You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
Rich Edmonds Apr 29, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
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TrueNAS 26 is finally catching up to Proxmox, but my home lab isn't switching
Rich Edmonds Apr 29, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Claude Code replaced my bloated PC optimization tools with custom scripts, and my Windows PC has never been happier
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
These motherboard headers do something most PC builders never discover
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
6 unsaid rules all PC gamers must obey (but don't)
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
I turned off HAGS and gained back a gigabyte of VRAM with almost no FPS loss
…On my partner's PC with an RTX 2070 Super, I consistently saw close to a gigabyte of VRAM being committed when HAGS was enabled. That's a full gigabyte that could…
DLSS has turned buying a GPU into analyzing different software tiers, and I can't keep up
…The enthusiast side of PC gaming has genuinely stopped feeling approachable, because all it is now is an ongoing certification course in AI-assisted rendering technologies. Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Eagle…
A five-year-old GPU can handle modern games better than you think
…Now, while the newer card, which is just over a year old, boasts every new technology under Nvidia's DLSS suite, the RTX 3070 isn't too far behind on the software…
I went back to native resolution for a week, but Nvidia's DLSS still made it feel like the wrong choice
…In 2020, however, I bought an RTX 2070 Super, and ever since then, I've been a believer in Nvidia's DLSS technology. It started off shaky, as all things tend to…