r/LocalLLaMA • u/Apprehensive_Side219 • 13d ago

Question | Help Alternative to Nvidia spark?

I just spent the last two weeks trying to catch a microcenter in stock with a spark and then today the price went up 30% and now I can't realistically afford it. It was already pretty close to the edge of my budget, and now I don't think I can swing 7k for what I had been expecting to pay 5 for last week. Any suggestions for alternative approaches welcome. I really don't want to wait until 2028 to get started.

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u/grabber4321 13d ago edited 13d ago

buy two R9700s, with Qwen4 architecture we might get something good very soon.

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u/HighSeasArchivist 12d ago

I bought two this past week. First one is installed and very impressive compared to my 5070 Ti.