AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX vs NVIDIA DGX Spark for Local AI
Two very different approaches to desktop AI hardware - a 32 GB eGPU with 1,792 GB/s bandwidth versus a 128 GB unified memory mini PC with full CUDA. Which one should you buy?
Articles Tagged "GPU"
AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX Review: Desktop GPU Power via Thunderbolt 5
A review of the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX - a liquid-cooled eGPU packing a full desktop RTX 5090 with 32 GB GDDR7, connecting to any laptop over Thunderbolt 5 for $2,999.
DGX Spark Review: NVIDIA's $4,699 Desktop AI Box
A hands-on review of the NVIDIA DGX Spark - a 128 GB Grace Blackwell mini PC that promises 1 petaflop of AI performance on your desk for $4,699.
CoreWeave Crashes 19% After Earnings Reveal a $35 Billion Spending Gamble
CoreWeave stock plunged nearly 19% after Q4 earnings revealed widening losses, an 894% debt-to-equity ratio, and plans to spend up to $35 billion on data center expansion in 2026.
AMD Pours $250 Million Into Nutanix to Build an Open AI Stack That Bypasses Nvidia
AMD invests $250 million in Nutanix to co-develop an open enterprise AI platform using Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, and ROCm - directly challenging Nvidia's CUDA lock-in.
Nvidia Posts Record $68.1 Billion Quarter, Stock Surges Past $200 as AI Spending Shows No Signs of Slowing
Nvidia reported Q4 FY2026 revenue of $68.1 billion - beating Wall Street estimates by nearly $2 billion - and guided Q1 to $78 billion, sending shares above $200 for the first time.
Meta Strikes $100 Billion AI Chip Deal With AMD, Takes Path to 10% Stake
Meta will deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs across multiple generations in a deal worth up to $100 billion. AMD has issued Meta a warrant for 160 million shares - roughly 10% of the company - at a penny per share, tied to delivery milestones and AMD hitting $600.
The Best AI Image Generation Models You Can Run on Your Own GPU in 2026
A comprehensive guide to the best image generation models that run locally on consumer GPUs with 16GB of VRAM, from FLUX and Stable Diffusion to video generation and upscaling.
LLMfit: Stop Guessing Which LLM Your Hardware Can Actually Run
LLMfit is a Rust-based terminal tool that scans your hardware and scores 157 LLMs across 30 providers for compatibility, speed, and quality. Here is why it matters.
A Developer's Guide to Finetuning and Distilling Language Models
A practical, hands-on guide for software developers who want to finetune open-source LLMs and distill larger models into smaller, faster ones - covering techniques, tools, datasets, and cloud GPU options.
Meta Goes All-In on Nvidia: Millions of Chips, Tens of Billions of Dollars, and a 5-Gigawatt Data Center
Meta and Nvidia announce a multiyear deal spanning millions of GPUs and CPUs, with Meta becoming the first to deploy Nvidia's Grace CPUs standalone at scale.
Home GPU LLM Leaderboard: Best Open Source Models by VRAM Tier with Token/s Benchmarks
Rankings of the best open source LLMs you can run on home hardware - RTX 4090, RTX 3090, Apple M3/M4 Max - organized by VRAM tier with real-world token/s benchmarks and quality scores.
