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+# XPUSYS-Monitor-NG
+
+> **Proof of Concept** — Native Windows ROCm support for ComfyUI-XPUSYS-Monitor
+
+This is a fork of [ComfyUI-XPUSYS-Monitor](https://github.com/allanmeng/ComfyUI-XPUSYS-Monitor)
+by allanmeng, created as a proof of concept to add **native Windows AMD ROCm
+support** without requiring `rocm_smi_lib` (a Linux-only Python package).
+
+## Intent
+
+The upstream project is an excellent hardware monitor for ComfyUI, but its AMD
+GPU support depended on `rocm_smi_lib`, which cannot be installed on Windows.
+This POC replaces the AMD provider's GPU monitoring with Windows-native APIs:
+
+- **VRAM**: `torch.cuda.mem_get_info()` — works on ROCm 6+ for Windows
+- **GPU load**: `typeperf` (Windows built-in) — reads WDDM engine counters
+- **Temperature / Power / Clock**: Unavailable — the AMD Windows driver does
+  not expose these through standard Python-accessible APIs on this hardware
+
+## Relationship to Upstream
+
+This project has **no intention to fork** the original. The changes here are
+narrowly scoped to making the AMD provider work on Windows ROCm. AI agent-
+assisted modifications were used during development, and the author does not
+want to push AI-generated changes into allanmeng's original repository.
+
+If the upstream maintainer wishes to incorporate any of these changes, they
+are welcome to take whatever is useful.
+
+## Status
+
+| Metric | Source | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| VRAM free / total | `torch.cuda.mem_get_info(0)` | ✅ |
+| VRAM allocated / reserved | `torch.cuda.memory_allocated()` / `memory_reserved()` | ✅ |
+| GPU utilisation | `typeperf` WDDM engine counters (max) | ✅ |
+| Device name | `torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)` | ✅ |
+| GPU core temperature | Driver does not expose via Windows API | ❌ |
+| Power draw | Driver does not expose via Windows API | ❌ |
+| Core clock | Driver does not expose via Windows API | ❌ |
+| `rocm_smi_lib` dependency | Removed; no replacement needed | ✅ |
+| Windows ROCm detection | `getattr(torch.version, 'roc', None)` + GPU name fallback | ✅ |
+
+## Requirements
+
+- ComfyUI (any recent version)
+- [ROCm for Windows](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/) 6+ (tested on ROCm 7.2)
+- PyTorch ROCm build (e.g. `pytorch 2.9.1+rocm7.2.1`)
+- `psutil` (`pip install psutil`)
+
+## Installation
+
+Clone into ComfyUI `custom_nodes/`:
+
+```cmd
+cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
+git clone https://github.com/forkless/XPUSYS-Monitor-NG
+cd XPUSYS-Monitor-NG
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Restart ComfyUI. The plugin auto-detects AMD ROCm and loads the AMDProvider.
+
+## License
+
+Same as upstream — MIT.