AI
perplexity built a free local AI agent — you just need a $4,700 computer to run it
Portable Computer promises zero token costs by running entirely on your own GPU. here's what that GPU actually costs you.
Lena Fischer · 4d ago · 8 min
rtx 3090
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Hardware
a 5-year-old GPU still beats nvidia's newest budget card for local AI — here's the catch
24GB of old VRAM versus 16GB of new, low-power silicon — I ran the real math on what each one costs, up front and over a year.
Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 6 min
AI
I priced out every way to run a 70B AI model at home — the cheapest one isn't what you'd guess
Four real paths to running a 70B-parameter model on your own hardware or by the hour — priced out with actual 2026 numbers.
Lena Fischer · Aug 4 · 8 min
Hardware
nvidia's about to hike GPU prices again — here's the actual buy-or-wait math for local AI
A third price hike in one year is reportedly coming for the RTX 50 series — and if you're buying VRAM for local AI, not frame rates, the calculation isn't the same as 'wait for a sale.'
Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 7 min