Which model exactly did you use and how large? I feel like even the best 7b models are just a bit too dumb for most things that I have tried. A 70b model or Mix

Which model exactly did you use and how large? I feel like even the best 7b models are just a bit too dumb for most things that I have tried. A 70b model or Mixtral or sometimes 34b seem to be adequate for some things. But those are several times larger and don't run on my oldish hardware.