{"slug": "wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc", "title": "Wait for RTX Spark Laptop or get a DGX Spark (or other GB10 like Asus Ascent, etc) HELP!", "summary": "A tech enthusiast with 40 years of experience is seeking advice on whether to wait for the RTX Spark laptop or purchase an Asus Ascent (GB10) for local AI experimentation, including running LLMs from 30B to 122B and ComfyUI templates, while noting budget constraints prevent linking two DGX Sparks and that their current M2 Max 32GB handles 35B models well on Ollama.", "body_md": "I like to tinker. 4 decades in tech and really want to play with AI local LLMs from ~30B to ~122B. I also want to play with comfyui templates. I don’t need this for work. This is a lab for me to tinker with. But with ramageddon I do not have the money to link 2x DGX Sparks and I would like to upgrade my M2 Max 32Gb (which does 35B models on Ollama well).\n\nBasically I am looking for a small form factor AI do it all hardware. Primary use case is Vibe coding but I do want to play with everything. Again it doesnt have to be blindingly fast. It needs to be usable. I keep going back and forth.. wait for rtx spark and roll the dice or just get an Asus Ascent and wait for M7 next year.\n\nThoughts?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc", "canonical_source": "https://forum.level1techs.com/t/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc-help/254192#post_1", "published_at": "2026-08-22 00:02:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-22 00:12:53.379959+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["NVIDIA", "Asus", "DGX Spark", "RTX Spark", "Asus Ascent", "Ollama", "M2 Max"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wait-for-rtx-spark-laptop-or-get-a-dgx-spark-or-other-gb10-like-asus-ascent-etc.jsonld"}}