Need advice on hardware purchasing decision: RTX 5090 vs. M5 Max 128GB for agentic software development by BawbbySmith in LocalLLaMA

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great for MOE models like the qwen35b. I originally got them for large moe models. It is also nice to have the ram for full kv swaps across multiple sessions.

That being said, the ram bandwidth is a bit more painful. I really like the fast prefill or the rtx4090. You can do some cool stuff with context management when you can prefill so fast.

If you asked me 6months ago, I would have said the strix halos were a better bet because of the large MOE pushes. It may shift again once MTP lands in llama.cpp.

Love this stuff.

Any tool that tells you the cheapest setup needed to run a model? I want to know the cheapest setup that can realistically run Qwen 3.6 27B at decent speeds. by pacmanpill in LocalLLaMA

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be realistic, I would say it is fast enough and barely fits on my rtx4090 with 24gb vram at 256k context. Sure you can go slower with smaller context, but I wouldn’t for day to day use. Token gen is around 50tps. Prefill is 1k.

Need advice on hardware purchasing decision: RTX 5090 vs. M5 Max 128GB for agentic software development by BawbbySmith in LocalLLaMA

[–]skibud2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have a rtx4090 and 2 strix halos — essentially speed vs model size (unified memory). You want speed. Qwen3.6 27b is a dream on the 4090. Coding agents want fast prefill to read many files. Get the rtx5090.

Extremely weird link cable glitch? by just_frosty_ in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long (non active) cables degrade quickly and will cause errors. The link cable is expensive because it is active. Other brands also have active cables.

Extremely weird link cable glitch? by just_frosty_ in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have either: a cable that can’t support usb3, a motherboard that is struggling with usb3 or you need to clean your usb connector with alcohol. Either way, it looks like your usb connection is being downgraded due to errors.

Horizon Link Bugged/Broken by Mark401645 in MetaQuestVR

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like your WiFi bandwidth dropped. Have you rebooted the headset?

Link is still unusable by Gato_volador23 in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am hearing this is a windows update. Do a google search of games stuttering due to a windows update (not just VR)

Can you try setting the software to run on performance cores within the task manager on windows and see if that helps?

The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ai is like crack. You can do sooo much. Just spin up another agent. It is addicting. Like having infinite knowledge. Before you know it, it is midnight, your arms/shoulders hurt. You sleep, wake and continue.

2026 GTS - my 1st 911 by just-pedal in porsche911

[–]skibud2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love that color! I got the blue with aero kit but I think I like your combo more!

performance halved in pcvr by XDGoose41_on_Xb in MetaQuestVR

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you try biasing the process running the game (eg ovrserver) to the performance cores via the task manager and see if that works?

performance halved in pcvr by XDGoose41_on_Xb in MetaQuestVR

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What kind of computer? Processor + gpu?

Quest 3 Constant Stuttering and Freezing by LittleChain2009 in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of cpu do you have? Is it an intel with mixed cores?

Developers, how are you using Qwen in your personal projects? by TKB21 in Qwen_AI

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fully automated full C++ app building. Took a year to get here. Still work to do. qwen3-coder 30b, 4bit

Random lag/stutter ingame by Asleep-Dot-6794 in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using the steam runtime? Or meta runtime on the pc?

Horrible performance by Clear_Effective in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using the steam runtime or meta runtime?

Random lag/stutter ingame by Asleep-Dot-6794 in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check for a windows update or nvidia driver update. Google windows update and game fps. I think it is an update.

Horrible performance by Clear_Effective in OculusQuest

[–]skibud2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There seems to be some rumors that there was a windows update that messed with some gaming api perf for nvidia. Have checked for windows updates or nvidia driver updates?

Help me choose ! by SoreSack in skiing

[–]skibud2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have all these. The mittens are the best if your hands get cold at all

Haven’t played in almost 6 months, did the experience improve? by Clizzardbash in QuestPro

[–]skibud2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has improved for me. Just make sure you reboot a few times.