Ditching Cloud AI Bills: Qwen 3.5 on Your RTX Card, Benchmarks and Gotchas
Tired of OpenAI's tab? A $400 GPU gets you private AI agents today. But don't buy the 8GB myth—here's what actually works.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- 16GB VRAM is the real minimum for smooth local 9B AI agents—8GB swaps and slows.
- RTX 4060 Ti offers best budget perf at 38 tok/s for $399.
- Ollama setup takes minutes; KV cache math explains why memory matters.
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