I tested 3 local LLMs on my RTX 4070 Ti for real work — only one earned a permanent spot
… Most of the community discussion revolves around DeepSeek and Qwen. …
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Windows handheld owners are switching to Linux, and here's why it's a game-changer
… Valve's handheld OS is a masterclass in performance optimization If you spend any amount of time analyzing the sentiment of users on Reddit or Steam community forums, you'll soon come to notice that the chief complaints that come from users running Windows on laptops also tend to surface in discuss… …
Windows 11's worst problem on good hardware is death by a thousand background tasks
… For those who've spent a good amount of money on powerful hardware, discovering that their system's snappiness is being weighed down by background processes and services they never asked for is never a pleasant experience. …
My budget motherboard has hit its ceiling, so I'm spending more next time
… I used to think motherboard discussions were mostly enthusiast fluff. …
Linux might never replace Windows, so Valve is putting it in your living room instead
… It has clearly been delayed due to global hardware prices. …
I ditched Portainer for Dockhand and I regret not doing it sooner
… While it’s good to have most of these features in the Portainer Community edition, I don’t need all of them. My small-scale setup doesn’t need orchestration features or many other tools that Portainer packs with the community install. …
Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
Ayush Pande Jun 12, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. …
Over 40% of Steam gamers are still using RTX 30 and 40 GPUs, and DLSS is a big reason why
… Speaking purely in terms of hardware, we've reached a point of diminishing returns where the only hardware improvements are an increased number of AI-supporting cores. …
DLSS has turned buying a GPU into analyzing different software tiers, and I can't keep up
… DLSS and FSR have extended the lifespan of modern hardware far beyond what brute-force rendering alone could realistically achieve. …
Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
… Drop friction with friendlier installers, UIs, and hardware detection to make local AI mainstream. …