I was getting that sense too. It would not be difficult to build a desktop machine with a 4090 for around $2500. I run Llama-3 8b on my 4090, and it runs well.

I was getting that sense too. It would not be difficult to build a desktop machine with a 4090 for around $2500. I run Llama-3 8b on my 4090, and it runs well. Plus side is I can play games with the machine too :)