diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index ad1af7eccebbd..e2b7a79e371bf 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{
+{
   "version": 4,
   "configurePresets": [
     {
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 
     { "name": "arm64-windows-msvc-debug"  , "inherits": [ "base", "arm64-windows-msvc",  "debug"   ] },
     { "name": "arm64-windows-msvc-release", "inherits": [ "base", "arm64-windows-msvc",  "release" ] },
-    { "name": "arm64-windows-msvc+static-release", "inherits": [ "base", "arm64-windows-msvc",  "release", "static" ] }
+    { "name": "arm64-windows-msvc+static-release", "inherits": [ "base", "arm64-windows-msvc",  "release", "static" ] },
+
+    { "name": "x64-windows-msvc-debug"  , "inherits": [ "base", "debug"   ] },
+    { "name": "x64-windows-msvc-release", "inherits": [ "base", "release" ] },
+    { "name": "x64-windows-msvc+static-release", "inherits": [ "base", "release", "static" ] }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 2a90ee55c69a0..d0a754ee11b67 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ int ggml_cuda_get_device() {
     return id;
 }
 
+static cudaError_t ggml_cuda_device_malloc(void ** ptr, size_t size, int device) {
+    ggml_cuda_set_device(device);
+#if defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(GGML_HIP_UMA)
+    auto res = hipMallocManaged(ptr, size);
+    if (res == hipSuccess) {
+        // if error we "need" to know why...
+        CUDA_CHECK(hipMemAdvise(*ptr, size, hipMemAdviseSetCoarseGrain, device));
+    }
+    return res;
+#else
+    return cudaMalloc(ptr, size);
+#endif
+}
+
 static ggml_cuda_device_info ggml_cuda_init() {
 #ifdef __HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__
     // Workaround for a rocBLAS bug when using multiple graphics cards:
@@ -271,7 +285,7 @@ struct ggml_cuda_pool_leg : public ggml_cuda_pool {
         size_t look_ahead_size = (size_t) (1.05 * size);
         look_ahead_size = 256 * ((look_ahead_size + 255)/256);
         ggml_cuda_set_device(device);
-        CUDA_CHECK(cudaMalloc((void **) &ptr, look_ahead_size));
+        CUDA_CHECK(ggml_cuda_device_malloc(&ptr, look_ahead_size, device));
         *actual_size = look_ahead_size;
         pool_size += look_ahead_size;
 #ifdef DEBUG_CUDA_MALLOC
@@ -537,7 +551,7 @@ GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_cuda_buffer_type_alloc_buffe
     size = std::max(size, (size_t)1); // cudaMalloc returns null for size 0
 
     void * dev_ptr;
-    cudaError_t err = cudaMalloc(&dev_ptr, size);
+    cudaError_t err = ggml_cuda_device_malloc(&dev_ptr, size, buft_ctx->device);
     if (err != cudaSuccess) {
         // clear the error
         cudaGetLastError();
@@ -798,7 +812,7 @@ GGML_CALL static void ggml_backend_cuda_split_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_bu
         // currently, init_tensor cannot fail, it needs to be fixed in ggml-backend first
         ggml_cuda_set_device(id);
         char * buf;
-        CUDA_CHECK(cudaMalloc(&buf, size));
+        CUDA_CHECK(ggml_cuda_device_malloc((void**)&buf, size, id));
 
         // set padding to 0 to avoid possible NaN values
         if (size > original_size) {
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/common.cuh b/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
index 8f6fd71cfea35..22872ca5c1d81 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
+++ b/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
@@ -79,13 +79,8 @@
 #define cudaHostRegisterReadOnly hipHostRegisterReadOnly
 #define cudaHostUnregister hipHostUnregister
 #define cudaLaunchHostFunc hipLaunchHostFunc
-#ifdef GGML_HIP_UMA
-#define cudaMalloc hipMallocManaged
-#define cudaMallocHost(ptr, size) hipHostMalloc(ptr, size)
-#else
 #define cudaMalloc hipMalloc
 #define cudaMallocHost(ptr, size) hipHostMalloc(ptr, size, hipHostMallocDefault)
-#endif
 #define cudaMemcpy hipMemcpy
 #define cudaMemcpyAsync hipMemcpyAsync
 #define cudaMemcpyPeerAsync hipMemcpyPeerAsync