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Asking for Laptop Recommendation – Offline GPU (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Werewolf@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I want to buy a laptop for a few purposes, not my main laptop:

Use it to run !localllama@sh.itjust.works stuff and Stable Diffusion.
Use it for games downloaded from repack sites. So for these two, it would need a decent GPU.
I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers. No need for this to use the internet.
I would probably dual-boot Windows and Linux, or else have it boot Windows and use a live USB when I want Linux

Thank you all.

Money is no object.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

For AI stuff you'd want something with at least an RTX 4060. AMD GPUs for laptops are not great and most of them don't support AI. Any card that's good for AI will also be good for gaming so you'll be fine there.

You probably want something with 32gb of ram, too.

As for pulling out the wifi card, there's no need. Most laptops let you disable wifi through the BIOS, completely disabling it at a system level.

Dual booting works on anything.

Generally I'd recommend Lenovo Legions, ASUS ROG stuff. If you're rich you can also look into Razer I guess.

[–] ghotigoat@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AMD GPUs are much less of a hassle on Linux, though - looks like Nvidia are moving towards open sourcing their drivers soon which may make this less of an issue for op

[–] simple@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've had zero issues with nvidia on Linux lately. It works flawlessly on newer drivers, even on wayland.

[–] ghotigoat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Sweet, good to know! Always glad to see FOSS working better

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Same. Probably about a month ago there was an Nvidia driver and I think Wayland update that took it from unusable on Wayland to quite stable.