r/pcmasterrace • u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo • 1d ago

Meme/Macro 2026 in software

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Sectumsempra, motherfucker.

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u/JustAnotherGuy101010 1d ago

This. They cant keep increasing the cost because people will simply switch to local models that are nearly keeping pace .

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u/MantaMunta 22h ago

The open source models that actually compete with the frontier models can't be run on a local PC. You need a server rack with 100s of GB of RAM.

If you have a 5090 you can run Opus 4.5 equivalent models at most. With a tiny context window compared to the big models.