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Hardware

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB for Local AI in 2026: The Cheapest CUDA 16GB — At MSRP

16GB of CUDA VRAM for $429 is the best budget on-ramp to local AI — but a narrow 128-bit bus and a brutal 2026 price surge mean it's only worth it near MSRP. My honest buy call, and what I'd get instead when it's marked up.

Voltage · Sep 22 · 8 min

Hardware

AMD says it's finally catching Nvidia. I checked if that's true for the GPU on your desk

The earnings numbers show real momentum for AMD in AI data centers — the RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5060 Ti benchmarks tell a very different story.

Voltage · Aug 25 · 7 min

AI

the RTX 3060 12GB is the cheapest sensible way into local AI — and in 2026 it's still the one I recommend first

It's slow, it's old, and it has more VRAM than cards costing twice as much. For a first local-AI GPU, the humble 3060 12GB is still the smart-money entry point.

Voltage · Jul 28 · 9 min