diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-display b/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-display
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1cdf5b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-display
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Detect whether NVIDIA drives the display (rather than a hybrid iGPU).
+
+# On hybrid laptops the display is usually wired to the integrated GPU while
+# the NVIDIA card only handles offloaded rendering. Forcing NVIDIA's VA-API and
+# GLX drivers globally then breaks Chromium-based browsers (black video with
+# audio still playing), so the Hyprland NVIDIA env only applies when NVIDIA is
+# the display GPU.
+#
+# sysfs exposes which VGA device drives the display via boot_vga. When no
+# device claims it (attribute missing or unreadable), assume NVIDIA is the
+# display GPU to preserve the current behavior on machines we cannot tell.
+#
+# Read the cached sysfs IDs rather than lspci, which reads PCI config space and
+# resumes runtime-suspended GPUs.
+pci_devices_path="${OMARCHY_PCI_DEVICES_PATH:-/sys/bus/pci/devices}"
+
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+nvidia_boot=0
+other_boot=0
+
+for device in "$pci_devices_path"/*; do
+  [[ $(< "$device/class") == 0x03* ]] || continue
+  boot_vga=0
+  if [[ -f $device/boot_vga ]]; then
+    boot_vga=$(< "$device/boot_vga")
+  fi
+  if [[ $(< "$device/vendor") == "0x10de" ]]; then
+    if (( boot_vga == 1 )); then
+      nvidia_boot=1
+    fi
+  else
+    if (( boot_vga == 1 )); then
+      other_boot=1
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+if (( other_boot == 1 && nvidia_boot == 0 )); then
+  exit 1
+else
+  exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/default/hypr/nvidia.lua b/default/hypr/nvidia.lua
index 663fe79e..a3a15546 100644
--- a/default/hypr/nvidia.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/nvidia.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local paths = require("default.hypr.paths")
 
 local nvidia = paths.omarchy_path .. "/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia"
+local nvidia_display = paths.omarchy_path .. "/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-display"
 local nvidia_gsp = paths.omarchy_path .. "/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-gsp"
 local nvidia_without_gsp = paths.omarchy_path .. "/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-without-gsp"
 
@@ -8,12 +9,20 @@ local nvidia_without_gsp = paths.omarchy_path .. "/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-without
 -- lspci reads PCI config space, which resumes a runtime-suspended GPU, and on a
 -- hybrid laptop that wake alone outlasts Hyprland's 1.5s config reload budget.
 if o.shell_succeeds(o.shell_quote(nvidia)) then
+  -- On hybrid laptops the display is wired to the iGPU, so forcing NVIDIA's
+  -- VA-API/GLX drivers globally breaks Chromium-based browsers (black video).
+  -- Only apply those when NVIDIA actually drives the display.
+  local nvidia_is_display = o.shell_succeeds(o.shell_quote(nvidia_display))
   if o.shell_succeeds(o.shell_quote(nvidia_gsp)) then
     hl.env("NVD_BACKEND", "direct")
-    hl.env("LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME", "nvidia")
-    hl.env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia")
+    if nvidia_is_display then
+      hl.env("LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME", "nvidia")
+      hl.env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia")
+    end
   elseif o.shell_succeeds(o.shell_quote(nvidia_without_gsp)) then
     hl.env("NVD_BACKEND", "egl")
-    hl.env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia")
+    if nvidia_is_display then
+      hl.env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia")
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/shell.d/hw-nvidia-test.sh b/test/shell.d/hw-nvidia-test.sh
index da461ce4..72dc5a7b 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/hw-nvidia-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/hw-nvidia-test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT
 
-# Each argument is a PCI device as "vendor:device:class", in sysfs's own format.
+# Each argument is a PCI device as "vendor:device:class[:boot_vga]", in sysfs's
+# own format. boot_vga is omitted to simulate firmware that lacks the flag.
 write_pci_devices() {
   rm -rf "$tmp_dir/devices"
   mkdir -p "$tmp_dir/devices"
@@ -18,9 +19,12 @@ write_pci_devices() {
     local slot
     slot=$(printf '0000:%02x:00.0' "$index")
     mkdir -p "$tmp_dir/devices/$slot"
-    printf '%s\n' "${spec%%:*}" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/vendor"
+    printf '%s\n' "$(cut -d: -f1 <<<"$spec")" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/vendor"
     printf '%s\n' "$(cut -d: -f2 <<<"$spec")" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/device"
-    printf '%s\n' "${spec##*:}" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/class"
+    printf '%s\n' "$(cut -d: -f3 <<<"$spec")" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/class"
+    if [[ $spec == *:*:*:* ]]; then
+      printf '%s\n' "$(cut -d: -f4 <<<"$spec")" >"$tmp_dir/devices/$slot/boot_vga"
+    fi
     index=$((index + 1))
   done
 }
@@ -54,6 +58,18 @@ assert_detects() {
   pass "$description"
 }
 
+assert_display() {
+  local description="$1" expected="$2"
+
+  local actual=no
+  OMARCHY_PCI_DEVICES_PATH="$tmp_dir/devices" "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-hw-nvidia-display" && actual=yes
+
+  [[ $actual == "$expected" ]] ||
+    fail "$description" "omarchy-hw-nvidia-display: expected $expected, got $actual"
+
+  pass "$description"
+}
+
 # AMD Cezanne integrated graphics.
 write_pci_devices 0x1002:0x15e7:0x030000
 assert_detects "a machine without an NVIDIA GPU detects nothing" no no no
@@ -97,3 +113,19 @@ assert_detects "a non-display NVIDIA function is not a GPU" no no no
 
 write_pci_devices
 assert_detects "a machine with no PCI devices detects nothing" no no no
+
+# AMD Phoenix iGPU drives the display, NVIDIA RTX 3050 is discrete.
+write_pci_devices 0x1002:0x15bf:0x030000:1 0x10de:0x25ac:0x030000:0
+assert_display "a hybrid laptop with an AMD display GPU is not NVIDIA-driven" no
+
+# Intel Alder Lake iGPU drives the display, NVIDIA Turing is discrete.
+write_pci_devices 0x8086:0x46a6:0x030000:1 0x10de:0x1f91:0x030000:0
+assert_display "a hybrid Intel+NVIDIA laptop is not NVIDIA-driven" no
+
+# NVIDIA-only desktop keeps the current behavior.
+write_pci_devices 0x10de:0x2c02:0x030000:1
+assert_display "an NVIDIA-only machine is NVIDIA-driven" yes
+
+# Fixtures without boot_vga preserve the current behavior.
+write_pci_devices 0x10de:0x25ac:0x030000
+assert_display "missing boot_vga info assumes NVIDIA drives the display" yes