diff --git a/include/rendering/vk_context.hpp b/include/rendering/vk_context.hpp
index a9186439..4c0764a9 100644
--- a/include/rendering/vk_context.hpp
+++ b/include/rendering/vk_context.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public:
     VkInstance getInstance() const { return instance; }
     VkPhysicalDevice getPhysicalDevice() const { return physicalDevice; }
     VkDevice getDevice() const { return device; }
+    uint32_t getGpuVendorId() const { return gpuVendorId_; }
+    const char* getGpuName() const { return gpuName_; }
+    bool isAmdGpu() const { return gpuVendorId_ == 0x1002; }
+    bool isNvidiaGpu() const { return gpuVendorId_ == 0x10DE; }
     VkQueue getGraphicsQueue() const { return graphicsQueue; }
     uint32_t getGraphicsQueueFamily() const { return graphicsQueueFamily; }
     VmaAllocator getAllocator() const { return allocator; }
@@ -149,6 +153,8 @@ private:
 
     // Pipeline cache (persisted to disk for faster startup)
     VkPipelineCache pipelineCache_ = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    uint32_t gpuVendorId_ = 0;
+    char gpuName_[256] = {};
 
     VkQueue graphicsQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     VkQueue presentQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
diff --git a/src/core/application.cpp b/src/core/application.cpp
index 0599ba42..d90549a1 100644
--- a/src/core/application.cpp
+++ b/src/core/application.cpp
@@ -2895,10 +2895,12 @@ void Application::setupUICallbacks() {
 
         const uint32_t row = static_cast<uint32_t>(idx);
         std::string dir = dbc->getString(row, 23);
+        std::string soundName = dbc->getString(row, 2);
         for (uint32_t f = 3; f <= 12; ++f) {
             std::string name = dbc->getString(row, f);
             if (name.empty()) continue;
             std::string path = dir.empty() ? name : dir + "\\" + name;
+            LOG_WARNING("PLAY_SOUND: id=", soundId, " name='", soundName, "' path=", path);
             audio::AudioEngine::instance().playSound2D(path);
             return;
         }
@@ -2916,11 +2918,15 @@ void Application::setupUICallbacks() {
 
         const uint32_t row = static_cast<uint32_t>(idx);
         std::string dir = dbc->getString(row, 23);
+        std::string soundName = dbc->getString(row, 2);
         for (uint32_t f = 3; f <= 12; ++f) {
             std::string name = dbc->getString(row, f);
             if (name.empty()) continue;
             std::string path = dir.empty() ? name : dir + "\\" + name;
 
+            LOG_WARNING("PLAY_OBJECT_SOUND: id=", soundId, " name='", soundName, "' path=", path,
+                        " src=0x", std::hex, sourceGuid, std::dec);
+
             // Play as 3D sound if source entity position is available
             auto entity = gameHandler->getEntityManager().getEntity(sourceGuid);
             if (entity) {
diff --git a/src/rendering/vk_context.cpp b/src/rendering/vk_context.cpp
index aa223502..5a1ae34c 100644
--- a/src/rendering/vk_context.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/vk_context.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ bool VkContext::selectPhysicalDevice() {
     VkPhysicalDeviceProperties props;
     vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties(physicalDevice, &props);
     uint32_t apiVersion = props.apiVersion;
+    gpuVendorId_ = props.vendorID;
+    std::strncpy(gpuName_, props.deviceName, sizeof(gpuName_) - 1);
+    gpuName_[sizeof(gpuName_) - 1] = '\0';
+    LOG_INFO("GPU: ", gpuName_, " (vendor 0x", std::hex, gpuVendorId_, std::dec, ")");
 
     VkPhysicalDeviceDepthStencilResolveProperties dsResolveProps{};
     dsResolveProps.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEPTH_STENCIL_RESOLVE_PROPERTIES;