diff --git a/crates/gpu-gates/src/bin/gate_nvtier.rs b/crates/gpu-gates/src/bin/gate_nvtier.rs
index 2b810a315..8e99c69fa 100644
--- a/crates/gpu-gates/src/bin/gate_nvtier.rs
+++ b/crates/gpu-gates/src/bin/gate_nvtier.rs
@@ -1996,6 +1996,12 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), GateError> {
     // `grant` (clause 13)'s children run before the paged arm holds its
     // arena; their answer is read after the `bits` line.
     let grant = grant_run(&grant_terms);
+    // The all-RAM arm loads first: the paged arm's tier, which the clauses
+    // below read, holds its arena until the stepunion arms, and the host's
+    // reading at the all-RAM arm's load would lose those bytes.
+    let ram = arm(
+        path, &machine, None, residency, host, &ids, false, &probe, None,
+    )?;
     let mut paged = arm(
         path,
         &machine,
@@ -2007,9 +2013,6 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), GateError> {
         &probe,
         band,
     )?;
-    let ram = arm(
-        path, &machine, None, residency, host, &ids, false, &probe, None,
-    )?;
 
     let tokens_eq = paged.tokens == ram.tokens;
     let digests_eq = paged.digests == ram.digests;
diff --git a/tools/gate-batch-resources.tsv b/tools/gate-batch-resources.tsv
index 3d991bd12..050235b12 100644
--- a/tools/gate-batch-resources.tsv
+++ b/tools/gate-batch-resources.tsv
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #   glm5next   --place gate: need=173,015,891,968 B (the glm5next serve log's cache line)
 #   qwen4exp   --place gate: need=92,054,154,240 B (the qwen38 serve log's cache line); the serve/residency seats add
 #              the churn pool 35.6e9 B beside it; iqleg loads the file twice (both resident): 2 x.
+#   nvtier     gate_nvtier: the all-RAM arm loads first and its load need is 105,818,045,440 B (host experts 62,397,542,400 B +
+#              tables 28,800,138,240 B + reserves 6,694,629,376 B + residency churn pool 14,620,364,800 B − OS reserve 6,694,629,376 B);
+#              the paged arm loads after it, 5.5e9 B need + 23.5e9 B arena, the smaller. [derived from the load check's refusal line]
 #   qwen38-media: the qwen38-serve row's need, qwen4exp --place gate (the text load, the media load and the servers load one
 #              after the other, never two at once; the media load's rotation tables are card bytes, none are host bytes);
 #              the server arms may run the residency pool, whose 35.6e9 B the serve row carries [derived]
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ gate-gpu-ds41-long	m	237600000000
 gate-gpu-ds41-twocard	-	237600000000
 gate-gpu-glm5next-serve	-	173015891968
 gate-gpu-glm5next-twocard	-	173015891968
-gate-gpu-nvtier	-	92054154240
+gate-gpu-nvtier	-	105818045440
 gate-gpu-qwen38-media	-	127654154240
 gate-gpu-qwen38-residency	-	127700000000
 gate-gpu-qwen38-serve	-	127654154240