Published Oct 22, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT

Abhinav pivoted from a career in banking to pursue his first love in writing. Even while working full-time, he continued contributing as an editor-at-large, a role he has held for more than 7 years. A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM. His MSc dissertation explored how artificial intelligence will reshape the future of work, reflecting his curiosity about the wider social impact of emerging technologies.

A lot of what you can do with your PC seems to be limited by the VRAM its GPU has. It decides what resolution your games run at, how large a video project you can edit without the timeline stuttering intermittently, and most recently, which local AI models you can self-host.…