| ▲ | kijin 3 hours ago | |
Not while the hardware required to run a local model at an acceptable speed costs way more than $200. Guess what, the big players are hoarding all the RAM and GPUs so that other people can't afford decent hardware. It's working out beautifully for them! | ||
| ▲ | sofixa 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> Not while the hardware required to run a local model at an acceptable speed costs way more than $200 It's $200/month. You have to take into account energy costs and all the rest of a system, but if you break even within 1-2 years ($2400-$4800) it'd be a pretty good deal. And $4000 buys you a pretty decent system. | ||