RTX 5070 Ti
Local LLM Hardware Upgrades Enter the Trade-Off Era
VRAM, memory bandwidth, and multi-GPU coordination now matter more than raw compute for local AI, so upgrades should target real workloads.
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VRAM, memory bandwidth, and multi-GPU coordination now matter more than raw compute for local AI, so upgrades should target real workloads.
Reddit user on r/LocalLLaMA reports swapping Qwen3 27B for Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B tripled inference speed to 180 chars/sec, hinting that on-premise "data-
New Zealander shows 8-card RTX 5070 Ti local AI rig on Reddit, citing one motive: data sovereignty. Cloud AI keeps getting cheaper — why self-host?
Reddit user ran Qwen 27B locally by pairing a retired RTX 4070 Ti via OCuLink with an RTX 5070 Ti. Usable local AI is no longer just for tinkerers.