diff --git a/backtest_gpu.py b/backtest_gpu.py
index 4e76d7c..f7b0f19 100644
--- a/backtest_gpu.py
+++ b/backtest_gpu.py
@@ -42,14 +42,36 @@ if hasattr(sys.stdout, "reconfigure"):
     sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
 
 # ── GPU backend ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Register NVIDIA pip-package DLL directories before importing CuPy.
+# nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12 / nvidia-curand-cu12 etc. drop their DLLs into
+# site-packages/nvidia/<pkg>/bin/ — they are NOT on PATH by default.
+def _register_nvidia_dlls() -> None:
+    import pathlib, site, warnings
+    for sp in site.getsitepackages():
+        nvidia_base = pathlib.Path(sp) / "nvidia"
+        if not nvidia_base.is_dir():
+            continue
+        for sub in nvidia_base.iterdir():
+            bin_dir = sub / "bin"
+            if bin_dir.is_dir():
+                try:
+                    os.add_dll_directory(str(bin_dir))
+                except (OSError, AttributeError):
+                    pass  # add_dll_directory is Windows-only; skip on Linux/Mac
+
+_register_nvidia_dlls()
+
 try:
-    import cupy as cp  # type: ignore
+    import warnings as _w
+    with _w.catch_warnings():
+        _w.simplefilter("ignore")   # suppress "CUDA path could not be detected"
+        import cupy as cp           # type: ignore
     _GPU = True
-    _BACKEND = "CuPy (GPU)"
-except ImportError:
+    _BACKEND = f"CuPy {cp.__version__} (RTX GPU)"
+except Exception:
     cp = np  # type: ignore[assignment]
     _GPU = False
-    _BACKEND = "NumPy (CPU — install cupy-cuda12x for GPU)"
+    _BACKEND = "NumPy (CPU — install cupy-cuda12x + nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12 for GPU)"
 
 from config import PlatformConfig, Timeframe, USDJPY, PIP_VALUE
 from data_provider import ForexDataProvider