diff --git a/backend/ltx2_server.py b/backend/ltx2_server.py
index f250fb7c..63fa9ea1 100644
--- a/backend/ltx2_server.py
+++ b/backend/ltx2_server.py
@@ -235,11 +235,14 @@ def _resolve_app_data_dir() -> Path:
 
 
 def _resolve_local_generations_mode() -> LocalGenerationMode:
+    from runtime_config.accelerator import accelerator_backend
+
     gpu_info = GpuInfoImpl()
     system = platform.system()
     cuda_available = gpu_info.get_cuda_available()
     mps_available = gpu_info.get_mps_available()
     vram_gb = gpu_info.get_vram_total_gb()
+    fp8_capable = accelerator_backend() == "cuda"
     # On Darwin there's no discrete VRAM (unified memory), so gate on *available* RAM,
     # not total — total overstates real headroom once the OS/Electron/app are running.
     # See GpuInfoImpl.get_available_ram_gb.
@@ -252,16 +255,18 @@ def _resolve_local_generations_mode() -> LocalGenerationMode:
         vram_gb=vram_gb,
         mps_available=mps_available,
         ram_gb=available_ram_gb,
+        fp8_capable=fp8_capable,
     )
     logger.info(
         "Runtime policy local_generations_mode=%s (system=%s cuda_available=%s mps_available=%s "
-        "vram_gb=%s available_ram_gb=%s)",
+        "vram_gb=%s available_ram_gb=%s fp8_capable=%s)",
         mode,
         system,
         cuda_available,
         mps_available,
         vram_gb,
         available_ram_gb,
+        fp8_capable,
     )
     return mode
 
@@ -344,6 +349,8 @@ def log_hardware_info() -> None:
             "LTX 2.5 decode uses eager SDPA on Mac (no Triton; slower than Linux/Windows)."
         )
     logger.info(gpu_line)
+    from runtime_config.accelerator import accelerator_backend
+    logger.info(f"Accelerator: {accelerator_backend()}  |  HIP: {getattr(torch.version, 'hip', None)}")
     logger.info(f"SageAttention: {'enabled' if use_sage_attention else 'disabled'}")
     logger.info(f"Python: {sys.version.split()[0]}  |  Torch: {torch.__version__}")
 
diff --git a/backend/runtime_config/accelerator.py b/backend/runtime_config/accelerator.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07688b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/runtime_config/accelerator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Accelerator backend detection.
+
+ROCm PyTorch reports itself through the same `torch.cuda` interface as NVIDIA
+CUDA builds (`torch.cuda.is_available()`, `device.type == "cuda"`, etc.), so
+code that checks `device.type == "cuda"` to mean "this is an NVIDIA GPU" is
+wrong under ROCm. `torch.version.hip` is the actual discriminator: it is set
+on ROCm builds and `None` on CUDA builds.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+AcceleratorBackend = str  # "rocm" | "cuda" | "mps" | "cpu"
+
+
+def accelerator_backend() -> AcceleratorBackend:
+    if getattr(torch.version, "hip", None):
+        return "rocm"
+
+    if torch.cuda.is_available():
+        return "cuda"
+
+    if hasattr(torch.backends, "mps") and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+        return "mps"
+
+    return "cpu"
diff --git a/backend/runtime_config/runtime_policy.py b/backend/runtime_config/runtime_policy.py
index 91bbcce4..04882a12 100644
--- a/backend/runtime_config/runtime_policy.py
+++ b/backend/runtime_config/runtime_policy.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def decide_local_generation_mode(
     vram_gb: int | None,
     mps_available: bool = False,
     ram_gb: int | None = None,
+    fp8_capable: bool = True,
 ) -> LocalGenerationMode:
     """Pick the local-generation mode for this runtime.
 
@@ -92,6 +93,14 @@ def decide_local_generation_mode(
             return "unsupported"
         if vram_gb < 15:
             return "unsupported"
+        # full_models_loading's >=31 GB floor assumes the fp8-halved (~23 GB) transformer
+        # (see module docstring). Without fp8 (ROCm today — see
+        # runtime_config.accelerator.accelerator_backend), holding the full bf16
+        # (~42-46 GB) transformer resident instead would OOM at this floor, so stay on
+        # the streaming path regardless of VRAM until a real bf16-full-resident floor is
+        # established on non-CUDA hardware.
+        if not fp8_capable:
+            return "streaming_models_loading"
         if vram_gb < 31:
             return "streaming_models_loading"
         return "full_models_loading"
diff --git a/backend/services/services_utils.py b/backend/services/services_utils.py
index e98784da..9c2c9854 100644
--- a/backend/services/services_utils.py
+++ b/backend/services/services_utils.py
@@ -90,7 +90,15 @@ def effective_edit_steps(num_inference_steps: int, strength: float) -> int:
 
 
 def device_supports_fp8(device: str | torch.device | object | None) -> bool:
-    return get_device_type(device) == "cuda"
+    # ROCm PyTorch also reports device.type == "cuda" (see runtime_config.accelerator),
+    # so this must not be a plain device-type check: ROCm has no fp8_cast kernel support
+    # here yet, and would otherwise be silently misidentified as CUDA/NVIDIA.
+    if get_device_type(device) != "cuda":
+        return False
+
+    from runtime_config.accelerator import accelerator_backend
+
+    return accelerator_backend() == "cuda"
 
 
 def sync_device(device: str | torch.device | object | None) -> None: