diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/graphics.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/graphics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee7b74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/graphics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//! Which graphics API draws the window.
+//!
+//! eframe offers wgpu every backend it was built with, and between equal GPUs wgpu takes Vulkan
+//! first, on Windows too. A Vulkan driver that faults there takes the app down as the window opens:
+//! an access violation inside the vendor's driver, which no guard of ours can catch (seen on a laptop
+//! with two AMD GPUs whose drivers were years apart). Direct3D 12 is part of Windows, so on Windows
+//! wgpu is offered Direct3D 12, and OpenGL for hardware without a Direct3D 12 driver.
+//!
+//! `WGPU_BACKEND` (`dx12`, `vulkan`, `gl`, `metal`) still names the backend on every system, and
+//! systems other than Windows keep eframe's defaults.
+
+use eframe::egui_wgpu::{WgpuConfiguration, WgpuSetup};
+use eframe::wgpu::Backends;
+
+/// Direct3D 12, then OpenGL: wgpu ranks a hardware GPU on either ahead of Direct3D's software one.
+const WINDOWS: Backends = Backends::DX12.union(Backends::GL);
+
+/// The backends wgpu chooses from: the ones `WGPU_BACKEND` asks for (`requested`), else [`WINDOWS`]
+/// on Windows, else eframe's `defaults`.
+pub fn backends(requested: Option<Backends>, windows: bool, defaults: Backends) -> Backends {
+    match requested {
+        Some(requested) => requested,
+        None if windows => WINDOWS,
+        None => defaults,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Offer wgpu [`backends`] instead of eframe's defaults.
+pub fn configure(options: &mut WgpuConfiguration) {
+    if let WgpuSetup::CreateNew(create) = &mut options.wgpu_setup {
+        let offered = &mut create.instance_descriptor.backends;
+        *offered = backends(Backends::from_env(), cfg!(windows), *offered);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/graphics_tests.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/graphics_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e103d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/graphics_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//! The backends offered to wgpu: no Vulkan on Windows unless it is asked for (a faulting Vulkan
+//! driver crashed the app as its window opened), and nothing changed anywhere else.
+
+use eframe::wgpu::Backends;
+
+use crate::graphics::backends;
+
+/// What eframe offers when `WGPU_BACKEND` isn't set.
+const DEFAULTS: Backends = Backends::PRIMARY.union(Backends::GL);
+
+#[test]
+fn windows_is_offered_direct3d_and_not_vulkan() {
+    let offered = backends(None, true, DEFAULTS);
+    assert!(offered.contains(Backends::DX12), "Direct3D 12 draws the window");
+    assert!(offered.contains(Backends::GL), "OpenGL is there for hardware without a Direct3D 12 driver");
+    assert!(!offered.contains(Backends::VULKAN), "a Vulkan driver that faults can't be picked");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wgpu_backend_names_the_backend_on_every_system() {
+    for windows in [true, false] {
+        for asked in [Backends::VULKAN, Backends::DX12, Backends::GL, Backends::VULKAN | Backends::GL] {
+            assert_eq!(backends(Some(asked), windows, DEFAULTS), asked, "windows: {windows}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn other_systems_keep_eframes_defaults() {
+    assert_eq!(backends(None, false, DEFAULTS), DEFAULTS);
+    assert_eq!(backends(None, false, Backends::METAL), Backends::METAL);
+}
diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
index 7689fb7..0332f7d 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/main.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
 mod args;
 mod control_server;
 mod gamepad;
+mod graphics;
 mod recovery;
 mod services;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod args_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod graphics_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod recovery_online_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod recovery_tests;
@@ -182,7 +185,8 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
     if let Some(icon) = icon {
         viewport = viewport.with_icon(icon);
     }
-    let options = eframe::NativeOptions { viewport, renderer: eframe::Renderer::Wgpu, ..Default::default() };
+    let mut options = eframe::NativeOptions { viewport, renderer: eframe::Renderer::Wgpu, ..Default::default() };
+    graphics::configure(&mut options.wgpu_options);
     figcraft_ui_egui::windows::install(fig);
     eframe::run_native("FigCraft", options, Box::new(move |_cc| Ok(Box::new(App { queue, ctx_slot, title: String::new(), recovery }))))
 }