recipes for a good local stack

[quietcraft]

Ran a quick check on my box. I couldn't reproduce the slowdown until I pushed context much higher. I expected the model choice to matter more than it did.

[mintstation99]

What worked for me was pretty simple. If you're on LM Studio, I'd confirm the version first and then reduce variables until the behavior is obvious. Once you know the plain path works, then add the faster path back in piece by piece.

[rocmhouse90]

My first guess would be this: Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at long context. Not glamorous advice, but repeatable baselines save a lot of time.

[kernelgrid]

A couple things I'd check first. On Threadripper box, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.

[rocmriley]

A couple things I'd check first. On Threadripper box, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survive

Did a small comparison this afternoon. On 5090 with TensorRT-LLM, I saw basically the same behavior. The main thing that moved was latency, not quality.