Hardware
amd's 16GB GPU is $400 cheaper than nvidia's — for local AI it's not the easy win it sounds like
Same 16GB of VRAM, wildly different price and software maturity in August 2026 — I ran the actual numbers.
Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 6 min
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Hardware
Nvidia board partners just hiked RTX 5070 Ti prices again — up to 59% over MSRP
MSI and Colorful just repriced their RTX 5070 Ti cards in China, and the increase traces straight back to memory costs squeezed by AI server demand.
Ravi Malhotra · Aug 3 · 6 min
AI
the RTX 5070 Ti is the 16GB card most local-AI builders should actually buy — here's why
It's the value middle of the Blackwell lineup: 16GB of fast GDDR7, NVFP4 support, and enough speed to run the 14B tier comfortably without paying 5090 money. Is it the right local-AI card for you?
Ravi Malhotra · Jul 28 · 9 min