Intel Quick Sync is the reason I will never buy another Nvidia card for my Jellyfin server
Ayush Pande Apr 7, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
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Stop guessing which local AI models fit your hardware — this free tool does it for you
4d agoSynology's apps are why people stay, not the hardware, and that's finally changing
1w agoLocal AI has a hardware accessibility problem, and the answer to it isn't RTX Spark
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…Hardware AI Models Performance Software RAM & CPU 01 / 8 Software Which popular open-source tool is widely used to run large language models locally on consumer hardware without writing any code? A…
I kept waiting for Docker to fail, but nineteen containers on bare metal proved Proxmox wrong
…I thought to start with this laptop, and then later, when my requirements grow, I would upgrade to better hardware and a better setup, like enterprise-grade hardware and Proxmox. I assumed…
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…
Owning the latest GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD made me realize that software matters more than hardware in 2026
…AMD hasn't made a compelling case for locking these features behind newer hardware, and this is where Nvidia pulls further ahead. They've rolled the new transformer upscaling model back to…
The Steam Deck taught PC handheld makers the wrong lesson
…PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about…
Nvidia's RTX Spark is a chip unlike any other, and it could change Windows laptops forever
…in key areas. New models and software packages arrive for CUDA first, followed by ROCm, and usually with some rough edges. Tinkerers will be okay with making AMD hardware work for them…
Linux finally has working HDR, but you still can't use it for most streaming services
…Because L1 and L2 levels are dependent on your device's hardware and software, the entire software stack, including hardware drivers, needs to meet the requirements for Widevine. It would require hardware…
I tested TrueNAS, Unraid, and OpenMediaVault to find the perfect NAS OS, and there's a clear winner
Ayush Pande May 22, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
You can build a Steam Machine right now, but Valve's optimization is the part worth waiting for
…What exactly is the Steam Machine? And why it's so important If you haven't been keeping tabs on Valve's new hardware efforts, you'll likely have missed the Steam…