…When purpose-built coding models started appearing online with benchmark scores that piqued my interest, I decided to try some out. The model I've stuck with is Qwen2.5-Coder 32B…
…The good news is, most of the settings that actually make a difference in performance aren't buried in there, and almost all of them require just one click to toggle on…
…difference between Valorant and Counter-Strike 2, and that's a task it handles with ease. On top of that, Gemma 4 has multiple models that run comfortably on consumer GPUs with…
…However, things changed once I finally started experimenting with undervolting, manual tuning , PBO adjustments, memory tweaking, and GPU overclocking. That's when I quickly discovered that my motherboard might just be the…
…the best consumer-grade Nvidia GPUs. The RTX 5090 is still a great card, as are many of the other cards below it and in different generations. However, for the specific job…
…I also asked each tool to summarize a Python benchmarking script that I use in my daily workflow, and all three correctly identified what it does, and most importantly, a mistake I…
…stack of different Proton versions and DXVK 2.14.1-gplasync, I cycled through Box64 dynarec presets and the environment variables that go with them. My go-to benchmark was Portal 2…
…One thing to note, though, is that AI-assisted coding itself looks very different right now than it did just 2 years ago. Back then, you needed to prompt your preferred chatbot…
…The NPU has the same problem, just with a different software stack. "When you want performance you go to the GPU, but when you want efficiency you go to the NPU," Tikoo…
…I say this because, while there are many ThinkPads at different tiers , the ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 is the pinnacle of the brand. The numero uno, the cream of the crop. This…
