +25,18 @@ export const GpuDeviceSelector = ({
     backend === 'rocm' ||
     backend === 'vulkan' ||
     backend === 'clblast';
-  const hasMultipleDevices =
+
-    selectedBackend?.devices && selectedBackend.devices.length > 1;
+  const getDiscreteDeviceCount = () => {
+    if (!selectedBackend?.devices) return 0;
+    if (backend === 'clblast') {
+      return selectedBackend.devices.filter(
+        (device) => typeof device === 'string' || !device.isIntegrated
+      ).length;
+    }
+    return selectedBackend.devices.length;
+  };
+
+  const hasMultipleDevices = getDiscreteDeviceCount() > 1;
   const showTensorSplit =
     (backend === 'cuda' || backend === 'rocm' || backend === 'vulkan') &&
     hasMultipleDevices &&
@@ -36,19 +46,42 @@ export const GpuDeviceSelector = ({
     return null;
   }
 
-  const deviceOptions =
+  const deviceOptions = (() => {
-    backend === 'clblast'
+    if (!selectedBackend?.devices) return [];
-      ? selectedBackend.devices!.map((device, index) => ({
+
+    if (backend === 'clblast') {
+      return selectedBackend.devices
+        .map((device, index) => {
+          if (typeof device === 'object' && device.isIntegrated) {
+            return null;
+          }
+          const deviceName = typeof device === 'string' ? device : device.name;
+          return {
             value: index.toString(),
-          label: `GPU ${index}: ${device}`,
+            label: `GPU ${index}: ${deviceName}`,
-        }))
+          };
-      : [
+        })
+        .filter(
+          (option): option is NonNullable<typeof option> => option !== null
+        );
+    }
+
+    return [
       { value: 'all', label: 'All GPUs' },
-          ...selectedBackend.devices!.map((device, index) => ({
+      ...selectedBackend.devices.map((device, index) => {
+        const deviceName =
+          typeof device === 'string'
+            ? device
+            : typeof device === 'object' && 'name' in device
+              ? device.name
+              : String(device);
+        return {
           value: index.toString(),
-            label: `GPU ${index}: ${device}`,
+          label: `GPU ${index}: ${deviceName}`,
-          })),
+        };
+      }),
     ];
+  })();
 
   return (
     <div>

src/components/screens/Launch/index.tsx

@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ export const LaunchScreen = ({ onLaunch }: LaunchScreenProps) => {
     model,
     sdmodel,
     backend,
-    noavx2,
-    failsafe,
     configLoaded,
   });
 

src/hooks/useLaunchLogic.ts

@@ -85,11 +85,15 @@ const buildModelArgs = (
 const buildConfigArgs = (isImageMode: boolean, launchArgs: LaunchArgs) => {
   const args: string[] = [];
 
+  const isGpuBackend = launchArgs.backend && launchArgs.backend !== 'cpu';
+
+  if (isGpuBackend) {
     if (launchArgs.autoGpuLayers) {
       args.push('--gpulayers', '-1');
     } else if (launchArgs.gpuLayers > 0) {
       args.push('--gpulayers', launchArgs.gpuLayers.toString());
     }
+  }
 
   if (launchArgs.contextSize) {
     args.push('--contextsize', launchArgs.contextSize.toString());
@@ -193,6 +197,9 @@ const buildBackendArgs = (launchArgs: LaunchArgs) => {
   const args: string[] = [];
 
   if (!launchArgs.backend || launchArgs.backend === 'cpu') {
+    if (launchArgs.backend === 'cpu') {
+      args.push('--usecpu');
+    }
     return args;
   }
 

src/hooks/useWarnings.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ interface UseWarningsProps {
   model: string;
   sdmodel: string;
   backend?: string;
-  noavx2?: boolean;
-  failsafe?: boolean;
   configLoaded?: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -133,9 +131,6 @@ const checkVramWarnings = async (backend: string): Promise<Warning[]> => {
 
 const checkCpuWarnings = (
   backend: string,
-  cpuCapabilities: { avx: boolean; avx2: boolean },
-  noavx2: boolean,
-  failsafe: boolean,
   availableBackends: BackendOption[]
 ) => {
   const warnings: Warning[] = [];
@@ -144,22 +139,6 @@ const checkCpuWarnings = (
     return warnings;
   }
 
-  if (!cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !noavx2) {
-    warnings.push({
-      type: 'warning',
-      message:
-        'Your CPU does not support AVX2. Enable the "Disable AVX2" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (!cpuCapabilities.avx && !cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !failsafe) {
-    warnings.push({
-      type: 'warning',
-      message:
-        'Your CPU does not support AVX or AVX2. Enable the "Failsafe" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
-    });
-  }
-
   if (
     availableBackends.length > 0 &&
     availableBackends.some((b) => b.value === 'cpu')
@@ -177,11 +156,8 @@ const checkCpuWarnings = (
 const checkBackendWarnings = async (params?: {
   backend: string;
   cpuCapabilities: {
-    avx: boolean;
+    devices: string[];
-    avx2: boolean;
   } | null;
-  noavx2: boolean;
-  failsafe: boolean;
   availableBackends: BackendOption[];
 }): Promise<Warning[]> => {
   const warnings: Warning[] = [];
@@ -204,20 +180,13 @@ const checkBackendWarnings = async (params?: {
   warnings.push(...gpuWarnings);
 
   if (params) {
-    const { backend, cpuCapabilities, noavx2, failsafe, availableBackends } =
+    const { backend, cpuCapabilities, availableBackends } = params;
-      params;
 
     const vramWarnings = await checkVramWarnings(backend);
     warnings.push(...vramWarnings);
 
     if (cpuCapabilities) {
-      const cpuWarnings = checkCpuWarnings(
+      const cpuWarnings = checkCpuWarnings(backend, availableBackends);
-        backend,
-        cpuCapabilities,
-        noavx2,
-        failsafe,
-        availableBackends
-      );
       warnings.push(...cpuWarnings);
     }
   }
@@ -229,8 +198,6 @@ export const useWarnings = ({
   model,
   sdmodel,
   backend,
-  noavx2 = false,
-  failsafe = false,
   configLoaded = false,
 }: UseWarningsProps) => {
   const [backendWarnings, setBackendWarnings] = useState<Warning[]>([]);
@@ -251,21 +218,14 @@ export const useWarnings = ({
       window.electronAPI.kobold.getAvailableBackends(),
     ]);
 
-    const cpuCapabilities = {
-      avx: cpuCapabilitiesResult.avx,
-      avx2: cpuCapabilitiesResult.avx2,
-    };
-
     const result = await checkBackendWarnings({
       backend,
-      cpuCapabilities,
+      cpuCapabilities: cpuCapabilitiesResult,
-      noavx2,
-      failsafe,
       availableBackends,
     });
 
     setBackendWarnings(result);
-  }, [backend, noavx2, failsafe]);
+  }, [backend]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     updateBackendWarnings();

src/main/modules/hardware.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-comments/disallowComments */
 import {
   cpu as siCpu,
-  cpuFlags,
   mem as siMem,
   memLayout as siMemLayout,
 } from 'systeminformation';
@@ -16,7 +15,11 @@ import type {
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { formatDeviceName } from '@/utils/format';
 import { platform } from 'process';
-import { getVulkanInfo, detectLinuxGPUViaVulkan } from '@/utils/node/vulkan';
+import {
+  getVulkanInfo,
+  detectLinuxGPUViaVulkan,
+  detectVulkan,
+} from '@/utils/node/vulkan';
 
 const COMMON_EXEC_OPTIONS = {
   timeout: 3000,
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ export async function detectCPU() {
   }
 
   const result = await safeExecute(async () => {
-    const [cpu, flags] = await Promise.all([siCpu(), cpuFlags()]);
+    const cpu = await siCpu();
 
     const devices: string[] = [];
     if (cpu.brand) {
@@ -43,12 +46,7 @@ export async function detectCPU() {
       );
     }
 
-    const avx = flags.includes('avx') || flags.includes('AVX');
-    const avx2 = flags.includes('avx2') || flags.includes('AVX2');
-
     const capabilities = {
-      avx,
-      avx2,
       devices,
     };
 
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ export async function detectCPU() {
   }, 'CPU detection failed');
 
   const fallbackCapabilities = {
-    avx: false,
-    avx2: false,
     devices: [],
   };
 
@@ -74,15 +70,15 @@ export async function detectGPU() {
   const result = await safeExecute(async () => {
     if (platform === 'linux') {
       return detectLinuxGPUViaVulkan();
-    } else {
-      return detectGPUViaSI();
     }
+
+    return detectGPUViaSI();
   }, 'GPU detection failed');
 
   const fallbackGPUInfo = {
     hasAMD: false,
     hasNVIDIA: false,
-    gpuInfo: ['GPU detection failed'],
+    gpuInfo: [],
   };
 
   basicGPUInfoCache = result || fallbackGPUInfo;
@@ -317,28 +313,8 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
   }
 }
 
-async function detectVulkan() {
-  try {
-    const vulkanInfo = await getVulkanInfo();
-
-    const devices: string[] = [];
-
-    for (const gpu of vulkanInfo.discreteGPUs) {
-      devices.push(formatDeviceName(gpu.deviceName));
-    }
-
-    return {
-      supported: devices.length > 0,
-      devices,
-      version: vulkanInfo.apiVersion || 'Unknown',
-    };
-  } catch {
-    return { supported: false, devices: [], version: 'Unknown' };
-  }
-}
-
 function parseClInfoOutput(output: string) {
-  const devices: string[] = [];
+  const devices: { name: string; isIntegrated: boolean }[] = [];
   const lines = output.split('\n');
 
   let currentPlatform = '';
@@ -353,9 +329,13 @@ function parseClInfoOutput(output: string) {
 
     if (line.includes('Device Type:') && line.includes('GPU')) {
       const deviceName = findDeviceNameInClInfo(lines, i);
+      const computeUnits = findComputeUnitsInClInfo(lines, i);
 
       if (deviceName && currentPlatform) {
-        devices.push(formatDeviceName(deviceName));
+        devices.push({
+          name: formatDeviceName(deviceName),
+          isIntegrated: !isDiscreteGPU(deviceName, computeUnits),
+        });
       }
     }
   }
@@ -389,6 +369,38 @@ function findDeviceNameInClInfo(lines: string[], startIndex: number) {
   return '';
 }
 
+function findComputeUnitsInClInfo(lines: string[], startIndex: number) {
+  for (
+    let j = startIndex + 1;
+    j < Math.min(startIndex + 50, lines.length);
+    j++
+  ) {
+    const nextLine = lines[j].trim();
+    if (nextLine.includes('Max compute units:')) {
+      const units = nextLine.split('Max compute units:')[1]?.trim();
+      return units ? parseInt(units, 10) : 0;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+function isDiscreteGPU(deviceName: string, computeUnits: number) {
+  const lowerName = deviceName.toLowerCase();
+
+  if (
+    lowerName.includes('radeon(tm) graphics') ||
+    lowerName.includes('intel')
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (computeUnits <= 2) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 async function detectCLBlast() {
   try {
     const { stdout } = await execa('clinfo', [], COMMON_EXEC_OPTIONS);

src/types/hardware.d.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 export interface CPUCapabilities {
-  avx: boolean;
-  avx2: boolean;
   devices: string[];
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ export interface GPUCapabilities {
   };
   clblast: {
     readonly supported: boolean;
-    readonly devices: readonly string[];
+    readonly devices: readonly CLBlastDevice[];
     readonly version?: string;
   };
 }
@@ -45,6 +43,11 @@ export interface BasicGPUInfo {
   gpuInfo: string[];
 }
 
+export interface CLBlastDevice {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly isIntegrated: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface HardwareDetectionResult {
   readonly supported: boolean;
   readonly devices: readonly string[];

src/types/index.d.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ export interface SelectOption {
 }
 
 export interface BackendOption extends SelectOption {
-  readonly devices?: readonly string[];
+  readonly devices?: readonly (
+    | string
+    | { name: string; isIntegrated: boolean }
+  )[];
   readonly disabled?: boolean;
 }
 

src/utils/node/gpu.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { readFile, readdir } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { platform } from 'process';
-import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { graphics as siGraphics } from 'systeminformation';
+import { formatDeviceName } from '../format';
 
 interface CachedGPUInfo {
   devicePath: string;
@@ -167,43 +167,17 @@ async function getLinuxGPUData() {
 
 async function getWindowsGPUData() {
   try {
-    const { stdout } = await execa(
+    const graphics = await siGraphics();
-      'powershell',
+
-      [
+    const discreteControllers = graphics.controllers.filter(
-        '-Command',
+      (controller) => controller.vram && controller.vram >= 1024
-        `$activeGpus = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_VideoController | Where-Object { $_.Status -eq 'OK' -and $_.Name -notlike '*Intel*UHD*' -and $_.Name -notlike '*Intel*Iris*' -and $_.Name -notlike '*Basic Display*' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name;
-         $gpuKeys = Get-ChildItem 'HKLM:\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}' | Where-Object { $_.PSChildName -match '^\\d{4}$' };
-         foreach($key in $gpuKeys) {
-           $props = Get-ItemProperty $key.PSPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
-           if($props.DriverDesc -and $props.'HardwareInformation.qwMemorySize' -and $activeGpus -contains $props.DriverDesc) {
-             $vramBytes = $props.'HardwareInformation.qwMemorySize';
-             $vramGB = [math]::Round($vramBytes/1GB, 2);
-             if($vramGB -ge 1) {
-               Write-Output "$($props.DriverDesc)|$vramGB";
-             }
-           }
-         }`,
-      ],
-      {
-        timeout: 10000,
-        reject: false,
-      }
     );
 
-    if (!stdout.trim()) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
     const gpus: GPUData[] = [];
-    const lines = stdout.trim().split('\n');
-    const seenVram = new Set<number>();
 
-    for (const line of lines) {
+    for (const controller of discreteControllers) {
-      const parts = line.trim().split('|');
+      if (controller.vram) {
-      if (parts.length === 2) {
+        const vramGB = parseFloat((controller.vram / 1024).toFixed(2));
-        const vramGB = parseFloat(parts[1]);
-        if (vramGB > 0 && !seenVram.has(vramGB)) {
-          seenVram.add(vramGB);
         gpus.push({
           usage: 0,
           memoryUsed: 0,
@@ -212,7 +186,6 @@ async function getWindowsGPUData() {
         });
       }
     }
-    }
 
     return gpus;
   } catch {
@@ -250,10 +223,17 @@ export async function detectGPUViaSI() {
   let hasNVIDIA = false;
   const gpuInfo: string[] = [];
 
-  const discreteControllers = graphics.controllers.filter(
+  const discreteControllers = graphics.controllers.filter((controller) => {
-    (controller) =>
+    if (platform === 'linux' && controller.busAddress) {
-      controller.busAddress && isDiscreteBusAddress(controller.busAddress)
+      return isDiscreteBusAddress(controller.busAddress);
-  );
+    }
+
+    if (platform === 'win32') {
+      return controller.vram && controller.vram >= 1024;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  });
 
   for (const controller of discreteControllers) {
     if (
@@ -268,13 +248,13 @@ export async function detectGPUViaSI() {
     }
 
     if (controller.model) {
-      gpuInfo.push(controller.model);
+      gpuInfo.push(formatDeviceName(controller.model));
     }
   }
 
   return {
     hasAMD,
     hasNVIDIA,
-    gpuInfo: gpuInfo.length > 0 ? gpuInfo : ['No GPU information available'],
+    gpuInfo: gpuInfo.length > 0 ? gpuInfo : [],
   };
 }

src/utils/node/vulkan.ts

@@ -151,13 +151,33 @@ export async function detectLinuxGPUViaVulkan() {
     return {
       hasAMD,
       hasNVIDIA,
-      gpuInfo: gpuInfo.length > 0 ? gpuInfo : ['No GPU information available'],
+      gpuInfo: gpuInfo.length > 0 ? gpuInfo : [],
     };
   } catch {
     return {
       hasAMD: false,
       hasNVIDIA: false,
-      gpuInfo: ['GPU detection failed'],
+      gpuInfo: [],
     };
   }
 }
+
+export async function detectVulkan() {
+  try {
+    const vulkanInfo = await getVulkanInfo();
+
+    const devices: string[] = [];
+
+    for (const gpu of vulkanInfo.discreteGPUs) {
+      devices.push(formatDeviceName(gpu.deviceName));
+    }
+
+    return {
+      supported: devices.length > 0,
+      devices,
+      version: vulkanInfo.apiVersion || 'Unknown',
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return { supported: false, devices: [], version: 'Unknown' };
+  }
+}

src/utils/systemInfo.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const createDriverItems = (hardwareInfo: HardwareInfo) => {
 
     if (gpuCapabilities.cuda.driverVersion) {
       items.push({
-        label: 'NVIDIA Driver',
+        label: 'NVIDIA',
         value: gpuCapabilities.cuda.driverVersion,
       });
     }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export const createDriverItems = (hardwareInfo: HardwareInfo) => {
 
     if (gpuCapabilities.rocm.driverVersion) {
       items.push({
-        label: 'AMD Driver',
+        label: 'AMD',
         value: gpuCapabilities.rocm.driverVersion,
       });
     }