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Hardware

I put three budget GPUs head-to-head for local AI — only one earns its higher price

Arc B580, RX 9060 XT 16GB, and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB are all fighting for the same budget local-AI buyer in 2026. Real prices and real bandwidth numbers settle it.

Ravi Malhotra · 6d ago · 6 min

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

Hardware

RTX 5060 Ti vs RX 9060 XT: the $400 GPU fight where the winner depends on one feature

Two 16GB cards, similar money, same 1440p target. One leans on DLSS 4, the other on raw value. Here's which mid-range GPU to actually buy in 2026.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 31 · 11 min

Hardware

the best budget GPU in 2026 isn't Nvidia or AMD — it's the card nobody expected to recommend

Intel's $250 Arc B580 undercuts everyone at the entry level, and the 16GB mid-range from AMD and Nvidia finally makes sense. Here's the best value graphics card at every budget tier in 2026.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 31 · 11 min

AI

got a 16GB GPU? here's exactly which local AI models fit — and the one tier you should skip

16GB is the awkward middle of local AI: too much for the 8B tier, not enough for 32B. Here's what actually runs well, what to avoid, and how to get the most out of the memory you have.

Lena Fischer · Jul 28 · 9 min

AI

you don't need a $2,000 card to run AI at home. here's the honest budget GPU ladder, from $250 up

Every 'best budget GPU' list is a spec dump. This is a decision: three cards under $500, what each can actually run, and the one number — VRAM — that tells you which to buy without reading a benchmark.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 22 · 9 min

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 · Jul 22 · 9 min