AI
the $549 new GPU or the $1,000 used one? for local AI, the old card wins — and it's not close
A new RTX 5060 Ti 16GB looks like the safe budget pick. But 16GB can't load the 32B models a used 3090 runs at 30 tokens/sec — and in local AI, the card that opens the file wins before speed matters.
Ravi Malhotra · 1h ago · 9 min