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Re: desktop apps around local AI - mintstation99 - 09-28-2026
Quote:That matches what I was seeing. I ended up in about the same place using LM Studio. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of add
Can you fill in a bit more context? What model, what runtime, and roughly what context size?
Re: desktop apps around local AI - batchshed - 09-28-2026
What worked for me was pretty simple. Before rebuilding anything, I'd test one clean baseline with DeepSeek and compare from there.
Re: desktop apps around local AI - vectorport - 09-29-2026
Maybe, but I had the opposite result. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit. Could be a workload difference, but I wouldn't generalize too fast from one setup.
Re: desktop apps around local AI - rocmhouse90 - 09-29-2026
Good point. The pattern around VRAM headroom has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.
Re: desktop apps around local AI - vramstream - 09-29-2026
Appreciate the detail. I ended up in about the same place using Ollama.
Re: desktop apps around local AI - deltagrid - 09-30-2026
A couple things I'd check first. Before rebuilding anything, I'd test one clean baseline with Qwen and compare from there. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it. At this point the real bottleneck is my patience.